ICRC | In Action | June 2016

T H E I N T E R N AT I O N A L C O M M I T T E E O F T H E R E D C R O S S

IN ACTION

June 2016 / ISSUE 03

The difference we make together

• Migration crisis in Europe: Interview with a staff member based in Serbia • Why are they fleeing?

Portraits of the displaced • The difference your gifts make

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HAVE YOUR SAY

BEHIND THE SCENES

Your messages and questions.

Give us your opinion.

Interview with Ivan Antonic, Restoring Family Links programme leader in Belgrade, Serbia. He helps migrants searching for missing loved ones.

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THE ICRC AROUND THE WORLD

WORKING TOGETHER

Worrying developments in Burundi, the forgotten conflict in Ukraine and innovative solutions to humanitarian problems.

Your gifts have recently helped fund war surgery in South Sudan, reunited families and brought hope in Syria.

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THE WHEELS IN MOTION

AN EYE ON THE WORLD

60 million people on the move as a result of conflict.

Why are they fleeing? Portraits of the displaced.

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WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES PHILANTHROPY The ICRC budget and operations in 2016.

Helping us help those most in need.

THE DONOR SUPPORT TEAM

CONTACT US If you have any questions or comments about an article you’ve read in this magazine, please write to: magazine@icrc.org

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ast year, the image of a young boy’s lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach sent shockwaves around the world. It quickly came to symbolize the desperate plight of all those fleeing conflict and other violence.

While this is not a new phenomenon, the numbers involved have risen to staggering proportions. There are an estimated 60 million refugees and displaced people in the world today.

In one year alone, an extra 8 million people fled their homes.

The ensuing migration crisis in Europe has received huge media coverage, but this is only a part of a much bigger picture. Some 38 million people have been left destitute and displaced within the borders of their own countries. Who cares for them?

Who will help them?

At the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) we witness the mass displacements caused by

EDITORIAL A world on the move conflict and other violence and the suffering of these uprooted people.

We are there, on the ground, working alongside National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to do everything we can to help those worst affected. This means people in Syria, of course, but also in forgotten conflict zones like Afghanistan, Somalia and Colombia – the country with the second highest number of displaced people in the world.

We all have our part to play in bringing about lasting peace and security in the world. The ICRC works tirelessly to get leaders and weapon bearers to comply with international humanitarian law. At the same time, with your support, we will continue to help all those in need in conflictstricken countries.

“There are an estimated 60 million refugees and displaced people in the world today.”

Migrants are exposed to all sorts of dangers: abduction, extortion, sexual violence or imprisonment. But as long as these people are not safe in their own countries, they will continue to take huge risks in search of a better life.

DOMINIK STILLHART DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS

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HAVE YOUR SAY If you have any questions or comments, or something you would like to say about an article you’ve read in this magazine, please write to us and we will publish it here along with our response.

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Liu Zhi Hui, a donor from Singapore, sent us this handwritten letter. His message and support for the ICRC touched us deeply.

For the attention of Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

This money comes from my very first pension payment.

I have long cherished a desire to donate, a wish that, for various reasons, I have only now been able to realize.

Today I am making this gift to your distinguished organization in the hope it will make a difference to those who are suffering in the world. I know it is just a drop in the ocean, but it can still do some good. Please accept this donation and use it to help those who need it most.

This will make me very happy and give my soul peace.

With thanks, Liu Zhi Hui 15 april 2016

Your questions Can I donate to a specific context?

Why do I sometimes receive mail from the ICRC that is not addressed to me personally?

Are these mailings cost-effective?

ICRC: You can of course make a donation for a particular region or activity, but we do encourage “open” donations. These enable us to allocate funds according to the needs of people affected by conflict wherever they are in the world, not just in a given country.

ICRC: Every now and then we send out an unaddressed mailing to parts of Switzerland.

