search and rescue

Search and rescue vlog 2: “They’ve been adrift for 34 hours”

“There were 25 people onboard including six women. We understand that they were pushed out by the smugglers at around 1am… they’ve been almost 34 hours at sea.”

08 Aug 2018 / 1 minute read

Aoife Ní Mhurchú

Nurse

Search and rescue vlog 1: “The little girl collapsed in desperate pain”

“She had very severe burns on both her left and right upper thigh... When we spoke to herself and her sister we learned that she had been assaulted.”

05 Aug 2018 / 1 minute read

Sylvia Kennedy

Nurse

Search and rescue: “I’m here to make sure people do not drown at sea”

British nurse Sylvia Kennedy is working onboard the Aquarius, a search and rescue ship responding to the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean Sea. In her first blog, she describes how she identifies the most vulnerable people rescued...

17 May 2018 / 4 minute read

Stefan Dold

Communications

What happens in Libya

Stefan has recently returned from working on board the search and rescue vessel Prudence. He shares his diary entries as the crew wait and wonder about the fate of people trapped in Libya...

14 Aug 2017 / 4 minute read

Stefan Dold

Communications

Search and Rescue: First Rescue

Stefan blogs from an MSF search and rescue vessel about his first rescue on board...

07 Aug 2017 / 4 minute read

Stefan Dold

Communications

Search and Rescue: Departure in stormy times

Stefan blogs from Sicily as he prepares to join the crew on board an MSF search and rescue vessel...

02 Aug 2017 / 4 minute read

Alice Gautreau

Midwife

VLOG: Becoming the only midwife on board a search and rescue vessel

"It will be very challenging, but I feel ready"

26 Jul 2017 / 1 minute read

Shafiqul Islam

Cultural Mediator

Saving lives in the Mediterranean: “Many hoped it would get better, but now they have no choice but the sea.”

As the situation in Libya becomes increasingly unstable, thousands of the people working there have found themselves kidnapped, detained, and abused. Some are later packed onto dangerously unseaworthy boats on the Mediterranean Sea. Cultural mediator Shafiqul blogs about his role on an MSF search and rescue vessel, and shares the stories of some of the people he has met there…

19 Jul 2017 / 4 minute read

Tiziana Cauli

Communications

Search and rescue: The Women

So far this year, 333 women have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the team on the search and rescue vessel MV Aquarius. Tiziana, the communication manager on board, blogs about meeting two of them.

10 Mar 2017 / 9 minute read

Oussama Omrane

Cultural Mediator

Search and rescue: "Into the lungs of Hell"

On board MV Aquarius, a search and rescue vessel operated jointly by MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE, cultural mediator Oussama meets two women who shared their story of friendship, courage and escape.

08 Mar 2017 / 12 minute read

Mark Farrell-Javits

Logistician

Search and rescue: "This voyage was far from over for them, a new chapter just beginning"

Mark has recently joined the team on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship operated jointly by MSF / Doctors without Borders and SOS MEDITERRANEE. Here he blogs about the team's work in the Mediterranean.

07 Mar 2017 / 5 minute read

Mark Farrell-Javits

Logistician

Search and rescue: "There is a real fear that the women are being trafficked"

Mark has recently joined the team on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship operated jointly by MSF / Doctors without Borders and SOS MEDITERRANEE. Here he blogs about the team's work in the Mediterranean.

21 Feb 2017 / 6 minute read

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