Blogs & Stories

Balance Everything is a balancing act: Riding a bicycle, weighing onions at the market, carrying water containers on your head, health, life and death. On the last day of 2009, I witnessed the balance between life and death.. A laboring woman was on...

Photo source: Daniela WIDMER Merry Christmas to all! And a special Merry Christmas to all of you I love. I miss you dearly! Warm hugs and lots of happiness on this holiday for you! I sat down to our Christmas dinner and burst out laughing. I was...

Photo source: Daniela WIDMER The first couple of nights I crawled under the mosquito net, onto the super saggy mattress and lay awake. Exhausted, yet sleepless. My brain kept repeating "Where the hell am I? How did I get here? Why am I here? What am...

Photo source: Daniela WIDMER Not many people can say, "I am in the middle of Africa". But I can righteously say "I am in the middle of Africa!" Central African Republic (CAR). Yes, it's a real country and yes, it is smack in the middle of the...

What did you do today(Oct 6)? MSF’s mobile clinic today was in Pasig City, in Manila. The whole area is still submerged in flood water, which is chest high in many places. They are predicting that the flood will take 3 months to subside in this area...