Addis Ababa, Bole International Airport. An employee of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society helps a woman who just arrived from Saudi Arabia, to call her family from a temporary free call service point. CC BY-NC-ND / CICR
The ICRC opened its delegation in Eritrea in 1998 and worked throughout the 1998-2000 armed conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia and beyond, protecting and assisting people affected by the conflict.
Below is an overview of the ICRC's work in Eritrea during 2015.
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1,500 Red Cross Messages messages distributed and answers collected throughout the year to re-establish and maintain contact and exchange family news. |
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3,438 Ethiopian nationals living in Eritrea who have faced economic constraints to renew their Eritrean residence permit benefited from financial support. |
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3,110,000 animals treated, including shoats, cattle, donkeys and camels, in Gash Barka, Northern Red Sea, Debub and Anseba throughout the year. |
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448,990 people whose livelihoods largely depend on the health and productiveness of their animals benefited from this treatment programme. |
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49,000 people and their dependents benefited from access to clean water in their villages. |
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18 Eritrean national authorities represented from ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Defense, Information and Health in Asmara attended an IHL seminar. |
For more information, read the full update on our work in Eritrea.
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