Name : Designation : Dr Marwan worked with MSF in Tal Abyad, northern Syria. After refusing a job offer from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, he knew his life was in danger, and made the hard decision to leave for Europe. Dr. Marwan after arriving to Holland. Photo: Ikram Ngadi “I … Read more
Name : Designation : (This article first appeared in The Hindu) Dr Bhavna Chawla, a surgeon, recently returned from her first mission with MSF in Lankien, South Sudan. In this letter, she recounts her experience of delivering emergency surgical care in a conflict situation. In the beginning, my struggles were different. A strange but extremely … Read more
Name : Designation : It was at one of the Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) counselling centres in the valley that I first met Khateeja (name changed). Hailing from one of the most volatile areas of North Kashmir, she seemed confused about her age when asked, but seemed to be around 55 years old. This is her story. … Read more
Name : Designation : “Home is the sailor, home from the sea” (Robert Louis Stevenson) Madeleine Habib ran away to sea in her early twenties and found a perfect blend of physical work and mental challenges. She worked from boat to boat, following her love of the sea and passion for environmental and social activism. … Read more
Name : Designation : One-month-old Nubia is the first newborn baby known to have survived Ebola, as well as Guinea’s last reported Ebola patient. In the week she returned home, cured, MSF’s Dr Marie-Claire looks back at an emotional four weeks. “It was a sad beginning,” says Dr Marie-Claire Kolié, who has worked at MSF’s … Read more
Name : Designation : Haydan streets and buildings destroyed by the recent airstrikes. Photo: Yann Geay/MSF On 26 October, a Saudi-led coalition airstrike destroyed the hospital in Haydan, Yemen, that MSF supports. Programme coordinator Miriam Czech, who used to go to Haydan several times a week to assist personnel and patients, told us what … Read more
Name : Designation : In school in Benin we learned about the map of the world: Africa, Asia, Europe, America. But how could we know that Italy was so far away? In Libya they lied to us, they said Italy is seven hours away from the Libyan shore. We had no choice but to believe … Read more
Name : Designation : Simi Basheer was with MSF in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for nine months. In this letter, she revisits the project, her journey from confusion to clarity and the ‘borderlessness’ she experienced To put a mission into writing is more difficult than the mission itself. I realise … Read more
Name : Designation : Lindis Hurum, who was recently Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s emergency coordinator onboard the Bourbon Argos, shares her experience and the moving stories of some of those she met Photo: Francesco Zizola/NOOR “If you take me back to Libya, I will jump back into the sea”. The … Read more
Name : Designation : Marina Spyridaki is an MSF psychologist working with refugees on the Greek island of Kos as they wait to receive papers that will allow them to leave for Athens and continue their journeys I am here offering psychosocial support to people wherever they need it – I hold sessions in the … Read more