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.
Iraq: These Two have Stared the Same War in the Face
"Today, thanks to our help, they’ve managed to come back from the brink, walk again and find their place in the world, within this landscape scarred by deep wounds.”
Iraq: Today He is a Teacher Who Gives Life Lessons as Well
...and today he is a teacher who gives life lessons as well as school lessons.
Iraq: We’ve Spent Decades..
In 1998, we opened our Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Centre in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq - a country in which mines have killed over 6,000 people in the last 25 years.
Iraq: Just Like Any Other Girl
Sidra is nine years old, she lives in Mosul, Iraq, and we think she should be able to run around and play, just like any other girl her age.
Iraq: … and It Still Runs Like a Charme!
It’s EMERGENCY’s very own 007, built in 1998 in the labs at the Centre by amputee and disabled former patients.
International Mine Awareness Day 2019
EMERGENCY's doctors and nurses listen to testimonies like these from our patients in Afghanistan and Iraq too often.