In the Tigray region of Ethiopia, armed conflict has been raging for months, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee for their lives. Nurse Vera Schmitz has recently returned from an emergency assignment in the area, and shares her experiences...
MSF gynaecologist Nana Bündgen shares her experiences from a busy maternity hospital in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, and an assignment marked by insecurity and patients she can't forget
Paediatric nurse Vera Schmitz is in DRC, where an MSF team are striving to vaccinate children against a deadly measles epidemic in the shadow of COVID-19
Nurse Cordula has worked with MSF in the Central African Republic, Greece, Haiti, Libya, and South Africa. Now, she finds herself deployed to her home country, Germany, where she is aiding the fight against COVID-19.
Through swamps and impassable forests, paediatric nurse Vera rides with a motorbike-mounted medical team – racing to vaccinate children against a deadly measles epidemic in DRC
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...
Wolfgang's time in the D.R. Congo is short, just five weeks. But the team is eager to learn. And also Wolfgang is learning a lot - not only French and Swahili.
... it will stay there too, which has a meaning of its own. This is how the journey lasts. And if I long to, then I’ll go back… (With apologies to Marlene Dietrich)
Wolfgang travels by jeep from Goma to Mweso. A big project and an equally big challenge are waiting for him. But first Wolfgang looks for the most important thing: contact to the people.
After more than 30 years in business and most recently in a management position, Wolfgang fulfilled a dream: he returned to his roots and set off into the unknown. He blogs from the start of his latest posting, the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
