Helping Children with Disabilities in Syria
International Medical Corps’ Syria teams recently had an opportunity to serve children with visual, hearing, mental and physical impairments, after the government asked for their help.
Harry Goldhagen
Portraits from Ukraine: An Aid Worker who Persists Despite Personal Tragedy
Olha Kartashova is a humanitarian worker in frontline Kherson whose mother was killed by shrapnel while they walked to work together. Despite her own wounds and grief, Olha continues helping vulnerable civilians — inspired by her mother’s lifelong example of service. From UN OCHA.
In Cameroon’s Embattled Far North, a Doctor Makes a Mission of Disease Prevention
As a young medic, Dr Delors Mabout didn’t imagine he’d work with displaced people in conflict zones. But seeing the extent of the need, he “couldn’t remain idle”. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
From the US to Damascus: Syrian American Doctors Tackle Preventable Infant Blindness
Syrian American ophthalmologists are banding together to improve pediatric tests for retinopathy of prematurity. From Think Global Health.
Hawaiʻi Flooding: Medical Aid for Street Outreach Delivered to Waimānalo Health Center
Direct Relief field medic packs, filled with triage care items, are equipping first responders caring for unhoused people, especially vulnerable after recent flooding.