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.

Whoever causes damage is liable

Climate Cost Case Pakistan - Polluters have to pay

43 farmers from Pakistan demand compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials for climate damage

Interview

Actually, we always arrive too late

How does aid work in the midst of climate catastrophe, authoritarianism and repression? Questions for the Filipino activist Rosalinda Tablang.

Appeal for donations

Standing by the people of Lebanon

Geflüchtete aus dem Süden des Libanon, Saida

The war is escalating. Hundreds of thousands are fleeing from the bombs. medico supports partner organizations in caring for the refugees.

Humanitarian Aid

This is not Hollywood

In Gaza warten Menschen auf Versorgungsgüter. (Foto: Mohamed Zaanoun/ Activestills)

For days, aid packages have been airdropped over Gaza in response to the disastrous situation - a declaration of political bankruptcy. By Radwa Khaled-Ibrahim.

Whoever causes damage is liable

Climate Cost Case Pakistan - Polluters have to pay

43 farmers from Pakistan demand compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials for climate damage

Appeal for donations

Standing by the people of Lebanon

Geflüchtete aus dem Süden des Libanon, Saida

The war is escalating. Hundreds of thousands are fleeing from the bombs. medico supports partner organizations in caring for the refugees.

Interview

Actually, we always arrive too late

How does aid work in the midst of climate catastrophe, authoritarianism and repression? Questions for the Filipino activist Rosalinda Tablang.

Humanitarian Aid

This is not Hollywood

In Gaza warten Menschen auf Versorgungsgüter. (Foto: Mohamed Zaanoun/ Activestills)

For days, aid packages have been airdropped over Gaza in response to the disastrous situation - a declaration of political bankruptcy. By Radwa Khaled-Ibrahim.

Projects – Projections

All articles on the topic of emergency aid

27.09.2022 Donations: Earthquake emergency aid

medico partners in northern Syria and Turkey are providing emergency aid after the devastating earthquake. Support them now with a donation!

01.09.2021 Gaza
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 World Humanitarian Day
"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 Appeal for emergency aid
Climate change doesn’t mind the Lockdown

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

06.08.2020 #Beirut
Aid to Lebanon

Donate now and support Lebanese civil society!

12.06.2019 Flight and aid in northern Syria
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 Call for Support
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 Study
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 Rohingya
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 Paradigm shift
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.