News, Stories, Experiences in 2008
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Working in the field in 2009
2008/12/16An important mainstay of our work for people in need are volunteers with a medical professional background. More than 850 doctors, nurses, paramedics, as we...read more - Article:
Zimbabwe: Situation escalates
2008/12/11Sister Patricia Walsh is a member of the Dominican congregation in Harare, Zimbabwe. Day after day, the nuns try to provide every help and assistance they c...read more - Article:
Zimbabwe in December 2008: Cholera, Poverty, Death
2008/12/05Zimbabwe at the brink: The cholera epidemic has taken on such dramatic proportions that the government in Harare has had to declare a state of emergency. Th...read more - Article:
TV judge Alexander Hold visits Haiti
2008/11/25When the whole extent of the destruction caused by hurricane 'Gustav' became known in August, TV judge Alexander Hold didn't hesitate one moment to promise ...read more - Article:
humedica individual case aid
2008/11/17It was an accident with dramatic consequences: As an infant Chantal Wanjiku from Kenya swallowed a corrosive liquid, leaving the greater part of her oesopha...read more - Article:
Uganda/Eastern Congo: relief team arrives
2008/11/17The situation in the border triangle of Congo, Ruanda and Uganda is still dramatic: Thousands are fleeing from the ongoing fighting between paramilitary mil...read more - Article:
Dramatic situation in Eastern Congo: Thousands of refugees
2008/11/10Since weeks, Government troops and Tutsi rebels have been fighting over the control of the eastern province of Northern Kivu in the east of the Democratic R...read more - Article:
Big fund-raising concert in Crailsheim
2008/11/04What began on a cold winter's day with a cup of tea by the fire has, in the past weeks, created a big stir in the region around Crailsheim in Baden-Württem...read more - Article:
Niger: Construction Almost Completed
2008/11/03"Rome was not built in a day!" This proverb probably best describes the situation of the humedica hospital in Kollo (Niger). After construction work had alr...read more - Article:
Powerful earthquake
2008/10/30A day after the earthquake disaster in Pakistan's Balochistan, local authorities report that at least 190 people have died and several hundred have been inj...read more - Article:
Berlin: Inauguration of new humedica office
2008/10/28For the festive event celebrating the opening of its Berlin office, humedica could hardly have found a more fitting venue. It was provided, very kindly, fre...read more - Article:
Yesterday Hope, Today Bewilderment, Tomorrow Chaos?
2008/10/27When David Sanders, director of the School of Public Health at the University Western Cape in South Africa's Capetown left the platform after his almost 60 ...read more - Article:
humedica headlines 06.10.2008
2008/10/06+++Bangladesh: Ridoy in good health +++ Palastine: medical assistance in Gaza Strip +++ Brasil: Latest updates from the Children’s Village in Nova Friburg...read more - Article:
Doctors Help Young Malaria Patients
2008/10/02The water in the region around St. Marc had begun to recede. This didn’t given the people of Haiti their destroyed homes back, but it made relief assista...read more - Article:
Dr. Ulrich Seemann Reports from Haiti
2008/09/29Hambühren pediatrician Dr. Ulrich Seemann has been in Haiti for humedica since September 17. In the following report, he describes the dramatic situation ...read more - Article:
Successful Coordinator Training 2008
2008/09/12From all regions in Germany, they came together from the 7th - 12th September to receive additional training in the coordinating of a humedica relief missio...read more - Article:
New Warehouse
2008/09/03In a few more weeks humedica's new warehouse, located directly across the street from the main offices, will be ready to use. Today in the construction hist...read more - Article:
Coordinator Training 2008
2008/08/28They first learned about the work of humedica during the coordinator training in Kaufbeuren in November 2007. Today, Sandra Schuckmann-Honsel, Christian Sc...read more - Article:
Investigative Team Prepares for Trip to Zimbabwe
2008/08/28By talking about a baptism by fire wouldn’t do the multiple engagements and the outstanding experience from Corinna Blume justice. The newest reinforcemen...read more - Article:
Sudan: humedica continues refugee relief
2008/07/18Conditions in the Sudanese refugee region of Darfur have seriously deteriorated in the past few weeks. Political tensions are increasingly causing dangerous...read more - Article:
Assistance for Malawi
2008/06/24It may sound like a bad joke when someone is overheard talking about flooding in Africa. But unfortunately, this is no laughing matter, rather the bitter tr...read more - Article:
Kosovo: Nurse Reports
2008/04/04Even though it was her second tour for humedica, she still brought back many experiences with her to her home in Siegen. The two weeks in Kosovo had left th...read more - Article:
Bangladesh: Ridoy is Doing Better
2008/03/31This time we bring good news out of Bangladesh: little Ridoy, who was reported on from humedica and PRO7 many times, is doing better. Now nine months old, ...read more - Article:
Israel: Doctor Days in West Bank
2008/03/28When one thinks of Israel, so many images come to mind. One, however, which no one expected, is that of an auto with a German license plate moving itself th...read more - Article:
Bangladesh: Coping with Trauma
2008/03/18The wounds, which day after day remind Chand Banu on the havoc wreaking Cyclone Sidr, are no longer visible from the outside. It’s the images which will ...read more - Article:
Sri Lanka: Personnel Reinforcement
2008/03/14Parting with her family at the airport was definitely not easy for Heidi Nicklin. But nevertheless, the soon-to-be teacher was excited about her new positio...read more - Article:
Sudan: Hopes and Fears
2008/03/07It is definitely a sign of hope, what camp-manager David Broska reported to us from Sudan: in mid-February both the Gimir and Falata tribes signed a deal, s...read more - Article:
North Korea: Supply Shipment
2008/02/29The situation of the people in North Korea is influenced by collective poverty. In one of the last communist regimes in the world, the people lack almost al...read more - Article:
India: Children's Homes and Schools
2008/02/28For a while now humedica has supported the work of PENIEL SOCIAL INSTITUTE, to which a children’s home and two schools belong. This project is managed in...read more - Article:
Underway in Uganda
2008/02/2029-year-old student Julia Törper (Bremen) has been working since October 2007 as an intern in humedica’s Project Department. After extensive research in ...read more - Article:
Kenya: Report from humedica Medical Team
2008/02/12Dr. Ulrich Seemann is an experienced physician who has been on multiple emergency medical missions for humedica. A few moments ago we received the first rep...read more - Article:
Kenia: Video Diary
2008/02/07David Darg is an employee of our partner organization Operation Blessing, and is together with a humedica medical team in the province of Nakuru, which has ...read more - Article:
Sri Lanka: Short Interview
2008/02/06Not only Kenya has been affected by political unrest. For almost 25 years, a bloody civil war has been waging in Sri Lanka, which escalated a few weeks ago ...read more - Article:
Niger: Clinic Construction
2008/02/05This clinic in Kollo will change the lives of many and save the lives of others. The help will primarily focus on women and children. The construction of th...read more - Article:
Relief Supply Assistance 2008
2008/01/23Relief supply assistance has been a priority for humedica for many years. In the early part of 2008, the team in Kaufbeuren is sending two shipments off on ...read more - Article:
humedica Headquarters in Sri Lanka Grows
2008/01/09Wolfgang Groß made contact with the organization “Prison Fellowship” Sri Lanka a few months ago at an international conference in Toronto. During their...read more