News, Stories, Experiences in 2011
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“Someone in this world remembers us”
2011/12/30Together with the experienced relief doctor Prof. Dr. Heiner Laube and nurse and paramedic Philipp Nowack, coordinator Margret Müller is once again on a re...read more - Article:
Disaster surprised them in their sleep – 77,000 persons affected
2011/12/23Caused by the torrential rainfalls during typhoon Washi, an up to 10 metre high flood wave hit the region surrounding the Philippine town of Cagayan de Oro,...read more - Article:
“It’s terrible – simply terrible.”
2011/12/21“The people we’ve seen today in the town of Iligan are still wearing the clothes they were wearing when typhoon Washi surprised them last weekend. And f...read more - Article:
humedica coordinator in the disaster region
2011/12/20More than two months after the devastating typhoons Nesat and Nalgae, which tracked across Luzon, the main island of the Philippines, leaving destruction an...read more - Article:
Students take a look behind the scenes of humedica and „Gift from the Heart“
2011/12/20The Ludwig-Reinhard School in Kaufbeuren is a special-needs school that focuses on enhancing mental development. A few days ago, twelve students of the voca...read more - Article:
humedica headlines December 2011
Dezember 20112011/12/19+++Double help for people at the Horn of Africa+++One year’s offertory for Nova Friburgo+++Support for people in misery in East Africa+++Chartiy concert f...read more - Article:
Tombola and auction for collecting donations for humedica
2011/12/17Commitment for charity purposes pays off! During a private charity event, Karin and Rudi Beßler collected 3,600 euros for humedica. More than 150 persons h...read more - Article:
IT group Nitsche demonstrates social commitment
2011/12/16For more than twenty years, the Nitsche group, based in the Bavarian town of Kaufering, has been offering high-end IT services. Now the computer experts dec...read more - Article:
Happy end to an eventful year
2011/12/14More than two years have passed, since our highly appreciated humedica country director for Sudan, Nyabuga Polycarp Onsongo, died during a tragic car accide...read more - Article:
Little means to accomplish great results
2011/12/06It is not always necessary to plan a campaign long beforehand and to arrange everything to the smallest detail in order to accomplish the best results. Some...read more - Article:
The story behind the picture: waiting for work in Jijiga
2011/12/05Many experiences in our lives are very special moments that leave behind their traces and remain in our memories for a long time. That can be moments linked...read more - Article:
“A world that cannot be compared to ours”
2011/12/02In the West African country of Niger, humedica has been running a hospital together with the partner organisation Hosanna Institute du Sahel since 2009. Tan...read more - Article:
External support for increasing internal strength
2011/12/01Elefenesh is 14 years old and together with her mother and her brothers she lives on the outskirts of Debre Zeyt, a city with 100,000 inhabitants south of t...read more - Article:
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide and Deutsche Bank send out employees to wrap packages
2011/11/30Ten thousands of Christmas packages pile up at our "Gift from the Heart" warehouse in Kaufbeuren. Every day we receive new deliveries from our collecting po...read more - Article:
"The wind is no friend of mine"
2011/11/28On May 2nd of this year, Heinz Allgaier set out on a very special tour around the world. His plan is to travel 58,000 kilometres around the entire globe by ...read more - Article:
Distribution of solar lamps at the refugee camps
2011/11/23In her report about the latest relief measure in the south of Ethiopia the experienced coordinator Simone Winneg will tell you about how humedica literally ...read more - Article:
Active interest in humanitarian projects
2011/11/15On October 28 and 29, 2011, the "13th Humanitarian Congress - Theory and Practice of Humanitarian Action" took place in Berlin. The event, which took place ...read more - Article:
Pupils of the senior year 2011 collect donations for charity purposes
2011/11/10This year's senior class of the grammar school Allgäu-Gymnasium Kempten collected money by means of various campaigns and donated part of it to humedica. M...read more - Article:
It's easier to bear the misery with a smile on one's face
2011/11/09"If I started thinking about my situation, I would go mad. For weeks, we have been living on roots, leaves and grass; all my vegetables and fruit were blown...read more - Article:
Inauguration of a second health station at Melkadida
