Today, He Is an Enterprising Father and, Above All, a Happy Man.
Rizgar was just 21 years old when unexploded ordnance changed his life forever.
I Started to Believe in All My Possibilities.
I was born with several congenital deformities, which affected my left leg and both hands.
With the Help of EMERGENCY I Managed to Find My Way
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…
International Day of People With Disabilities 2021
Today, we pay tribute to everyone at the Sulaymaniyah Rehabilitation Centre and all those living with disabilities.
Outside These Walls, When Will Peace Finally Come?
Within the walls of this Centre, people have been getting treatment, eating, sleeping and living in peace for more than 20 years.
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…
Our Bodies are Maps of Pain
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.…
Iraq: “IT’S REALLY TURNED MY LIFE AROUND”
It’s what keeps us focused on our goal: to help people who think they’ve missed their chance, to let them live again.