Elina Pelekanou, a psychologist from Greece, is currently on a mission with MSF Spain in the Palestinian Territories. She writes from Hebron.

Elina has been a member of MSF’s exploratory team which assessed local needs following the great Peloponnese fires, as well as a team leader in the “Acteurs d’urgence” event – both in Greece during 2007. Previous field missions include working in Indonesia in 2007 following an earthquake, and in Armenia in 2005.