Solidary assistance and strengthening of self-help

Project focus emergency aid

In over five decades of assistance to people in need, medico has learned that emergency aid – contrary to media presentations – is not a question of speed. Even in acute crises, international NGOs have to promote and expand existing structures, instead of simply replacing domestic actors. Our network of partners delivers just this kind of sustainable emergency aid. Its goal is to restore independence and autonomy as quickly as possible to people in emergencies.

Syria

In the shadow of the shadow

Violence is escalating in Northwest Syria. Civilians are at massive risk – from the brutal military operations as well as from the lack of international publicity. Read more

Israel/Palestine

Under shock and bombs

Due to heavy bombardments our partners in Gaza are not in a position to give an interview. Therefore, we spoke with Chris Whitman, our Representative in Palestine and Israel who is in regular contact with them. Read more

Israel/Palestine

State of emergency times two

The deadly Hamas attacks are heavily impacting our partners in Israel. We talked to Guy Shalev, Director of Physicians for Human Rights, about the situation and their work with survivors. Read more

Climate justice

No reconstruction

Flood-resistant construction will not help any more in Pakistan. A look back at prevention attempts Read more

Syria

In the shadow of the shadow

Violence is escalating in Northwest Syria. Civilians are at massive risk – from the brutal military operations as well as from the lack of international publicity. Read more

Israel/Palestine

State of emergency times two

The deadly Hamas attacks are heavily impacting our partners in Israel. We talked to Guy Shalev, Director of Physicians for Human Rights, about the situation and their work with survivors. Read more

Israel/Palestine

Under shock and bombs

Due to heavy bombardments our partners in Gaza are not in a position to give an interview. Therefore, we spoke with Chris Whitman, our Representative in Palestine and Israel who is in regular contact with them. Read more

Climate justice

No reconstruction

Flood-resistant construction will not help any more in Pakistan. A look back at prevention attempts Read more

Projects – Projections

All articles on the topic of emergency aid

22.03.2023 Election campaign amidst ruins

Political negligence cost countless lives and plunged millions into homelessness. Now President Erdoğan is politicking at their expense.

01.09.2021 Reaching the Hard to Reach

A day at the mobile clinic of the medico partner organization PMRS in the south of the Gaza Strip. By Chris Whitman.

19.08.2021 "We do not want to be defined by the crisis"

On disaster patriarchy and the feminist reconstruction of aid: conversations with two medico partners in Syria and Indonesia. By Radwa Khaled-Ibrahim.

17.11.2020 Climate change doesn’t mind the Lockdown

Solidarity with the people affected by the hurricanes in Central America.

06.08.2020 Aid to Lebanon

Donate now and support Lebanese civil society!

12.06.2019 Autonomy under fire

The Turkish occupation of Afrin has initiated a new refugee drama. The future of the Kurdish self-administration remains uncertain.

14.01.2019 A hospital for Rojava

medico international supports the reconstruction and the facilitation of a hospital in Cizire, a kurdish canton in northern Syria. Support us!

07.02.2018 Disaster in the Philippines

Four Years after the super typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) medico-partner IBON released a study assessing the rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery efforts.

27.12.2017 Surviving on standby

Ethnic cleansings and mass expulsions are forcing hundreds of thousands to flee to Bangladesh. Thomas Seibert visited the Rohingya’ camps. A shattering documentary.

04.10.2017 11 theories about the new challenges to humanitarian aid

Today, the need for aid dramatically exceeds the funds available worldwide. The unchecked pace of crisis in recent years has burst the boundaries of the international humanitarian system. By Thomas Gebauer.

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