Blogs & Stories

Dear friends, © LEE Hi Yee / MSF It was mid-June when I received a call from the Field Human Resources Department in Hong Kong. The project proposed was Pakistan, as an outreach doctor …It took me two days to decide and accept the mission, but lo...

Early on October 29, an earthquake measuring a 6.4 on the Richter scale struck the district of Ziarat, Pakistan. MSF's closest team was in Quetta, a two hours drive away. An assessment team was dispatched followed by mobile and fixed clinics in the...

I wake up before my alarm goes off at 5 am and sleepily go through my morning routine- bathroom, dress up and have breakfast. We're in the car by 6 am ready to patrol the coastline of South Yemen to provide assistance to Somali and Ethiopian...

© Rosalie Ann R. REYES Like sardines both in the smuggler´s boat and UNHCR truck MSF provides medical and psychological support to Somalis and Ethiopians crossing the Gulf of Aden from Somalia to Yemen. Refugees pointed to 49 year old Abdullah and...

© Rosalie Ann R. REYES 100 refugees were crammed on the boat. The following are stories of Somalis and Ethiopians who cross the Gulf of Aden in a treacherous boat journey in search of a better life in Yemen. Their quest for sanctuary also became a...