by Samara Macy | 15 May 23 | Stories
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...
by Samara Macy | 9 May 23 | Stories
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...
by Samara Macy | 5 May 23 | Stories
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....
by Samara Macy | 4 May 23 | Stories
The ongoing conflict in Syria has forced millions of Syrians to flee their country, with Lebanon hosting an estimated 1.5 millions of those who have been displaced. Due to Lebanon’s no-settlement policy and economic downturn making most forms of accommodation...
by Samara Macy | 3 May 23 | Stories
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...
by Samara Macy | 2 May 23 | Stories
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...
by Samara Macy | 26 April 23 | Stories
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...
by Samara Macy | 11 April 23 | Stories
“I thought that I would lose my son, Fisaorantsoa, due to sickness. He got weaker and weaker each day. He suffered from a high fever and a bad cough for two weeks, which made me decide to take him to the nearest health centre. “I carried my son on foot, passing...
by Samara Macy | 3 April 23 | Stories
“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...
by Samara Macy | 27 March 23 | Stories
“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...
by Samara Macy | 17 March 23 | Stories
“We embraced one another while sleeping, to keep ourselves warm, and said a prayer to help us get through it. I didn’t know what to do next. I was afraid, but my kids were my guiding light.” says Mounfed. The devastating earthquakes of February 06 2023 caused...
by Samara Macy | 17 March 23 | Stories
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...
