Looking Back at 2024
Since 1994, EMERGENCY has addressed the consequences of conflict and poverty, with the hope that we would one day no longer be needed. 30 years later, our work around the world remains as necessary as ever. In 2024, in Gaza,…
From 1994 to 2024: EMERGENCY Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Free, High-Quality Care
“The hospital of Kigali is deserted. Patients, doctors, nurses, almost all have been killed. There are five of us, but we will soon be joined by others.” In 1994, in the midst of the Rwandan genocide, Dr Gino Strada and…
Our Wish for 2024
In the last 10 years, more than 28,000 migrating people have drowned in the Mediterranean. Our wish for 2024: No more indifference. No more deaths at sea.
Testimonies from Life Support on International Migrants Day
For many people, migration means facing violence, abuse, death. In the central Mediterranean alone, over 28,000 people have disappeared since 2014 while attempting the crossing. At least 61 more people were victims of yesterday’s shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the…
International Workers’ Day 2023
20 countries. Over 12 million people treated. EMERGENCY’s commitment to providing free, high-quality care is made possible by the incredible dedication of more than 3,700 workers worldwide. To our colleagues: thank you for all that you do. #InternationalWorkersDay
A Meeting at Our Mobile Clinic that Made Us Extremely Happy.
This is Mohammed. We first met him in Milan almost a year ago through our Italy Programme, which provides free healthcare and social support to marginalised people and communities. He comes from The Gambia and arrived in Italy in 2013, landing in Lampedusa. Before going to…
Since the Start of the Project, We Have Supported Over 5,000 Households in Italy.
In Milan, Rome, Naples, Piacenza, Catanzaro, Varese and Catania we continue to pack and distribute parcels, working with local organisations to help those in need every week.
“Our Response to the Current Medical Crisis Cannot Ignore People Trapped in Other Crises”
“S is 31 years old. He arrived in Italy a little over a month ago, having made an exhausting journey on foot from Pakistan to Milan, via the Balkan route. To make the journey even harder, one of his feet was horribly broken and went untreated."
“Together, We Want to Prove That the Spirit of Solidarity Hasn’t Gone Away.”
‘Nobody Left Behind’ is us being there, giving up our time, to help those who are most in need now.