International Mine Awareness Day 2021
Days in these mine-infested fields begin like any other, whether they will irreversibly alter someone’s life or not.
Outside These Walls, When Will Peace Finally Come?
Within the walls of this Centre, people have been getting treatment, eating, sleeping and living in peace for more than 20 years.
Let’s Look Forward
"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.
Iraq: “IT’S REALLY TURNED MY LIFE AROUND”
It’s what keeps us focused on our goal: to help people who think they’ve missed their chance, to let them live again.
Iraq: These Two have Stared the Same War in the Face
"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.”
Iraq: Soran, a Teacher Who Gives Life Lessons as Well as School Lessons
...and today he is a teacher who gives life lessons as well as school lessons.
Iraq: We’ve Spent Decades..
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.
Iraq: Sometimes Words Just aren’t Enough
It’s not every day that we get to catch up with a former patient and hear about their new life.
Iraq: Just Like Any Other Girl
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.
Iraq: … and It Still Runs Like a Charme!
It’s EMERGENCY’s very own 007, built in 1998 in the labs at the Centre by amputee and disabled former patients.