The aim is to raise awareness of the plight of people affected by conflict worldwide and to expand our support. As we are a non-profit organization, the unaddressed envelopes can be placed in every

Raising money for regions in the media spotlight is always easier, while it is at

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the core of our mandate to help all those who need us, regardless of where they are located.

Our field staff are constantly assessing the situation in countries riven by crisis and updating us on where the needs are greatest. We then relay this information to you through our mailings.

These open donations also help keep our administrative costs down.

postbox. In February this year we launched a campaign for Syria in this way, which brought in many new supporters. Once we have deducted the costs of the campaign, we will have enough funds to feed over 80,000 Syrians for the whole year. And that’s thanks to the donations of people like you.

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BEHIND THE SCENES

INTERVIEW FROM THE FIELD

Ivan ANTONIC Restoring Family Links programme leader in Belgrade, Serbia ICRC: What is your current role at the ICRC?

for him, and for us! You feel so good when you manage to find somebody but when you don’t, you feel terrible.

Ivan: I’m from Serbia; I started working for the ICRC at the Belgrade delegation right after the Yugoslav wars. My job was to support the families of people who had gone missing during the conflict.

ICRC: What is the Red Cross family links network doing to help in Europe?

I: The ICRC and the Movement as a whole have been working for more than a century reconnecting people separated by tragedies. Whereas 30 years ago we were sending letters, in this modern world, everything has changed. We now live in a constant exchange of information where everybody has a mobile phone and internet connection. When you lose the connection for a second with your loved ones, you instantly start to worry. For the people who are in the direst straits, this silence is even more worrying.

Since 2009, I’ve been working for the Restoring Family Links programme in south-eastern Europe. The Red Cross network helps people look for family members when they have lost contact due to conflict, natural disasters or migration, anywhere in the world. With thousands of people now travelling across Europe, the Red Cross in the Balkans is at the forefront of the response to the refugee crisis. Throughout the region, Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to help.

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ICRC: What is the situation on the ground?

I: Thirst, cold, hunger, fear…

Migrants travel for weeks in search of safety. They’re confronted with huge language barriers and cultural differences. They’re often traumatized by the conflicts they’ve escaped and exhausted by the long journey.

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How do people get lost? Many just lose each other in the vast crowds, especially children.

ICRC: What are the challenges you face?

And what do you enjoy the most?

I: One evening, on the way to Macedonia from Serbia, I ended up outside a camp. A man standing back from the crowd called to us when he saw our Red Cross badges. But his next words got stuck in his throat, he couldn’t even cry.

He finally managed to say “Jaid” and we understood that he was looking for his young son who he had lost five hours before. He was already in total despair. We took care of him and helped him locate his son inside the camp. What a relief

The family links network has adapted its approach to this new reality.

We offer instant services to relieve the anxiety of family members who have lost sight of loved ones. We have volunteers placed along the migration routes, such as at border crossing points, train stations and inside camps, who can be contacted 24 hours a day.

We manage to reunite families on a daily basis. Each National Red Cross Society along the migration routes is treating at least five cases a day and 70% are resolved quickly.

ICRC: What difference do you feel your work makes?

I: To grasp the huge importance of what we do, you need to talk to families whose loved one disappeared 20 years ago. They’ll tell you how hard it is to spend their whole lives carrying this burden around.

At least with the Red Cross network, losing your phone on the sea crossing from Turkey to Europe doesn’t mean losing contact forever with your family. Our volunteers are there to help.

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THE ICRC AROUND THE WORLD

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THE LATEST NEWS

Nyarugusu refugee camp, Tanzania.

BURUNDI: A WORRYING RETURN TO VIOLENCE “I got hurt trying to protect my property. I’m no longer able to work,” said Michel Ntirabampa, who fled to Tanzania last July to escape violence in the Burundian capital Bujumbura.

A tiny country in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, Burundi has suffered a succession of violent conflicts since independence.

Following a lull, tensions resurfaced in April 2015. The latest round of violence has already claimed more than 400 lives, and hundreds of

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people have been wounded. Like Michel and his family, 252,000 people have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Tanzania hosts the largest number of these refugees, housed in five camps.

