Madrid, 28 years old, from Syria My husband, Moataz, and I met each other a long time ago. He gifted me this watch when we first fell in love. Later on we got married, and since then, I haven’t stopped wearing it. I took the watch with me when we went to Libya, despite I was afraid to lose it or...
Dilba, 30 years old, from Syria I have photographs of my husband, my children, my siblings, my best friends, etc. The one that is the most precious to me is the one of my father, who passed away. I carry all these photographs with me to keep the memories alive. With the war in Syria, everyone went...
In the face of a severe lack of funding, the vital World Health Organization (WHO)-funded medical referrals system from 11 camps in Northeast Syria, including Al Hol camp, have ceased, leaving Médecins Sans Frontières to sound the alarm that this will lead to a marked increase in the number of...
MSF warns it is urgent to resume medical activities as soon as possible to guarantee access to health, especially for those who are victims of attacks and sexual violence in the jungle. Since Monday, March 4th, the Médecins Sans Frontières has been forced to suspend all medical activity for the...
In 2017, Over 700,000 Rohingyas fled targeted campaigns of violence launched by the Myanmar military against this minority in Rakhine state, southwest Myanmar. Since then, three Rohingya photographers have documented people ’s daily lives in the biggest refugee camp in the world, in Bangladesh’s...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released a report ( click here to download) today detailing the harrowing consequences of Europe's policy-made crisis at its borders and beyond. Drawn from first-hand accounts from medical staff and patients, over 20,000 emergency medical consultations, and more...
"Lost at Sea," a powerful animated film produced by Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Noon Films (based in Barcelona, Spain), and Presence (based in London) has garnered recognition and acclaim on the international stage. The film recently secured two significant awards,...
Al-Hol camp is on the southern outskirts of the town of Al-Hol in northeast Syria. Following the defeat of Islamic State (IS) in Syria, the camp is now effectively an outdoor detention centre where people who were displaced during fighting between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and IS in 2018...
A new wave of fighting has gripped Myanmar over the past two months. MSF is providing medical humanitarian assistance in Shan, Kachin and Rakhine states, and we have witnessed healthcare facilities damaged or abandoned and hundreds of thousands of newly displaced people attempting to flee for...
At one hour past midnight on January 7, a fire broke out in Camp 5, one of the 33 camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. It took three hours to bring the blaze under control, but that was enough time for the fire to destroy nearly 900 shelters and damage hundreds more. As a result, 7,000 Rohingya...
