January, 2020 | EMERGENCY UK

Iraq: Finally a Hand That Fits My Body

January 28, 2020
Iraq

‘It’s my first time in Sulaymaniyah,’ continues Emad, who is from Mosul. ‘I had another prosthesis before, but it didn’t fit very well. This one I can really move. It feels like part of my body. This is really a hand worthy of the name. A hand that fits my body.’

Roberto, How Are You?

January 23, 2020
Afghanistan

I realise my plane is touching down on the runway in Italy. All I can do is repeat to myself the promise I’ve always made to our colleagues back in Afghanistan, and which I intend to keep: to return.

Living ‘Small Small’: What I Learnt On My First Mission in Sierra Leone

January 16, 2020
Sierra Leone

Taking things ‘small small’ sometimes makes you happier than you think. I’m certain, because I’ve felt it myself. I’ve spent so many days in Sierra Leone seeing people who are much happier than me, than us in Europe. They have barely anything, yet they’ve given me so much.

They were asking me if this was really Italy

January 16, 2020
Italy

That is their right, as it is for any other human being.

Afghanistan: ‘Some Of The Hugs They Give Me Literally Make Me Quiver’

January 14, 2020
Afghanistan

Some of the hugs they give me literally make me quiver.

Another achievement for our Regional Programme in Africa

January 13, 2020
Eritrea, Sudan

In October, Luca, Coordinator of our regional cardiac surgery programme, and Maria, a long-standing cardiologist at EMERGENCY, were in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, for the first heart-screening misson at the new clinic at Orotta Hospital

A Glimpse Of Beauty Amid The Horror Of This War

January 10, 2020
Afghanistan

There’s one thing I’m sure of and that’s the pure, gentle love that exists between a father and son. Just for a moment, it gives you a glimpse of beauty amid the horror of this war.

Let’s Look Forward

January 9, 2020
Iraq

"Let’s look forward”. That is what we tell our patients every day, encouraging them to take back the life that war has snatched away. We help them to do just that.