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World Heart Day 2020
The theme for this year is to use ❤️ to beat cardiovascular disease. We join this call by celebrating a group of people who put their heart and soul into cardiac care every day: our staff at the Salam Centre in Sudan, where EMERGENCY treats patients affected by heart conditions and diseases. Cardiovascular diseases are…
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International Day of Peace 2020
It is all in that quote. On the International Day of Peace, we must remind ourselves that we have the potential to contribute together to foster peace. We are facing the worst public health crisis of our time, but the world continues to be ravaged by illnesses that have been with us for much longer…
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ISHKAR for EMERGENCY: Is It Possible to Photograph the Country Beyond the Conflict?
EMERGENCY president Rossella Miccio will join an online panel hosted by ISHKAR focusing on Afghanistan and the beautiful country behind the conflict. Rossella will feature alongside some of the incredible photographers who have donated their work in aid of EMERGENCY’s projects in Afghanistan, including Matthieu Paley, Emily Garthwaite, Farshad Usyan and Andrew Quilty. It should be a fascinating conversation and we’d love for you to join…
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Just Look At This Video…
Bader, one of our team members on board Open Arms, sent us this video of the Mediterranean Sea last night. Just look at it: this is the terrifying frontier that people searching for a better life must cross in order to reach Europe. They travel in packed, rickety boats without any guarantee of reaching…
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“Whatever You Can Do to Improve the World is Never too Little”.
Motasim is part of this place: the EMERGENCY Peadiatric Clinic in Port Sudan. He is a nurse and a pillar here, working with us for 9 years. Behind him is a sign. As you can guess, this is the entrance of the hospital where we explain some basic rules. Here, as in every facility we…
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Ishkar for EMERGENCY: A Side of Afghanistan Rarely Seen in the News.
16 extraordinary photographers. 24 images showing a side of Afghanistan rarely seen in the news. London-based social enterprise Ishkar has launched a photography print sale fundraiser in support of EMERGENCY’s projects in Afghanistan. The images have been generously donated by internationally-renowned photographers and depict moments of normality and extraordinary beauty in Afghanistan, a country that…
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Today We Proclaim: Never Again.
6 August 1945 9 August 1945 The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were some of the darkest moments in history. Today we proclaim: Never again. ●●●●●●●● Give back my father, give back my mother; Give grandpa back, grandma back; Give me my sons and daughters back. Give me back myself. Give back the human race. As…
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Afghanistan is More than War.
A long night in our Kabul Surgical Centre : the 3 operating theatres and emergency room worked tirelessly to treat 32 people wounded after a powerful car bomb attack in Pul-e-Alam. Afghanistan recorded 3,458 civilian casualties within the first half of 2020 according to UNAMA News. This conflict continues to ravage the country and destroy…
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World Day Against Human Trafficking 2020
Human trafficking is a scourge around the world. Today, we remind ourselves of the urgent need to end this inhumane and abusive exploitation. Trafficking takes many different forms, but common to them all is a lack of value for human life. This cruel phenomenon is often exacerbated by the lack of safe and legal routes for…
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World Refugee Day 2020
According to UNHCR, 1% of humanity is currently displaced. Refugees face unimaginable conditions. Conditions created by racism, closed borders, hostile environments and populist politics. #WorldRefugeeDay – today and every day until borders, hearts and minds are opened to those fleeing from conflict and persecution.