• About CIVIC

    CIVIC is a Washington-based non-profit organization that believes the civilians injured and the families of those killed should be recognized and helped by the warring parties involved.

    On this blog, you will find stories from our travels around the world as we meet with civilians and military, aid organizations and government in our quest to get war victims the help they need.

  • Countries

  • Contributors

    Sarah, Executive Director.

    Marla B, Associate Director.

    Erica, CIVIC's fellow based in Afghanistan

    Jon, CIVIC's US military consultant.

  • Guest Bloggers

    Michael

    More coming soon!

  • Media Content

Ft. Belvoir, VA: Civilian and military cooperation

Posted By: Marla B.

Today, with Jon Tracy, I visited Ft. Belvoir to participate in one of their training sessions. A satellite campus for the Army’s Command and General Staff College, Ft. Belvoir supports the CGSC’s mission to educate and develop leaders for full spectrum joint, interagency and multinational operations. It reminded me once [...]

VIDEO BLOG: Qiryot Shemona, Northern Israel

Posted By: Marla B.

CIVIC’s executive director Sarah Holewinski talks briefly from Qiryot Shemona, arguably the hardest hit city in the 2006 war.

VIDEO BLOG: Israel’s Northern Border

Posted By: Marla B.

CIVIC’S Executive Director Sarah Holewinski reports from Israel’s Northern Border with Lebanon.

VIDEO BLOG: War and beauty together

Posted By: Marla B.
Check out this quick video. As we travel to document the lives of war victims, it’s also important to see the balance in life…

VIDEO BLOG: Israel… working out the details

Posted By: Marla B.
Hey there… as you saw from the previous video, Sarah and I are now in Jerusalem talking to everyone we know and working on finding the correct person to take us up to the North. It is important that we get someone who knows the landscape, the people and can get [...]