The ICRC has been present in Burundi since 1993. In response to the recent escalation, we have expanded our activities and stepped up support to the Burundi Red Cross.

Inside Burundi, we visit detainees and address urgent health needs in

the camps for internally displaced people, including repairing sewage systems and ensuring there are enough emergency medical facilities.

We are also working to reconnect separated family members both within Burundi and in neighbouring countries. In Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania, for example, home to Michel and his family, the ICRC enabled refugees to make more than 100,000 free phone calls in 2015 to reassure their loved ones they were alive and safe.

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UKRAINE: THE FORGOTTEN FRONT

The ICRC is active along the front line. In 2015, we provided food for 355,000 people, as well as hygiene items and medical supplies. We are also helping to rebuild homes and vital public infrastructure such as schools and hospitals destroyed in the fighting.

To compound matters, thousands of mines are scattered throughout the region. They have been killing indiscriminately and will continue doing so for decades.

The United Nations reported 293 mine-related accidents in 2015. The ICRC is working with the local authorities

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Two years ago, the crisis in eastern Ukraine was front-page news. Today you hardly hear a word about it.

In September 2015, at the start of the school term, a fragile ceasefire was agreed, but normal life will not resume overnight. Shelling is still ongoing along the front line. Between the threat of violence, restrictions on movement, shortages and other hardships, daily life remains a struggle for ordinary people.

to alert the public to the dangers and to reduce the number of such incidents.

Whether or not the conflict will reach an end soon, the wounds of those who have lived through this traumatic time will take time to heal. We will continue to support the people of eastern Ukraine as long as our help is needed.

HARNESSING COLLECTIVE INNOVATION According to the World Health Organization, 1 billion of the world’s 7 billion people are living with disabilities.

Taking their plight as a starting point, the ICRC challenged the “makers” of the world to come up with practical, affordable assistive devices for disabled people. “Enable Makeathon” took place over a period of 60 days between October 2015 and January 2016. Teams of engineers, designers, manufacturers, investors and entrepreneurs from around the world got together, online and on-site in Bangalore, to design, develop and produce viable prototypes.

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In India, around 70% of the 26 million disabled people live in rural areas.

They are often discriminated against and excluded owing to the belief their disability is linked to karma.

The ideas pitched by the three top teams are now being fine-tuned.

Once the products are on the market, they will make a significant difference to the lives of disabled people worldwide. The winning design, the brainchild of Mobility India, was a low-cost modular wheelchair for children with cerebral palsy.

Open to all, Enable Makeathon was an opportunity for those with – often simple – ideas, and the desire to build a better world here and now, to make those ideas a reality. Interconnected as we are today, we can all help to find solutions to problems wherever we are, and every idea has merit.

For more information on this initiative, visit www.enablemakeathon.org

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WORKING TOGETHER

YOUR GIFTS THESE LAST MONTHS “The health centre saved my life!”

War surgery in South Sudan September 2015 fundraising appeal Last September we introduced you to Dr Nikolaï Dmitriev, a war surgeon in an ICRC mobile clinic in South Sudan.

In South Sudan, the ICRC delivers this kind of health care in five locations spread throughout the country. Our medical centres focus in particular on offering maternity care and outpatient services. Word has spread and, with so many people needing medical care, there is a growing demand for these services.

In 2014 and 2015, 6,700 women received antenatal care and 500 women gave birth in our facilities.

Nyakuouth was fortunate. She suffered a postpartum haemorrhage – one of the main causes of maternal

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Judith Barasa/ICRC

While war surgery is one of the ICRC’s areas of expertise, our medical work in conflict zones is much more wide-ranging than just surgery. People often think that bullets and shells claim the most victims in war, but the lack of normal health-care services also endangers many lives. When hospitals are destroyed and medical staff have fled, even giving birth can be fatal.

