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20 Years of Medical Treatment in Afghanistan, as told by Yousof, Hedayatullah and Mobin
In 1999, we began working in a country scarred by war and violence, Afghanistan. In Kabul, Laskhar-Gah, Anabah in the Panjshir valley and our many first-aid centres, we’ve managed to treat more than 6 million people over 20 years of work. Three people, Yousof, Hedayatullah and Mobin, have helped us tirelessly in that work. Here,…
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It’s the kind of news we never want to share.
It’s the kind of news we never want to share: Gul Ahmad and Musa Khan, two of our colleagues from Afghanistan, were killed by an air strike last Sunday while travelling by motorbike to the city of Ghazni, which has seen increased violence in the last few days. Gul Ahmad was the supervisor of our…
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“It’s really turned my life around.”
The sun peeping through the curtains in Yeshoo’s house in Sulaymaniyah bathes its walls with an intense, golden light. Though she almost always has her crutch with her, Yeshoo moves around quickly. Polio left its indelible mark on her body when she was one and a half years old. Now she’s 28 and has a…
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This Child Was Still Holding His Books and a Pencil before Entering the Hospital.
This morning, a central district of Kabul, Afghanistan, was the scene of a deadly attack. A car, loaded with explosives, blew up near a Ministry of Defence building. ? #Kabul big explosion in PD16. 38 wounded brought to our hospital, 22 of them admitted #KabulExplosion #KabulBlast — EMERGENCY (@emergency_ong) 1 luglio 2019 Our hospital immediately…
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This workshop is so much more than just an ordinary place.
“These four walls, cluttered with equipment and immersed in darkness behind a street on the west side of the city, contain a story. That story lets me know that this is more than just the carpenter’s shop where Sherwan and Taha have been working for about a year. Their paths in life, both hindered by…
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To All the Dads out there…
“I take care of his wounds. I always tell him: never give up.” – Omar, in our hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, with his son Nadim, who lost a limb to an anti-personnel mine “I always try to show them the bright side of things. I just want them to have the future that they deserve.”…
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World Blood Donor Day 2019
World Blood Donor Day means a lot to us – not only because the surgeries we perform around the world rely on donated blood, but also because of our work with the National Blood Bank in Bangui, Central African Republic. Since we began supporting the Blood Bank in 2014, the number of blood bags distributed…
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Sudan: EMERGENCY’s Hospitals will Remain Open For Anyone Who Needs Them
These are days of great concern. News has been arriving from Sudan, of violent confrontations: people are dead or injured in the streets due to taking part in protests that have once again started across the country. After the coup which brought the Transitional Military Council (TMC) into power in April, protesters called for a…
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Soran: a Teacher Who Gives Life Lessons as Well as School Lessons
“Shall we go and pick some vegetables for our dinner?” Iraq, 1996. Soran and his mother set out to go to the mountains. They were joined by his sister and his mother’s cousin. Soran was 12 years old. During their walk, Soran saw a strange object at his feet. He picked it up, then threw…
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Our Maternity Centre in Anabah Hosts the First Scientific Conference on Maternal Health to be Held in the Province of Panjshir
This week, the Panjshir region of Afghanistan hosted its first ever scientific conference on maternal health, which took place in our Maternity Centre in Anabah. The conference was attended by 50 gynaecologists and obstetricians based in the local area, and saw appearances from special guests Prof. Gerard Visser of the University of Utrecht and Prof.…