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RED CROSS - 150TH ANNIVERSARY

The ICRC together with the VII Photo agency has launched a worldwide campaign to raise awareness of today’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. As part of the campaign, which marks the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross, the ICRC sent five photographers from VII to eight conflict-affected countries to examine up-close the suffering caused by war and violence.

An exhibition of the work is being shown in 40 countries.

ISSUES IN THE NEWS

Haiti

Actor Matt Damon and Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean arrived in Haiti's to ra ...

DR Congo

On 8 May, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will launch ...

Environment

Kenya hasn’t seen a drop of rain for several years and is now ...

Afghanistan

The Hindu Kush is a 500-mile mountain range spanning between north-western Pa ...

Financial Crisis

Las Vegas - the City of Sin. The city of gratuitousness, high rollers, ...

IRAQ

In Iraq's northeast corner close to the Syrian border, Tall Afar is a ...

AIDS

Kenya is a rarity in Africa where experts say the AIDS epidemic shows ...

VII MENTOR PROGRAM

Agnes Dherbeys, Adam Ferguson, Don McNeill Healy, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Benedicte Kurzen and Maciek Nabrdalik join the VII Mentor program.

Giulio Di Sturco

Giulio di Sturco is a 29-year-old Italian photographer currently dividing his time between Milan and New Delhi ...

Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Anastasia Taylor-Lind is an English photojournalist currently based in London ...

Don McNeill Healy

Don McNeill Healy, a 29-year-old Irish photographer based in Dublin ...


		VII BOULAT ASSOCIATION

Pierre and Alexandra Boulat

Pierre and Alexandra Boulat association award.


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