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Living ‘Small Small’: What I Learnt On My First Mission in Sierra Leone

January 16, 2020
Maddalena Migliori
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.

Let’s Look Forward

January 9, 2020
Maddalena Migliori
Iraq

"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…

Afghanistan: ‘If Other People Have Done It Before, So Can You!

December 27, 2019
Maddalena Migliori
Afghanistan

I would often tell myself, ‘If other people have done it before, so can you!’ and in the end I really did it.

Uganda: “What Are You Planning On Doing With This Earth?”

October 21, 2019
James Williams
Uganda

Building work at our new Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Surgery in Entebbe, on the banks of Lake Victoria, continues at a cracking pace. After two and a half years of research, design, innovation and dedication, the outer structures are…

International Day of Non-Violence 2019

Our rules: Do not enter with weapons. Do not enter with violence. And do not even enter with a desire for it.

Welcome to Everyday Life in Kabul

September 27, 2019
Maddalena Migliori
Afghanistan

“Outside there’s a war, but I can’t just lock myself in at home because of that. I’ve got a responsibility to live, for me and my children”, something we so often hear from our patients. Welcome to everyday life in Kabul.

July 4, 2019
Maddalena Migliori
Iraq

"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.”