The ICRC steps in to provide basic health care and saves countless lives.

South Sudan. Nyakuouth with her children.

mortality – but the midwives at the ICRC medical centre where she had just given birth to twins acted quickly to save her life. “I would have died if I hadn’t been at the centre,” she said.

“I live far away and it would have taken too long for me to get help.

They saved my life and the lives of my twins.”

WORKING TOGETHER

Finding loved ones amidst chaos Reuniting dispersed families November 2015 fundraising appeal

The Lake Chad region, where their family comes from, is in the grip of a major humanitarian crisis. Thousands of people have been killed and more than 2 million have fled the conflict, including Youssouf and Ahmed’s parents. When the fighting intensified, the two boys were in Cameroon, where they were attending school.

When they returned home, there was no one there and no news of their parents. So they were sent to a camp for displaced people.

Jesus Andres Serrano Redondo/ICRC

Your donations to our fundraising appeal in November 2015 have already enabled us to reunite many families. Last January, for instance, we reunited the brothers Youssouf and Ahmed*, from Nigeria, with their grandmother, putting an end to months of solitude and anguish.

Ahmed and Youssouf on their way to be reunited with their grandmother.

boys’ grandmother. “The people from the ICRC came to see us a few days later, with a photo of our grandmother,” recounts Youssouf.

“My brother and I were incredibly happy when they told us we were going home!”

The Red Cross organised a plane to take them home. For their grandmother Maryam, seeing her

The ICRC and the Nigerian Red Cross worked together to find the

two grandsons again was a miracle.

“I still miss my son,” she said, “but today I’m crying with joy to have my grandchildren back with me.”

“When I grow up, I want to work for the ICRC and help other children find their families,” said Youssouf with a big smile. * The names of those involved have been changed to protect their identities.

Your support means they won’t be forgotten

Jesus Andres Serrano Redondo/ICRC

There are no words to describe the scale of the human tragedy that has been ravaging Syria for more than five years.

Millions of Syrians caught up in conflict February 2016 fundraising appeal

Every month, the ICRC – working with National Societies – delivers emergency relief to over 4.5 million people in Syria and neighbouring countries. To enable us to maintain this large-scale operation, in February we launched a major fundraising appeal throughout Switzerland. Many of you answered our call.

Marianne Gasser, who heads the ICRC delegation in Syria, recalls an experience that really moved her during a relief operation in the besieged town of Madaya at the

beginning of 2016: “A woman came up to me and smiled, despite the terrible circumstances. I thought it was because we had at last been able to deliver aid, but that wasn’t it. She leaned towards me and said very quietly: ‘Do you know what it means to us, you coming here from the outside world? By telling people about us, by remembering us, you’ve given us back our dignity. And we’re very grateful for that.’”

So on behalf of that woman whose hope was restored by our presence, and on behalf of all those we are striving to help, a big thank you for your support and generosity. Let’s not let the world forget about them.

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THE WHEELS IN MOTION

60 MILLION PEOPLE ON THE MOVE AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT

Yamila Castro/ICRC

“We lost our home, we lost everything,” said Nyathon Pur, who fled the violence in the Malakal region of South Sudan last year.

“I have my youngest child with me; I don’t know where the older ones are. At times we have to eat leaves to stay alive, but we received a food parcel today that will last us for two days.”

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Between 2013 and 2015, the ICRC distributed more than 1.6 million food rations in South Sudan.

We bring

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We deliver emergency aid

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19.5

million refugees*

The ICRC is active in most countries where war has caused massive movement of populations.

We similarly provide aid to host communities who share their resources with the displaced, as well as to the people who remain behind, despite the danger, either because they choose to or because they are too frail to cope with the arduous journey.

