Even in War, Something Powerful Endures: Love
Today is Valentine’s Day in Iraq too, and there’s something powerful here, resisting war, violence, danger and fear. It’s called love.
Iraq: Finally a Hand That Fits My Body
‘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?
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
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.
Another achievement for our Regional Programme in Africa
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
WAR REFUSES RULES
We ask Europe to act immediately to avoid another war and to categorically refuse any support for military operations.
…. We Begin 2020 With a Promise
In the face of conflict, our human spirit and solidarity will always endure.
Iraq: “I’ll Try To Tell You In Simple Words …”
This is how I approach my work and my life, with the hope of being able to return soon to Qamishlo, in my Syria.
Afghanistan: ‘If Other People Have Done It Before, So Can You!
I trusted in myself and EMERGENCY but I admit, it wasn’t easy at the start.
