Iraq: Celebrating New Life

Life goes on. Despite all the conflict, loss, and uncertainty for the future, displaced families in Iraq show tremendous resilience as they work to re…

World Mental Health Day 2018

Across the courtyard, mothers with small children and a few older men wait as the Medair medical team unloads boxes of medications and prepares to ope…

Beyond the Extra Mile in Afghanistan: A Personal Reflection

There’s nothing left to do but give in to the jarring motion as the 4X4 climbs a bumpy mountain road of gravel and deep grooves. “Jane*, what do y…

CEO blog: Rohingya Crisis – A Better Future

All the stories of the Rohingya I met in Bangladesh last week have a poignant commonality: the accounts of unimaginable violence and heart-breaking lo…

Removing barriers to health care

World Breastfeeding Week: Giving children a solid foundation for life

Astrid, Medair Nutrition Manager, shares her thoughts on the importance of breastfeeding.
This is the first week of August — World Breastfeed…

Syria: Khalid’s First Steps

Five-year-old Khalid is lightning fast and full of energy. There’s just one catch: Kahlid cannot stand, walk, or run on his own.

Iraq: Even my clothes are not my own

Jassim, 49, lives in a house that is not his own. He doesn’t know who owns it or how long he and his family of eight will be able to stay. They move…

South Sudan: A Child Named War

Akur sells tea in the Aweil market. She earns an inconsistent income, often too little to buy food for her family. “If the tea is not sold then we h…

Afghanistan: Helping Families Flourish in Every Season

There are fewer places more remote than the villages tucked into the sweeping mountains which frame Afghanistan’s Central Highlands.