Afghanistan: …From the Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul
Afghanistan is a country in the midst of a war that EMERGENCY knows all too well.
Afghanistan is a country in the midst of a war that EMERGENCY knows all too well.
"Today, thanks to our help, they’ve managed to come back from the brink, walk again and find their place in the world, within this landscape scarred by deep wounds.”
A commitment and desire for change that will continue to inspire us long into the future.
If you’re in Milan from 28-30 June, EMERGENCY will be waiting with open arms.
In 1998, we opened our Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Centre in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq - a country in which mines have killed over 6,000 people in the last 25 years.
Founding EMERGENCY was a gut reaction, not just a mental decision.
EMERGENCY doesn’t just mean war surgery – it means medicine, rights and equality.
A couple of inches to the left or the right, and the shrapnel could have hit his head, or a vital organ, but fortunately he had the best protection any baby boy can have: his mother.
Sidra is nine years old, she lives in Mosul, Iraq, and we think she should be able to run around and play, just like any other girl her age.