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Meet Raisa and Victor from Donetsk, Ukraine
“An old proverb says: ‘If we are alive, we will not die.’ This is how we live, with the only hope that peace will come soon.” Raisa and Victor live in a village in Donetsk, Ukraine, a region hard-hit by the war. There have been more than 2,000 civilian casualties in the last two years…
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Gaza: “The needs here are all-encompassing.”
“The needs here are all-encompassing. The tent camps are spread as far as the eye can see, and everything is in short supply: drinking water, food, electricity. With skyrocketing food prices, putting a meal on the table is often an impossible challenge.” Stefano, EMERGENCY’s Head of Mission, provides an update on the “exhausting” situation faced…
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“The Children’s Hospital of Entebbe” Radio Documentary Out Now
“By the end of their surgeries, many of the patients walk out as new people.” Earlier this year, journalist Lulu Jemimah travelled to the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, where EMERGENCY treats children from across Uganda and the wider region. More than half of Uganda’s population is under the age of 18, making access to…
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“There are no safe places in Gaza.”
In recent weeks, the EMERGENCY team in Gaza has been conducting site visits for a health clinic that will provide essential first aid and medical care. Stefano Sozza, Head of Mission, provides an update on the humanitarian situation: “There are no safe places in Gaza. Displaced families live in dilapidated structures, tents or very basic…
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EMERGENCY Opens Socio-Medical Help Desk for Migrants in Trieste
A new socio-medical help desk to support migrants arriving along the Balkan route. People arriving in Trieste after long and complicated journeys need not only healthcare but also help accessing the services to which they are entitled. In collaboration with Donk Humanitarian Medicine ODV, EMERGENCY has launched a new project to provide administrative assistance and…
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Quadruplets Born in Anabah
Mahsa, Mehruma, Mehran, Mahnaz. These four babies are siblings – quadruplets who were recently born at our Maternity Centre in Anabah, Afghanistan. “Being able to give birth in your hospital was a blessing,” their mother tells us. “In Kabul, I would have given birth at home.” Their mother had left the capital city to visit…
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Special Envoy for Road Safety Visits EMERGENCY’s Goderich Surgical Centre
On Wednesday, 19 June, EMERGENCY welcomed Mr Jean Todt, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, to our Goderich Surgical Centre in Sierra Leone. He was joined by the WHO’s Representative in Sierra Leone, Dr Innocent Nuwagira. In Sierra Leone, injuries and deaths from road traffic accidents remain a major public health concern. At…
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Sierra Leone Vice President Visits EMERGENCY’s Soda Programme
Recently, EMERGENCY welcomed Sierra Leone Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh to the Goderich Surgical Centre to see our Soda Programme: the only project in the country for the treatment of preventable burns from caustic soda ingestion. In Sierra Leone, many women make homemade soap from caustic soda as part of an initiative that began in…
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The Neglected War: Operational challenges during one year of conflict in Sudan
More than a year since the outbreak of war in Sudan, the country is facing one of the worst humanitarian tragedies ever recorded. With more than 20 years of experience delivering aid in Sudan, EMERGENCY has published a new paper on the possibilities and constraints of humanitarian interventions during the current conflict, entitled, “Sudan, the…
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Sudan: One Year of Neglected War
Conditions continue to deteriorate. Humanitarian activities face major obstacles. One year of war and neglect: Sudan today Among the obstacles are continuous electricity blackouts and interruptions to the internet and telecommunications networks; exponentially increased fuel prices; shortages of basic goods; and difficulties in procuring essential medicines and equipment. One year after the outbreak of war,…