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...
by Samara Macy | 17 March 23 | Stories
Lohapily, 55, is a head of a family of eleven and is the village chief for over 370 households with over 1110 villagers. As the leader he works hard to ensure his community has what is needed to thrive. For a long time, this area struggled to access clean and safe...
by Samara Macy | 17 March 23 | Stories
In southern Madagascar, families go to bed and wake up hungry and thirsty, missing meals and drinking water because they don’t have anything to eat and drink. “The past months had been terribly difficult. Before, we drink water to fill in our empty stomachs before...
by Samara Macy | 17 March 23 | Stories
In one of the schools in a rural village on the east coast of Madagascar, a child stands on the school’s walkway also used as a stage. He is surrounded by fellow school children, mostly in their brown-coloured school uniform, while energetically leading a cheer that...
by Samara Macy | 14 March 23 | Stories
“The whole community was sure I was going to die”, Gabriel remembers with fright in his eyes. It was in early September 2022 when malaria made him collapse and he fell into coma. In the midst of the rainy season, the female anopheles mosquitoes that transmit...
by Samara Macy | 13 March 23 | Stories
Back in 2021, Madagascar made headlines around the world as the island nation’s worst drought in 40 years led to a terrible hunger crisis in the southern Grand Sud region. Yet the island’s northern regions face a very different challenge: storm after deadly tropical...
by Samara Macy | 10 March 23 | Stories
Two devastating earthquakes struck the areas in northern Syria and southern Türkiye, affecting 19 million people. In the weeks following, more than 11,000 aftershocks were recorded. This disaster has caused immense suffering for the people already dwindling in crises...
by Samara Macy | 8 March 23 | Stories
On International Women’s Day, we would like to take a moment to recognize and appreciate the hard work of community midwives in serving affected communities. These dedicated professionals provide essential services to improve the health and well-being of...
by Samara Macy | 6 March 23 | Stories
Since October 2022, Medair Jordan has delivered 40 sessions in basic sign language, for 54 children with hearing impairment and their caregivers in Amman, Irbid, and AL-Mafraq. The sessions targeted refugees and vulnerable Jordanians to improve communications between...
by Samara Macy | 27 February 23 | Stories
“First, we lost the dates and then the days of the week. It felt like one long day which would never come to its end”, says Svitlana. Svitlana is a 57-year-old head doctor of the Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) in Trostianets, a small town of 20,000 people located...
by Samara Macy | 20 February 23 | Stories
Refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine have left their entire lives behind, often with just the clothes on their backs. They go somewhere new to start all over again. Just like us, they seek a life of dignity, freedom, and security. Due to the conflict in Ukraine,...
by Samara Macy | 13 February 23 | Stories
The tremors began in the early hours of the morning, long before the sun’s glow first began to appear on the horizon. As far away as Damascus and Beirut, more than 500 kilometres from the earthquake’s epicentre, buildings swayed, cars rattled, and lampposts groaned as...
