To the Brave

To the Brave

In Ukraine, Medair’s teams conducted cross-sector (Shelter and Health) needs assessments for affected primary healthcare centres or mini-clinics otherwise known as “Feldscher Points.” Feldscher points In Ukraine serve affected communities by delivering access to...
Interview with Marian in D.R. Congo

Interview with Marian in D.R. Congo

Tell us a little bit about yourself I’m Marian Wetshay-van der Snoek, Country Director for Medair-Congo, based in Goma. I’ve been working with people of Congo since 1992 and with Medair since 1998 – so this message is coming from the heart! Can you explain the current...
It took seconds for our lives to change

It took seconds for our lives to change

06 May marks the three-month anniversary of the deadly twin earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and Syria in the early hours of 06 February 2023. The first came at 04:17, a magnitude 7.8 behemoth that caused buildings to crumble almost down to their foundations....
Meet Anne Reistema: our new CEO

Meet Anne Reistema: our new CEO

Anne is a leading voice and practitioner in the global humanitarian sector. Over the past twenty years, she has led humanitarian responses in Darfur, Somalia, Angola, Northern Uganda, and South Sudan. Most recently, as International Director, she oversaw all Medair’s...
Interview with Rachel Hirons Sudan Country Director

Interview with Rachel Hirons Sudan Country Director

Question: Can you explain and give a brief intro on the current situation in Sudan? Rachel Hirons: “So, the current situation in Sudan is that war has broken out between two military factions and it’s really causing a huge burden on the people of Sudan and on...
VAINQUEUR MUST LIVE!

VAINQUEUR MUST LIVE!

It is midnight when the terrifying sounds of weapons and bombs first reach the village of RUGARI, home to ALINE SADIKI, a 25-year-old mother of two. Her eldest child, VAINQUEUR, is barely 3 years old, and she is pregnant with her third child. That night when...
Mothers Taking The Lead

Mothers Taking The Lead

“Due to the conflict, I was forced to leave my home village and now live here in Leer”, lead mother Angelina explains to us in her new home. It is a small tukul, as the traditional mud huts are called here, in which she lives with her four children. Three people...
Water In The Drought

Water In The Drought

“When it rains, this whole area here is flooded,” my local Somali colleague explains to me as we drive through the dust somewhere in Southern Somalia. I watch him confidently looking out of the window of the car, remembering times gone by. Only a handful of people at...
Mass Protection

Mass Protection

It is one of the largest vaccination campaigns in Medair’s thirty-year history in South Sudan. From August to October 2022, our emergency response team immunised 138,037 children and adolescents between the ages of 6 months and 15 years to protect them from...