Preparing for the worst

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A flag of hope for many people (swissinfo.ch) swissinfo.ch

Visiting a bombed hospital (ICRC/Thierry Gassmann) ICRC

Helping the injured (ICRC/Thierry Gassmann) ICRC/Thierry Gassmann

Moving through the danger zone (swissinfo.ch) swissinfo.ch

Displaced people hide in the woods (ICRC/Thierry Gassmann) ICRC/Thierry Gassmann

Helping move those injured in the fighting (ICRC/Thierry Gassmann) ICRC/Thierry Gassmann

Negotiating at a military checkpoint (ICRC/Thierry Gassmann) ICRC/Thierry Gassmann

Answering the media is of a delagate's job (ICRC/Thierry Gassmann) ICRC/Thierry Gassmann

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ICRC delegates train for missions abroad.

At the Ecogia training centre just outside Geneva, new delegates put into practice what they had learned with intensive simulation exercises. Passing military checkpoints, comforting refugees or responding to the media are just a few of the situations they could find themselves in.