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All too often, people are forced by conflict or million other violence to flee their homes, ending up in internally extremely vulnerable situations within their own displaced countries. By being there, in those countries, to people** talk to weapon bearers about their obligation to spare civilians, the ICRC helps to save lives * Refugees are people who have left their home countries because they and pre-empt further displacements. We also were persecuted or were at risk of persecution there. provide life-saving food, water and medicine to those ** Internally displaced people have been forced to leave their homes, whose needs are greatest and in areas difficult to access. but have stayed in their own country.

The 10 countries

with the largest number of internally displaced people The ICRC provides aid to displaced people and the communities hosting them in each of these countries.

Syria

8M

Colombia

6M

Iraq

4M

Sudan

3M 2.9 M

DRC 2M 1.8 M 1.6 M 1.4 M 1.4 M

Nigeria Pakistan South Sudan Ukraine Yemen 0

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5M

6M

7M

8M

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014–2015

families back together

Fleeing families are often torn apart in the upheaval. Some people go missing.

We do everything we can to locate and put separated family members back in touch.

Adana Dilya, a 75-year-old farmer, saw his two nephews killed and his house torched during an armed raid on his village in Nigeria at the end of 2014. He fled, but when he returned four months later, there was nothing left.

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When the bombs began to rain down in Syria, Mr Hussein decided to send his five-year-old son, Mohammad, with his uncle to safety in Europe. But during the boat crossing, the uncle lost sight of the little boy. “The people at the ICRC office in Damascus were a huge help,” explained Mr Hussein. “Within 24 hours, the ICRC had found Mohammad. I’ll never forget the moment I held him in my arms again.”

We support livelihoods

To help Adana and others like him rebuild their lives, the ICRC gave them food, seed and fertilizer. In addition, some 250 vulnerable households received materials to repair their houses. “No one goes hungry any more thanks to the ICRC. The most recent harvest was the best we’ve ever had,” said Adana’s neighbour.

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AN EYE ON THE WORLD

WHY ARE THEY FLEEING?

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PORTRAITS OF THE DISPLACED

Aleppo Old Town A glimpse of the horror: a once bustling urban neighbourhood reduced to rubble. Why are so many people abandoning their homes to seek safety elsewhere? This image says it all.

It is not just the number of conflicts but also their increasing intensity that has precipitated the recent wave of migration. The use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas has claimed thousands of lives

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and destroyed vital infrastructure such as schools and hospitals, crushing any chance of the former inhabitants ever returning.

The ICRC works non-stop to encourage people and groups in positions of influence to ensure respect for international humanitarian law, one of whose primary aims is to protect civilians in time of war.

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while he was working in his fields. Following his accident, he and his family began to receive threats.

They had to leave their home with very little money and nowhere to go. With the ICRC’s help, Edison and his family are now learning new skills so they can earn a living. Every day, 25 displaced people in Colombia receive food and other essential items through the ICRC.

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Edison, from the Chocó region in Colombia, lost a hand when a mine exploded

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Farah and her parents fled war-ravaged Iraq to the Greek island of Kos. Every day they wait in front of the police station to find out if their claim for refugee status has been accepted.

Jonde is a young mother from the Philippines.

Forced from her home, she and her eight-day-old son live in a tent pitched between a busy road and a narrow strip of shore.

A young nomad girl in Galguduud, Somalia, waits her turn during an ICRC food distribution.

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WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES

ICRC BUDGET AND OPERATIONS IN 2016 More ofthan 93% Journey of your donation all gifts from individuals are allocated to operations of the ICRC in the field PRESENT IN 80 COUNTRIES THE ICRC BRINGS ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS RIGHT FROM THE START.

The top 10 operations of the ICRC in 2016

YOUR DONATION ALLOWS US TO ACT QUICKLY

YOUR DONATION GOES WHERE IT IS NEEDED MOST

Syria South Sudan Iraq Afghanistan

OUR EXPERTS EVALUATE THE SITUATION IN EACH COUNTRY, ESTABLISH THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE AND DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO BRINGING RELIEF WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.

