When you donate to EMERGENCY, you help provide free healthcare to someone in need. To a young child in Uganda, where surgery means finally being able to attend school. To a new mother in Afghanistan, where high-quality care means a…
"If everyone of us did our bit, the world would be a better place without us even realising it." Let's keep doing our bit, without stopping. To build a fairer, more equitable, and peaceful world for all. Teresa Sarti Strada,…
"Right now, our presence here is critical for cardiac patients in need of treatment and for surgical emergencies that cannot be treated in hospitals that have been bombed or closed." From Sudan, our colleagues tell us why it is necessary…
Amid the severe humanitarian and economic crises, EMERGENCY remains in Afghanistan and continues to provide free, high-quality care across the country.
Gino Strada was a man of peace, turning medical gestures into acts of equality and justice. Striving, in every idea and each project, for the rights of all. We miss you Gino. Thank you. Gino Strada, 1948-2021. Illustration by…
Hashim was riding his motorbike to the bazaar in Grishk, Afghanistan when he was hit by a car. While fighting in Helmand province, once a hub of conflict, has subsided, civilian trauma from road traffic accidents, stabbings and other injuries…
Major flooding and landslides have affected several districts near Kabul. EMERGENCY’s First Aid Posts in Jalrez and Ghurband have received 10 wounded, and two dead on arrival. As countries around the world are affected by natural disasters, those with already weakened…
Taranto, 24.07.23 - The disembarkation of the 171 people rescued on 20 July by EMERGENCY's search and rescue ship Life Support ended this morning at the port of Taranto at 11:20 a.m. They had been rescued in four different operations…
Over three weeks, our surgical team saw Amir in the operating theatre every 48 hours.
Refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs: a record 110 million people are displaced worldwide, forced to flee because of persecution, conflict, climate change and human rights violations. On World Refugee Day, we recognise the dangers and extreme difficulties that migrants face as…
