At ‘Best Shoes’, Ako ensures a dignified life for him and his family. Ako has been living with a severe disability since he was 11: he lost his left hand, part of his right hand, and one eye completely due…
Terrible violence hit Kabul today. Explosions in the vicinity of the airport, packed with people trying to leave the country, have left dozens of people dead and wounded.⠀⠀ The EMERGENCY Kabul Surgical Centre received a massive influx of patients almost…
“He was absolutely dedicated to helping humanity. His whole life was dedicated to that one cause….He was somebody that believed in the end of war. He believed that, as a surgeon, he had to find the root cause of the…
EMERGENCY USA is saddened to learn of the passing of Vartan Gregorian, Co-Founder of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative and member of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee. An upcoming Aurora Dialogues Online event on June 5, 2021 at 10am EST entitled…
EMERGENCY: WIDESPREAD CLASHES IN HELMAND. SURGE IN ADMISSIONS AT OUR HOSPITAL FOR WAR VICTIMS IN LASHKAR-GAH. EMERGENCY can confirm that it is receiving large numbers of war-wounded patients at its Surgical Centre for War Victims in Lashkar-Gah, Helmand Province, as…
Borders too often act as barriers. Countries should be refuges instead of obstacles to basic human rights. Migrants are not the danger. Intolerance is. https://www.facebook.com/emergencyuk.ngo/videos/2274195982681197/?__xts__[0]=68.ARA56GAwRqgQl-1of4fegGqyIEppNZ1A5AiHIaFNX3Gz0R65JSLd5xHWOCCAdlNkeEo8h8F9r2se3Ca5QJzdnoE6j2wPIRk2vi2GtSHkgtiLQxNaYrwOUWHMnT_DD84dgxpqh2a7fXnd3u2l0_vldUettuxLMAtChrJLQB03WyCzj4CwxQCaVcrKEP1_vD1JS3bgtml7kwwtbskp3jE1jcGx0gmLI4SVTPTot1-poxblh4DamW3ESBpV-Z-qoykNnkb-qAoq55Zuv264R76VfrNHYE9FcHOoOIS9iwO7Ojyk2IxLuDLWGA9GvqJ68PWIcHmKokxRSzTmIdjpQgQ-XN3Ob1jBLEjWmx580A&__tn__=-R This is the desperation that Europe continues to ignore. Names, stories, identities, hopes, dreams,…
The rocky mountains around Sulaymaniyah are capped with snow. Rain beats on the door of every house and on the roof of EMERGENCY’s Rehabilitation Centre. Samad leaves his tailor’s workshop and comes over to us, taking care on his prostheses.…
Today, EMERGENCY launched its Maternity Report, ‘A Quiet Revolution’, in Brussels. The European Foundation Centre hosted the event, which served as an opportunity to discuss an underrepresented aspect of Afghanistan, something that we have been contributing to since 2003. Peace,…
“I thought I saw everything in Nigeria with Boko Haram. I thought I had endured the worst things in the world. But I was wrong. I hadn’t seen Libya yet. “ Traumatic shock, burns, gunshot wounds, hypothermia, and dehydration. This…
Date: 20/11/1989 Event: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The world's most widely ratified agreement ever is signed. Global leaders commit to protecting children’s rights. Date: 20/11/2019 Event: World Children's Day 30 years later, children around the…