Even in War, Something Powerful Endures: Love
Today is Valentine’s Day in Iraq too, and there’s something powerful here, resisting war, violence, danger and fear. It’s called love.
‘We’re All the Same, From the Beginning Till the End’ – Hamid, the Imam Working For Peace in Ashti.
‘We have shared lives. We are born together, live together and end together.’
Iraq: Finally a Hand That Fits My Body
‘It’s my first time in Sulaymaniyah,’ continues Emad, who is from Mosul. ‘I had another prosthesis before, but it didn’t fit very well. This one I can really move. It feels like part of my body. This is really a hand worthy of the name. A hand that fits my body.’
Roberto, How Are You?
I realise my plane is touching down on the runway in Italy. All I can do is repeat to myself the promise I’ve always made to our colleagues back in Afghanistan, and which I intend to keep: to return.
Living ‘Small Small’: What I Learnt On My First Mission in Sierra Leone
Taking things ‘small small’ sometimes makes you happier than you think. I’m certain, because I’ve felt it myself. I’ve spent so many days in Sierra Leone seeing people who are much happier than me, than us in Europe. They have barely anything, yet they’ve given me so much.
They were asking me if this was really Italy
That is their right, as it is for any other human being.
Afghanistan: ‘Some of the hugs they give me literally make me quiver’
‘Some of the hugs they give me literally make me quiver’
A glimpse of beauty amid the horror of this war
There’s one thing I’m sure of and that’s the pure, gentle love that exists between a father and son. Just for a moment, it gives you a glimpse of beauty amid the horror of this war.
Let’s Look Forward
"The grass looked greener in the other field, so I thought I’d take my sheep there to graze. There’s an abandoned military base, but I didn't think that ... " This is how Othman begins his story. A prosthesis replaces…
For a More Just, Supportive and Human New Year
Best wishes to all for a more just, supportive and human new year. We can achieve it together.