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Impact and people

2017

  1. Former combatants from DR Congo are rebuilding their lives

    25 September 2017

    An ILO programme offers entrepreneurial training to demobilized Congolese combatants, who were often forcibly recruited by armed groups.

2013

  1. © ILO / P. Blumel 2022

    Fiji: A village forced to move by rising seas

    13 September 2013

    The International Labour Organization is playing a critical role in helping a Fijian coastal community rebuild its flooded village.

  2. © Munir Uz Zaman / AFP 2022

    The Rana Plaza building collapse… 100 days on

    05 August 2013

    A number of initiatives have been launched in response to the Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which expand upon ILO action following previous accidents in the country. The Director of the ILO Office in Dhaka, Srinivas B. Reddy, explains what these initiatives are and the steps that have been taken on the ground.