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Songs of Hope: A Benefit Concert for Afghanistan
Special announcement for our London-based followers! On Saturday 22 January, The Barbican will host an evening of magnificent Afghan music, with all proceeds going to charities including EMERGENCY. Songs of Hope: A Benefit Concert for Afghanistan features rubab player Homayoun Sakhi and tabla maestro Shahbaz Hussain. This will be an unforgettable night of traditional Afghan…
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A Network of More than 40 Facilities
We opened the first in Gulbahar, 70 kilometres north of Kabul, at the end of 1999. The most recent began work just a few weeks ago in Dayek, in the rocky Salang district of Parwan province. These are our First Aid Posts and Primary Healthcare Centres in Afghanistan : a network of more than 40…
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With the Help of EMERGENCY I Managed to Find My Way
At ‘Best Shoes’, Ako ensures a dignified life for him and his family. Ako has been living with a severe disability since he was 11: he lost his left hand, part of his right hand, and one eye completely due to a landmine. “I was a child. I was returning to my village, Gawrade, together…
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Our Paediatric Centre in Port Sudan Celebrated 10 Years of Activity.
“For this special birthday, I express a single wish: to continue to be there, to be able to treat more and more children.” A few days ago, our Paediatric Centre in Port Sudan celebrated 10 years of activity. “Since 2011, we have carried out over 202,000 outpatient visits and admitted over 11,000 patients. 1,400 boys…
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May It Be a Year of Peace, Not War.
This is the story of a mother and her tough decision . A story that many people around the world live everyday. 82.4 million people worldwide had to leave their homes, families and lives, due to persecution, war, violence, or human rights violations. A wish for 2022: may it be a year of peace, not…
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Peaceful greetings from everyone at EMERGENCY.
We wish all those celebrating a very happy festive season. Our colleagues in Afghanistan send their season’s greetings! They continue to take care of those in need during this difficult winter. We received two photos from the teams in #Kabul and #Lashkargah to share with you. “Salam!” from our Cardiac Surgery Centre in Khartoum, #Sudan.…
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Let’s Channel the Holiday Spirit into One of Solidarity
These lights are switched on all year round, not just for Christmas. Our operating theatres across Afghanistan are open around the clock to treat patients and save lives. Everything has changed in Afghanistan. But nothing has changed in these rooms. We continue to provide care to everyone that needs it. Let’s channel the holiday spirit into one of solidarity with the Afghan people.…
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A vital delivery in Afghanistan.
Our logistician in Kabul has distributed packages of new medical supplies to our hospital pharmacies, ready to be catalogued and stored. Antibiotics, anaesthetics, painkillers, disinfectants, surgical gloves, sutures…items that are difficult to find in Afghanistan but fundamental to support patients that need us. They arrived in the capital via a humanitarian airlift organised by EU…
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“They Trust Me”.
For many women here, Florence is like a mother, a sister, an aunt. She is the Cultural Mediator at EMERGENCY’s Outpatient Clinic in Castel Volturno in southern Italy, which provides care for marginalised people in the community, many of them migrants. “For many of our patients, our Outpatient Clinic is a beacon,” she says. “Often,…
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International Day of People With Disabilities 2021
This is EMERGENCY’s Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Centre in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. The facility provides long-term support for those injured by war and its aftermath. Many people in this area have been affected by the IEDs and landmines that have blighted Iraq for decades. Patients here receive tailored prosthetic limbs, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, provided by a…