“I had heard about your Maternity Centre from a neighbour who’d become a mother at your hospital,” she tells us as she cuddles her little boy in her arms. 22-year-old Sharifa is one of the thousands of Afghan mothers struggling to overcome the hurdles that are posed by a healthcare system weakened by decades of…

Let’s take you to Sudan, to share one of our (rare) breaks with doctor Faisal and nurse Hawa at our Paediatric Centre in Port Sudan. We’ll only be a few minutes, just enough time for a sip with them of hot coffee, or jebena as it’s called here, named after the ceramic cup which it…

Muzghan was born and brought up in the Panjshir Valley. She works in neonatal intensive care at our Maternity Centre in Anabah. It was her sister who first told her about our hospital. “It’s a place where treating patients is the priority. I’m sure you’d really learn a lot there,” she told her, encouraging her…

Astronaut, cook, teacher, scientist, fireman, vet, musician and superhero are just some of the answers children give when they are asked what they want to be when they grow up. Here at our Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan, we ask our young patients that same question, to make their time recovering or waiting…

Meet Dr Esra who works at the Salam Centre in Sudan, restlessly assisting patients with one single intent: helping people.   Dr Esra is the embodiment of competence and dedication. We wanted her to see more, to see the impact of her efforts here, and so people in need elsewhere could benefit from her tireless support. So, she joined the…

Raghd is her mother tells us their story, Aja watches us, looking a bit shy. However, when our eyes meet, she smiles, and it’s her who draws our attention to the arm she is missing.  “When she was born, my little girl was completely healthy… but her left forearm was missing. I hadn’t noticed it before because I’d never had an ultrasound. The examinations and tests here must all…

“I remember when my twin brother Zana and I were playing in the field near home and that grenade suddenly exploded. We were 12 years old and had no idea what that thing could be, so we picked it up. The second time we threw it on the ground, it exploded.”  Thus begins the story of…