“Today a Complex Attack Occured in Maternity Hospital in Kabul City”
another horrific attack, this time on the maternity ward of a Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
The Roses are Blossoming in Anabah
Dear Rose, I’m writing to you this Mother’s Day, at this challenging time for humanity, for you and me and for all mothers and their children. You should never forget one thing: tough times don’t last, but tough people do!…
Zarbibi and Maysaa are Two Brave Women.
Zarbibi and Maysaa are two brave women. To them, and all the women who fight every day to improve the world, we dedicate this #InternationalWomenDay2020
AFGHANISTAN. STILL NO PEACE IN KABUL
The third quarter was a period of unprecedented violence, according to UNAMA, before we witnessed a decrease during the final quarter and the start of 2020. It continues to be difficult to conceive of ‘peace’ in Afghanistan at the moment.” Marco concludes
Even in War, Something Powerful Endures: Love
Today is Valentine’s Day in Iraq too, and there’s something powerful here, resisting war, violence, danger and fear. It’s called love.
‘We’re All the Same, From the Beginning Till the End’ – Hamid, the Imam Working For Peace in Ashti.
‘We have shared lives. We are born together, live together and end together.’
Roberto, How Are You?
I realise my plane is touching down on the runway in Italy. All I can do is repeat to myself the promise I’ve always made to our colleagues back in Afghanistan, and which I intend to keep: to return.
Living ‘Small Small’: What I Learnt On My First Mission in 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.
A glimpse of beauty amid the horror of this war
There’s one thing I’m sure of and that’s the pure, gentle love that exists between a father and son. Just for a moment, it gives you a glimpse of beauty amid the horror of this war.