Five years after the withdrawal of international forces and the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan’s humanitarian, economic and health crises continue to worsen. The economic recession has deepened amid escalating regional tensions. Regional conflicts have disrupted some of the country’s…
Four years since August 2021, peace in Afghanistan has meant a formal conclusion to war, but not to its consequences. Four years have passed since the international community withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021. In this time, the country has…
Today, 7 April 2025, is World Health Day. While we celebrate the major medical strides made in the last decades, we also recognise that access to healthcare is under threat worldwide. We must advance every individual’s right to health. Over…
"He was playing in a field with his little sister. They saw something that looked like a toy, so they picked it up." As he shares their story, his 3-year-old son Nabi sits in a wheelchair across from us. One…
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,…
EMERGENCY is happy to announce that Dover Street Entertainment’s documentary film, “Beyond the Beach – The Hell and the Hope”, is now available on Amazon Prime Video across the UK, US and Italy following its world premiere at the 76th Venice International…
Jamil Gul was on his way to a phone repair shop when he was stabbed by robbers. When the 21-year-old arrived at our Surgical Centre in Kabul, he was quickly taken to the operating theatre for emergency surgery to repair…
The operation saved his life. Seven-year-old Omar lives in Afghanistan, a country still recovering from more than four decades of war. In April, Omar and two of his family members were rushed to the Kabul Surgical Centre after a landmine…
