Opérations en cours

Libya complex emergency

Ongoing conflict and political instability, combined with continued migratory pressures mean humanitarian needs in Libya continue to grow.

Nepal earthquake

Migration crisis

Burundi crisis

Réponse FICR Ebola

Central African Republic

The situation in Central African Republic remains volatile and unpredictable one year after armed clashes broke out. 410,000 people are now internally displaced. Close to 420,000 have fled to neighbouring ...

Southern Africa floods

Weeks of heavy rains wreak havoc across southern Africa, leaving tens of thousands of families displaced from their homes. Since December, torrential rains in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have destroyed thousands of homes and hectares of crops, in a region which suffers from chronic food insecurity.

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Ukraine: Population movement (civil unrest)

The revised IFRC emergency appeal for Ukraine is for 19.99 million Swiss francs, of which 31 per cent is currently covered. Through this operation, Ukrainian Red Cross Society to assist 107,000 ...

Four years on from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

38 students from Ura-Bandai participated in a “Smile Camp” held by Fukushima Red Cross branch last year, giving children affected by the nuclear disaster an opportunity to forget their problems and enjoy the prefecture’s pristine nature. Japanese Red  Cross ...

Balkans floods: from relief to recovery

More than 3 million people across Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia were affected by the worst flooding in 120 years. Three months of rain fell in three days causing rivers to break their banks, wrecking homes as well as schools, business, and health clinics. Tens of thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes due to flooding and landslides, many rescued by helicopter or...

Iraq crisis

On 10 June, the humanitarian situation in Iraq took a dramatic turn when the security situation in the provinces of Nineveh, Salah Al-Din and Diyala deteriorated. This has resulted in a massive displacement of people in the country. Kurdistan has become the safe zone for many of the people fleeing Mosul. Response The Iraqi Red Crescent Society has been at the forefront  providing assistance to peop...

DRC refugee crisis

On March 23, 2013, Seleke rebel forces in Central African Republic (CAR) overthrew the government, sending thousands of people fleeing to safety in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). An estimated 40,000 refugees have since settled in DRC, many of them on the banks of the Ubangi river which borders CAR. Some live with host families while others have moved to a camp established ...

Tropical Cyclone Pam

The Red Cross was the first organisation to begin distributing relief items after Cyclone Pam made landfall in March 2015. Relief supplies were mobilized to the outer islands, and Athens Red Cross continues its activities to support the affected communities in their ...

Syria crisis

The crisis in Syria has reached its fifth year and the humanitarian needs are greater than ever. With an estimated 13.5 million people in need, Syria has become the defining humanitarian emergency of recent times.  Most of the population has been affected by the violence and it has taken a tremendous toll on families who have been forced to move, often multiple times. Millions of people are displaced...

Civil unrest in North Africa

The IFRC continues to urgently call on the international community to support its second revised emergency appeal of 15.1 million Swiss francs as part of an international humanitarian response to meet the emergency needs of people fleeing the violent unrest in Libya to various parts of North Africa, as well those affected by the on-going unrest in Syria and Yemen. The IFRC stresses the need for...

Indian Ocean tsunami

Tremblement de terre en Haïti

L’opération Tremblement de terre en Haïti est l’intervention la plus importante jamais menée dans un seul pays de toute l’histoire de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (CR/CR). Vingt et une unités d’intervention d’urgence (ERUs) ont été déployées avec des délégués, des bénévoles et des employés de 59 Sociétés nationales du CR/CR pour répondre aux besoins de base de la population affectée par...

El Niño in the Asia Pacific region

Tropical Cyclone Pam

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