May/June 2017, for Médecins sans Frontières in Palorinya, Uganda. In 2016/2017, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to UG following violence in S-Sudan. UG is currently the largest refugee hosting country in Africa hosting 1 million people. #MSF#SouthSudan#refugee#Uganda
The one that really matters to us now, however, is how it affects the populations with whom we are already working, people living in dire situations of conflict or violence. In other words, we are not focusing on causality, but on cumulative impacts. https://t.co/CyLQ9XVIOn
It’s not just sending a few doctors with needles and vaccines >> how to approach a population? > Gain gradual trust. > Know their fears and wishes. > Understand their resistance. #HCBerlin@HumConBerlin
When military check points relocate out of fear being close to a hospital/health facility. Today and for years, this is reality in #Syria. Hospitals are systematically, deliberately targeted. #HCBerlin >500 health facilities, >900 health workers targeted since 2011
Having more women in positions of power or releasing predefined gender roles; allowing more feminine components to arise in one’s character, despite the gender? Is it about gender or allowing any human “feminine/ masculine/..” aspect to be reflected in power positions? #HCBerlin
✋ Bouwen aan een toekomst met @HabitatNLD 🏠
Carlos & Chloë hebben samen met een groep vrijwilligers en Habitat for Humanity een huis gebouwd voor Mary en haar gezin in Malawi 💪
Stel jezelf eens de vraag: "Wat betekent #thuiskomen voor mij?" 👇
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97% of the running water in Gaza is not safe to drink. So what do the people who live there do?
Diana is 13 years old. Every day she goes to a nearby mosque to bring clean water for her family.
Some people spend as much as a third of their income on water.
7 million people in Venezuela need humanitarian assistance according to the latest estimates. We are working to expand our assistance, in line with the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality & independence. https://t.co/VHaQK75K25
On my visit here this week, I’ve seen how hospitals in #Venezuela are under enormous pressures with major shortages of water, electricity and medicines.
@ICRC is ramping up our work so people can receive urgent care.
BREAKING: #Saudi temporarily releases 3 women's rights activists - Youssef, Mohareb &al-Nafjan, rest hopefully to follow -- is a welcome step -- shows global activism is working.
NOW we must push govt to end sham prosecution & compensate for harm it has unjustly caused them.
Dr.@janegoodallinst is turning 85 next month. Her work and dedication toward the conservation of the #wildlife especially in #Africa is admirable. I'm joining @JaneGoodall_NL to wish her a happy birthday but mostly to thank her! #JaneBirthdayWish