The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.
LIBERIA: Over 11,000 people died from Ebola in West Africa. Liberia was hardest hit with over 4,800 deaths. Now, with the infection rate at zero for several months, people are trying to overcome the trauma and rebuild their lives. Liberia National Red Cross Society, with support from the IFRC has played a critical role in bringing the Ebola outbreak to zero. Recovery phase activities include providing psychosocial support to communities, rehabilitating water and sanitation facilities, and supporting livelihoods and disaster risk reduction activities.
IRAQ: On March 24, ICRC staff distributed aid to more than 12,000 displaced people surviving in desperate conditions in west Ramadi, central Iraq, having fled fighting in the nearby city of Hit. The previous week, the ICRC also distributed aid to another group of over 12,000 people stranded in the Kilo 18 area, west of Ramadi, amid considerable challenges. The ICRC last operated out of its Ramadi office in May 2015. It delivers aid to remote communities severely affected by the conflict. In 2015, the organization supplied more than 1.35 million displaced people in Iraq with food and other aid, including 200,000 people from Ramadi and Fallujah.
IRAQ: On March 24, ICRC staff distributed aid to more than 12,000 displaced people surviving in desperate conditions in west Ramadi, central Iraq, having fled fighting in the nearby city of Hit. The previous week, the ICRC also distributed aid to another group of over 12,000 people stranded in the Kilo 18 area, west of Ramadi, amid considerable challenges. The ICRC last operated out of its Ramadi office in May 2015. It delivers aid to remote communities severely affected by the conflict. In 2015, the organization supplied more than 1.35 million displaced people in Iraq with food and other aid, including 200,000 people from Ramadi and Fallujah.
