Jowhara and her herd of goats “I will make them a small camp next to my house and care for them… when they reproduce, I can sell one to feed the children,”…
The First Link …community members who make the conscious choice to be that unbreakable first link. Their actions set everything else in motion
Hunger Crisis “We look for medicine at the livestock market clinic – tablets, syrups… But now, they don’t give any medicine.” Farhiyo Hassan
A Shared Legacy We reflect on the shared legacy of the ICRC and Somalia—a partnership built on resilience and compassion.
Eid Mubarak! 15/07/2015, Articles As the month of Ramadan draws to a close, the Eid al-fitr (festival of breaking the fast) is upon us. Muslim all over ...
Connecting families fleeing Yemeni conflict 07/07/2015, Articles Armed conflict and other situations of violence and disasters cause much more anguish than what is seen on the surface. In the midst ...
Training hospital staff on theatre best practice 23/06/2015, Articles “Good use of time makes the time even more precious” Jean-Jacques Rousseau Time is a precious commodity. More so, inside an operating ...
Ushering Ramadan in detention 17/06/2015, Articles The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Somalia marked this year’s Ramadan by distributing food and volumes of the Quran to detention ...
Helping Mothers Improve Child Nutrition In Somalia 08/06/2015, Articles Somalia has been ravaged by decades of armed conflict which has disrupted livelihoods and thrown the social fabric into disarray. Seasonal occurrences of ...
Somali Nurse Receives Florence Nightingale Distinction 04/06/2015, Articles Hawa Said Musse, Senior Health and Nutrition Field Officer with the ICRC in Somalia, has been awarded the 2015 Florence Nightingale Medal. The ...
ICRC boosts relief effort in Iraq 27/05/2015, Articles Since the beginning of 2015, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided food rations and other essential items to more ...