Communications

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Communications

Communications specialist are passionate storytellers, giving a voice to the displaced, damaged and forgotten.

Bridging the gap between humanitarian crises and the outside world, they facilitate media visits, act as spokespeople, and work closely with local people to hear their stories.

Their empathy, conviction and creativity enable MSF to speak out against human rights abuses and injustices.

Read the blog posts below to find out more about life as an MSF communications specialist, or click here to find out more about applying to join the team.

The Rohingya have faced decades of persecution in Myanmar

Daniella Ritzau-Reid

Communications

"We feel like we've been taken from hell": Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea

In Bangladesh, communications manager Daniella meets the survivors of a boat abandoned at sea for two months, with about 500 starving people - mostly Rohingya refugees - on board. She shares their gut-wrenching story...

24 Apr 2020 / 6 minute read

Hannah Wallace Bowman

Communications

"All stations, ready for rescue": My solemn oath to people seeking safety

It's a cold January evening and the Ocean Viking crew are preparing for a rescue in the Mediterranean – their fourth in a row with no rest. Writing in vivid detail, communications specialist Hannah takes us onboard for a dramatic night at sea.

01 Apr 2020 / 7 minute read

Vathy refugee camp on Samos was built for 650 people but currently hosts about 8,000

Valeska Cordier

Communications

Greek refugee crisis: "How could this ever become normality?"

The horrific conditions in refugee camps on the Greek islands have made headlines around the world. But, nothing can prepare MSF communications specialist Valeska for what she finds when she visits two camps on Samos and Lesvos...

11 Mar 2020 / 8 minute read

“I cannot even look our patients in the eyes anymore”

Having fled conflict and instability, thousands of asylum seekers are now detained in dangerous conditions at Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Communications specialist Anna meets three mothers, trapped in Moria and struggling to care for children with chronic health conditions.

27 Feb 2020 / 8 minute read

Libya: Nowhere to go but the sea

Escalating conflict and insecurity in Libya are leading thousands of people to flee, taking their chances on unseaworthy boats across the Mediterranean - the world's deadliest migration route. On board the search and rescue ship Ocean Viking, MSF writer and editor Natasha meets survivors and shares their stories.

15 Jan 2020 / 12 minute read

Maria, a resident of Optyne village in eastern Ukraine

Iveta Polochová

Communications

Ukraine: "I won't leave, my son and husband are buried here"

Parts of the world seem to forget there is a conflict in eastern Ukraine. After five years, traumas and tragedies are still affecting people. This article was written in memory of Maria, who lived in the Ukrainian frontline village, Opytne, which MSF press officer Iveta and her colleague Zdeněk visited earlier this year.

23 Dec 2019 / 5 minute read

After four days of life-saving rescue missions, Ocean Viking heads north to find a port of safety for all those on board.

Hannah Wallace Bowman

Communications

Abdul the barber and other stories from the Ocean Viking

Communications manager Hannah is on board the Ocean Viking documenting MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE’s life-saving search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Through her photos and stories, she humanises a humanitarian crisis that has made headlines around the world.

18 Nov 2019 / 9 minute read

A palestinian protestor shot by a sniper is rushed to help on a stretcher

Jacob Burns

Communications

Gaza’s numbing routine of injury and death

Communications manager Jacob reflects on what it means when protests that leave "only" four people killed and 64 injured can be considered a "good" day in Gaza

05 Apr 2019 / 6 minute read

Natasha Lewer

Communications

Rohingya crisis: The maternity ward that feels like an ER

In the makeshift refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, many Rohingya women give birth in their tents, with little access to medical care. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has set-up a new maternity ward in Kutupalong, which will be able to withstand the extreme weather the area can experience. Natasha Lewer blogs for us…

21 May 2018 / 6 minute read

Natasha Lewer

Communications

Rohingya crisis: Vaccinating children inside the world’s largest refugee camp

Natasha Lewer has recently returned to the UK from Bangladesh. She blogs about her time with nurse Chrissie McVeigh inside Kutupalong refugee camp as Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) raced to vaccinate as many children as possible against diphtheria.

09 May 2018 / 6 minute read

Sara Creta

Communications

“Look at me well” - How we made a viral music video to fight HIV in Kinshasa

Sara is in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where she and the team have been working on a new digital campaign to fight stigma and increase access to HIV treatment…

01 Dec 2017 / 7 minute read

Stefan Dold

Communications

Libya: The ignored disaster

In his final dispatch from the Mediterranean, Stefan blogs about the people rescued from the sea by MSF, including a little girl celebrating her first birthday...

16 Aug 2017 / 7 minute read

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