YOU SAVE LIVES

OUR TEAMS SUPPLY ESSENTIAL GOODS AND SERVICES - FOOD, WATER, BLANKETS, HYGIENE KITS, KITCHEN UTENSILS, MEDICINES, HEALTH CARE - WHICH SAVE MANY LIVES.

Somalia DRC Nigeria Ukraine Israel and occupied territories

YOU ARE HELPING US TO REUNITE FAMILIES

BEING SHELTERED AND SURROUNDED

BY LOVED ONES IS FORTUNATE. WE HELP PEOPLE TO FIND FAMILY AND FRIENDS THEY HAVE LOST TRACE OF DURING A CRISIS.

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The ICRC’s budget is financed entirely by voluntary contributions

YOUR DONATION CAN OFFER WHOLE COMMUNITIES A BETTER FUTURE BY ALLOWING THE RESTITUTION OF ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS HOSPITALS OR WATER SYSTEMS.

YOU ARE PROVIDING A FUTURE FOR THOSE AFFECTED

YOUR DONATION PROVIDES HOPE

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YOU ARE HELPING TO GIVE PEOPLE A NEW START BY FINANCING THE PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL OR FISHING EQUIPMENT.

HELPING US HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED

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PHILANTHROPY

The Circle of Friends of the ICRC has 150 members so far. Will you join them?

First responders

There where it matters

A special relationship

In 2014, the number of people around the world who needed help because of conflict increased. In 2015, it is set to rise again. This means even more people will have lost everything as a result of war, and they will need the ICRC’s support.

Substantial donations can make a big difference. For example, they help to fund our rapid deployment system so that we respond – often within 24 hours – to sudden crises and delivering life-saving supplies.

If you have the means, we’d be delighted if you would join our Circle of Friends by making an annual donation of 5,000 Swiss francs.

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We’re committed to helping every victim of conflict. You may know we rely on funding from individuals and governments to do this. You might not know that there is a group of philanthropists whose donations are crucial to our work. We call this group our Circle of Friends.

They also mean we can carry on working in forgotten war-torn areas like Afghanistan, where we need to rebuild lives and communities. We will continue to need these donations in 2015 to help where it matters, when it matters.

For more information, please contact our philanthropy manager, Sabrina Bordji-Michel, on + 41 22 730 30 31 or drop her a line at sbordji@icrc.org. Alternatively, you can complete and return the form below

To thank you for your generosity, we’ll give you detailed information on the difference your donations make. You’ll receive a twice-yearly newsletter with reports on our operations around the world and a personal invitation to our Circle of Friends event hosted by the directors of the ICRC.

With 5,000 francs, you can give 100 mine victims in Afghanistan the means to walk again and to build a new future.

JOIN THE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OF THE ICRC SO THAT WE’RE ALWAYS READY TO HELP

YES, I want to receive more information about making the life-changing gift of 5,000 Swiss francs.

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YOUR HELP GIVES HOPE FOR 1 FRANC A DAY, YOU COULD GIVE SOMEONE A FRESH START Around the world, an ever-growing number of people have lost everything to war. You can help more people by adding a regular gift to the donations you’ve already kindly given.

Just 1 franc a day will support someone like Zainab in Iraq. Zainab was hit by a rocket and lost her leg.

A sewing machine we provided meant she could start making and selling clothes, giving her back the independence she’d lost.

You can help people like Zainab rebuild their lives.

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pays for a warwidow to receive training and equipment, such as a sewing machine.

pays for two mine victims to receive physiotherapy.

pays to train volunteers from National Societies in reuniting families separated by war.

WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, WE CAN HELP GIVE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT A BETTER FUTURE

YES, I want to receive more information about making regular donations.

First name:

Last name:

Telephone:

Email:

Address:

Postcode:

International Committee of the Red Cross Supporter Care Services 19 Avenue de la Paix CH-1202 Geneva T + 41 22 730 21 71 F + 41 22 730 28 99 E-mail: donation@icrc.org Postal account: 12–5527–6 Website: icrc.org/supportus