International 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 20,000 displaced people, along with 105,000 urban...
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 the surrounding region.
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 region, and Medair responded by playing a prominent...
November 2008All of Medair’s staff in Dungu have been safely evacuated to Isiro after a deadly Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attack on the town.
November 2008Medair provides regular nutritional assessments and treatment for malnourished children in villages in Southern Sudan.
October 2008Ongoing violent attacks against civilians have forced international NGO Medair to reduce its health care supervision in three health zones south of Bunia, while it continues to support IDPs in Dungu.
October 2008
D.R. Congo: A Little New Light
As thousands flee vicious attacks from the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in D.R. Congo’s Dungu Territory, a young woman clings to a moment of light in the tragic darkness.
October 2008
D.R. Congo: Healing the Wounds of Violence
As the people of D.R. Congo attempt to recover from a decade of violence, Medair remains committed to providing life-saving health care access to the most vulnerable.
October 2008Medair remains the only active international NGO on-the-ground in Dungu Territory, with staff providing emergency health care and free medicine for IDPs, as the crisis escalates daily.
October 2008International humanitarian NGO Medair, active in northeastern DRC for over a decade, has committed resources from its Emergency Fund to provide urgently needed drugs and health care support for thousands of people displaced by recent outbreaks of...
October 2008
