Blogs & Stories
Jun 05, 2018
Dr. Akin Chan Surgeon Stepping onto the Syrian territory once again, after 18 years, I have a mixed feeling. I was still a freshman in the medical school in the year of 2000. I worked for different summer jobs for two months after the semester ended...
Mar 29, 2018
When I knew that the destination of my first mission was Afghanistan, I must admit that I was a bit nervous. It was a challenge travelling from a stable and secure city to a war-ridden country. The position I held was Flying Human Resources Manager...
Feb 16, 2018
Kate Nolan, MSF emergency coordinator in Bangladesh Bangladesh has received nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees since 25 August 2017. They join tens of thousands who were already in the country from previous periods of tension and violence in...
Oct 25, 2017
Since August 2017, near 600,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have crossed the border to escape violence there. Ian Cross is a doctor working with Doctor Without Borders / MSF in a health clinic treating refugees. He shares the story of a very...
Oct 06, 2017
Kate White, Emergency Medical Coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières in Bangladesh “Right now, there are hundreds of thousands of people crammed along a narrow peninsula trying to find what shelter they can. It’s essentially a massive rural slum...