“People ran out of their huts trying to escape. But there was no way to escape, the water was everywhere. I saw my people climbing trees to escape t…
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Frilly is 21 years old and from Palu – one of the places most devastated by the earthquake and tsunami which struck Indonesia in September 2018. Fri…
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Medair’s Emergency Communication Officer, Paola B., recounts the first days on the ground following Cyclone Idai.
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It's two o'clock in the morning at Jakarta airport, yet the Garuda plane for Palu is full. There are no humanitarian workers or tourists. The plane is…
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To reach Jono, a village in Sigi area, west of Palu, we drive for 45 minutes. As we approach the village, the damage caused by the 28 September 2018 e…
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Anuar Begam is a 45-year-old mother of six: four daughters and two sons. Here, she recounts how the family fled, what life is like for her family in B…
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Amina Kathun is an 18-year-old girl who lives in a makeshift shelter in Kutupalong camp with her parents, two brothers, and a sister. Here, Amina Kath…
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It’s late Friday afternoon, and I’ve received a call from my colleague at Medair’s offices in Switzerland. A devastating Super Typhoon is about…
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“When we came here for the first time, I saw this man standing in the middle of the road.
When he realized we were here to help he started s…
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Somalia was still reeling from a devastating two-year drought when the rains began.
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