Ferry, MSF field coordinator, has just finished one mission in the mountains of the Hauts Plateaux in Congo (DRC) to begin another in south Yemen.
His first mission was in Azerbaijan in 1995 as a logistical coordinator, after which he worked as a financial administrator in the Democratic Republic of Congo, emergency programme manager in Bosnia and as a logistical coordinator in Burundi. All for MSF.
Apart from that, Ferry has had a variety of occupations, including director of a travel agency in The Netherlands, marketing director in Burundi and logistics consultant for a safari company in Tanzania.
In between missions he lives in Arusha, Tanzania.
Following numerous confrontations between armed groups in the Hauts Plateaux of Uvira, and to help the many victims displaced by the fighting, MSF began providing emergency relief in February 2010. Through this project, MSF supported six health centres and made referrals to the hospitals in Uvira and Bukavu. MSF teams also set up two mobile clinics that can be deployed rapidly to reach people displaced by fighting. The MSF teams provide survivors of sexual violence with medical and psychological care.
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR STUDY RAHIMA, I HOPE TO WELCOME YOU SOON IN OUR MIDST.
FERRY
Hi Ferry, as an ex MSF expat I cannot get enough of your writing. I miss all that very much and still hope I will get to go back to it. Good luck and all the best with your project in Kivu.
Patricija
I am from Tanzania, and I would love to meet you. I am just a medical student but the more time i spend reading such blogs, the easier it is to continue studying so I can be a part of this global movement…one day
Nice blog . I like it !!
Hi Ferry,
What a great blog entry! My daily life is worlds apart from yours and reading your blog was so refreshing and inspiring. Well done for all your hard work and for making lives of others so much better.