Meet Anne Reitsema: 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
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!
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...
A two-year-old Malagasy boy receives help through Medair’s mobile clinic
“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...
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
“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...
“My Guiding Light” A mother’s story from the earthquake in Syria
“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...
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...
What does a village chief want to pass along to the next generation?
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...
In southern Madagascar, a mother recalls going to bed hungry and thirsty
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...