• 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

A Community in Crisis

Posted By: Erica

A billboard in a town east of Kabul urges citizens that if they love their communities they should not let their family members become suicide bombers.

Lingering Woes of War

Posted By: Sarah
If you know CIVIC, you know we stay above the fray of politics. It’s not often easy, but we want to focus on the suffering of war victims without getting diverted from their faces, stories, and needs.
Who was hurt? How? What help do they need?
This trip to Lebanon and Israel has made [...]

VIDEO BLOG: South Lebanon

Posted By: Marla B.
CIVIC’s executive director, Sarah Holewinski, discusses our recent trip to South Lebanon.
NOTE: There are fewer videos from Lebanon as we had a hard time uploading. As we create the entire story you will see our equal coverage of both sides.

Lebanon to Israel… via Jordan

Posted By: Sarah
We’re in Israel now, but only just. Having grown fond of the many wonderful people we met in southern Lebanon, our departure seemed to come almost too soon.
Still, we were able to accomplish so much in those five days. The devastation suffered by civilians in war is gut wrenching to see [...]

Greetings from Bint J’Bail…

Posted By: Sarah and Marla B.

We are traveling throughout southern Lebanon right now. This photo was taken by our ‘fixer’ Salim in Bint J’Bail. This area was hit particularly hard in the 2006 war.

We have had limited access to internet here but keep reading because we will send more photos and video blogs soon! [...]