South Sudan: Measles Emergency Response
In late May 2018, a measles outbreak was confirmed in Rumbek Centre County, South Sudan. As you may know, measles is a deadly disease that can spread…
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Afghanistan: Rich Harvest for the Coming Winter
On a sweeping hillside in Afghanistan’s Central Highlands, we met up with Delara and her husband Ezatullah as they were weeding a large kitchen gard…
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Irman’s story
“When we came here for the first time, I saw this man standing in the middle of the road.
When he realized we were here to help he started s…
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Iraq: Celebrating New Life
Life goes on. Despite all the conflict, loss, and uncertainty for the future, displaced families in Iraq show tremendous resilience as they work to re…
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CEO Blog: Rohingya Crisis – Showing Humanity
“The Rohingya people struggled a lot in Myanmar. Now they live in a refugee camp and their living conditions are dire. I want to share in their pain…
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World Mental Health Day 2018
Across the courtyard, mothers with small children and a few older men wait as the Medair medical team unloads boxes of medications and prepares to ope…
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Beyond the Extra Mile in Afghanistan: A Personal Reflection
There’s nothing left to do but give in to the jarring motion as the 4X4 climbs a bumpy mountain road of gravel and deep grooves. “Jane*, what do y…
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CEO blog: Rohingya Crisis – A Better Future
All the stories of the Rohingya I met in Bangladesh last week have a poignant commonality: the accounts of unimaginable violence and heart-breaking lo…
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CEO blog: Building back better
“Before, I had a small house, with a small shop. They were both severely damaged by the 2015 earthquake. Medair and CDS helped me to demolish my old…
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Reaching remote communities in the Philippines
I arrived in the Philippines four days ago, just 24 hours after Super Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall. Three days after landing in Manilla, we have al…
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