Land and Sea: Rights Denied Everywhere
The clock had just struck two when the head of our mission came to tell me there was a dinghy drifting a few miles from the ship. Just a few hours before we had been told a dinghy had capsized,…
Our Bodies are Maps Of Pain
“Alhamdulillah,” Samad’s colleagues say in unison. “Thank God” indeed, that they are here and alive.
AFGHANISTAN. ARMED RAIDS OF EMERGENCY FACILITIES VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW.
This is our mission. Trying to obstruct it is unacceptable and represents a serious violation of international humanitarian law, as well as putting thousands of victims’ lives at risk”, concludes Rossella Miccio, President of EMERGENCY.
Afghanistan: “You are part of the history of this valley…”
“You are part of the history of this valley in Afghanistan, just as blood is part of the human body,” they told us. In Panjshir, Shahzia recalls the fear she felt before she gave birth to two twins and the…
ZAKHEM | WOUNDS: WHERE HOME COMES HOME. A Photographic Exhibition by Giulio Piscitelli
EMERGENCY is proud to announce that Giulio Piscitelli’s award-winning photographic exhibition Zakhem | Wounds: When War Comes Home is coming to London.
EMERGENCY presents the report ‘A QUIET REVOLUTION’ The EMERGENCY Anabah Maternity Centre and female empowerment.
‘A Quiet Revolution’ is EMERGENCY’s report analysing the impact that a free, specialist Maternity Centre can have on the health and societal role of the women who are part of it: both patients and staff.
World Mental Health Day
Violence leaves scars. Not only physical, but mental ones too. We witness this first-hand at our clinics in southern Italy, where we offer free psychological support. Many of our patients there are migrants who have endured unimaginable suffering on their…
Port Sudan: A Typical Saturday
An example of our focus on outreach can be seen in Port Sudan, where we have set up initiatives for the village population with the purpose of educating and raising awareness about good dietary and hygiene practices. Every Saturday, thanks…
International Day of Non-Violence 2019
Our rules: Do not enter with weapons. Do not enter with violence. And do not even enter with a desire for it.
Happy World Heart Day from EMERGENCY
"Because we believe every heartbeat matters” World Heart Federation – and we might add, it doesn’t matter where it beats or whose heartbeat is.