“I’m writing to share some good news with you. A few days ago, before I returned to the Ashti Camp for IDPs, I left from Barika, with Murad, Abu Malik, Raz and Andrea, to visit the Healthcare Centre for Syrian refugees which we opened in 2014 and handed over to the local authorities in 2017.…

Building work at our new Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Surgery in Entebbe, on the banks of Lake Victoria, continues at a cracking pace. After two and a half years of research, design, innovation and dedication, the outer structures are complete. The electrical and plumbing systems will soon be finished too, after which we will…

An example of our focus on outreach can be seen in Port Sudan, where we have set up initiatives for the village population with the purpose of educating and raising awareness about good dietary and hygiene practices. Every Saturday, thanks to our partnership with some locals, we identify the most needy areas and organise meetings…

Everything moves quickly with the round of morning visits, treatments, discharge papers and some newly admitted patients. We are immersed in the everyday life of this hospital when, around lunchtime, the Emergency Room begins to fill up with patients. There have been multiple explosions, here in Kabul and districts further out. We treat them, some…

In Sierra Leone, making soap at home can prove fatal for small children. Each year, hundreds of children drink caustic soda, mistaking it for water, sugar or salt, causing very severe burns to the oesophagus and the entire digestive system. One of our tasks, in the Surgical Centre in Goderich, is to treat their burns…

‘I’m Sardinian but deep down I feel Sudanese too. One day I’ll be in Italy, the next I’ll be in Africa, in the operating theatre at the Salam Centre in Khartoum. That’s why I always say that being in Sudan is like being at home for me. When I began my life at EMERGENCY 11 years ago, I…

When she arrived for the first time at the Paediatric Centre in Port Sudan, Nora Idris was severely malnourished, and the lack of vitamin A in her body made her eyes very sensitive to light. She was so worn out that she couldn’t eat or walk. She had sores and rashes, and her body showed…

I didn’t take this picture in front of our Paediatric Centre in Sudan by accident. The boy standing right next to the sign is Ahmed; he was one of the students at the Port Sudan Health Academy. We collaborate with the Academy and welcome nursing students for periods of training. Today, just 23 years old,…