Afghanistan: ‘If Other People Have Done It Before, So Can You!
I would often tell myself, ‘If other people have done it before, so can you!’ and in the end I really did it.
I would often tell myself, ‘If other people have done it before, so can you!’ and in the end I really did it.
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…
Our rules: Do not enter with weapons. Do not enter with violence. And do not even enter with a desire for it.
“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.
The professional growth that Yousof has experienced in our hospital fills him with pride
Monica Pinna of EuroNews reports once again from our hospital in Kabul, meeting patients affected by the intense and long-lasting war in Afghanistan, and the medical staff who work around the clock to provide them with treatment.
"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.”
...and today he is a teacher who gives life lessons as well as school lessons.
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.
working to create environments in which our services are no longer required