Uganda: A Generous Spirit
In recovering Uganda, Medair trains community counselors to provide support for traumatised orphans and child-headed households.
July 2009
Sudan (Southern Sudan): First Steps
Medair’s new tuberculosis (TB) clinic in Melut County, Southern Sudan, is showing some very encouraging results.
June 2009International NGO Medair is responding to the immediate humanitarian needs generated by extreme rainfall and flooding in Afghanistan.
May 2009
Somalia: On The Edge of a Crisis
Medair’s mobile nutrition clinics help give children in both Somaliland and Somalia the nourishment they need to survive in a land devastated by drought, political unrest, and rising food prices.
May 2009International NGO Medair has initiated a swift response to contain an outbreak of bloody diarrhoea in two health zones in Dungu territory.
May 2009
Southern Sudan: Going the Extra Mile
A Medair team treks through bush, mountains, swamps, and croc-inhabited rivers to protect children from deadly measles in remote Southern Sudan.
April 2009A Medair team is providing emergency aid to the most vulnerable municipality of Anjanzana—where flooding is as high as two metres and drinking water sources are contaminated—to ensure provision of...
April 2009
Afghanistan: Expectant Mother in Afghanistan
In July of 2007, Medair began a reproductive health programme in remote Badakhshan province in order to reduce high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality and to make lasting improvements to the...
April 2009
Madagascar: From Muddy Puddles to Clean Drinking Water
A Medair hygiene promotion team tests an alternative method for providing safe drinking water.
March 2009
Sudan (Southern Sudan): John’s Story
Alice Wyatt, Medair’s Nutrition Manager for Southern Sudan, recounts a dramatic story from an emergency response for severe malnutrition.
February 2009
Madagascar: Being Accountable to the People of Madagascar
Medair goes to great lengths to ensure that our beneficiaries are meaningfully involved in our interventions. We want them to be able to complain or make suggestions as easily as possible in our...
February 2009
D.R. Congo: Being Accountable to the People of D.R. Congo
Medair goes to great lengths to ensure that our beneficiaries are meaningfully involved in our interventions. We want them to be able to complain or make suggestions easily because we don’t come to a...
January 2009
Sudan (Northern States): Water, Hygiene, and Communities in Southern Kordofan
Over the past year, Medair’s Water and Sanitation (WatSan) staff in Kadugli have been busy, fielding many requests for assistance from the surrounding community.
January 2009International NGO Medair launches an integrated emergency response in Burao, in the Togdheer region of Somaliland, where the effects of drought and displacement threaten the lives and livelihoods of...
December 2008
Sectors of Expertise: The Need for Shelter & Infrastructure
Medair Serves World’s Most Vulnerable People
November 2008Less than a week after being forced to swiftly evacuate from Dungu town, Medair staff have returned with essential medicines to provide emergency relief for thousands of Congolese in Dungu town and...
November 2008
Sectors of Expertise: Medair Serves World’s Most Vulnerable People
The Need for Safe Water and Sanitation
November 2008
D.R. Congo: Just Back From the Congo
Medair’s Roger Sandberg recently returned from a short-term assignment where he was the acting Country Director for DRC. During his time in the country, multiple conflicts flared up throughout the...
November 2008