2011/11/08Seit fast zwei Jahren ist Dollo Ado ein Zufluchtsort für somalische Flüchtlinge. Krieg, Unsicherheit, Dürre und der Verlust ihres Lebensunterhaltes trieb...read more - Article:
Hygiene training and relief goods for 615 families
2011/11/07For five weeks, humedica has been supporting the victims of the floods caused by two typhoons and ongoing heavy rainfalls on the northern island of the Phil...read more - Article:
Physical and psychological aid
2011/11/05Medical care in Ercis became more comprehensive and professional hour by hour and day by day. While patients continued to receive medical treatment at three...read more - Article:
"Pastor Sam" brings news from Manipay to Altusried
2011/11/04More than five years have passed since the last visit of the Sri Lankan Pastor Sam Rajasuriar at the primary and intermediate school of Altusried. Last Frid...read more - Article:
Von der Katastrophen- zur Basismedizin
2011/11/02Bereits 30 Stunden nach dem verheerenden Erdbeben im Osten der Türkei war ein humedica-Team am Ort des Geschehens. Ausgestattet mit medizinischem Equipment...read more - Article:
Injuries after an earthquake
2011/11/01As already after the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, the experienced relief doctor Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernd Domres also participated in the firs...read more - Article:
A touch of normality
2011/10/31Little Ravea is two years old, healthy and seems to be externally unharmed. And she is already able to smile again, which is not a matter of fact only one w...read more - Article:
Of little and great heroes
2011/10/26Surrounded by a group of children, a man is standing at the edge of a football field that has been turned into a tent city for the victims of the earthquake...read more - Article:
humedica assistants cooperate with Turkish emergency teams - support of hospitals planned - Turkey asks for reconstruction aid
2011/10/25About 24 hours after the earthquake, a humedica doctor team was already present in the centre of the earthquake region surrounding the east Turkish cities o...read more - Article:
When hope dies
2011/10/25Hope is great among all those present, but sorrow and disappointment are even much stronger. After the earthquake of last Sunday, friends and relatives asse...read more - Article:
Visiting with the aboriginal Filipinos in Simbahan
2011/10/24It seems to be a global rule that the aboriginal people of a country are also the poorest part of the country's population. Only several hundred metres from...read more - Article:
Heavy earthquake in eastern Turkey: humedica sends out first medical team
2011/10/23On Sunday afternoon, eastern Turkey was shaken by a heavy earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale. The region surrounding the city of Van has been ...read more - Article:
Aboleg - a united village
2011/10/22"For Teresa Pincas it was high time that we reached her village Aboleg. Her house had completely been destroyed by the typhoons. And the water masses that h...read more - Article:
Touching encounters in Ditawini
2011/10/21The story of the inhabitants of Ditawini, a little village where the humedica team offered medical treatment, touched the honorary relief assistants deeply....read more - Article:
The memories will remain
2011/10/21The Duncan Hospital is a small mission hospital in the Indian town of Raxaul close to the border to Nepal. In Bihar, one of the poorest states of the countr...read more - Article:
Where otherwise there would be no medical help
2011/10/20After their trip to the remote village of Ditawini, the medical team of humedica and Operation Blessing Philippines could already treat 103 patients on thei...read more - Article:
Departure to a new mission location
2011/10/19Together with the second humedica team, consisting of Dr. Rashid al Badi, the Belgian nurse Cindy Chielens and coordinator David Hoffmann, Margret Müller t...read more - Article:
Touching reunion after three years
2011/10/19Many experiences in our lives are very special moments that leave behind their traces and remain in our memories for a long time. That can be moments linked...read more - Article:
Summer holidays in Ethiopia
2011/10/17The news that reached us from the Horn of Africa during the past few weeks above all focussed on the drought, famine and disasters. Far from the large refug...read more - Article:
Many questions and informative answers
2011/10/15Everyone is dreading the outbreak of a disease at the refugee camps around Dollo Ado. News of cases of cholera in Somalia and Kenya are reaching Ethiopia. R...read more - Article:
How time flies...
2011/10/13While the second humedica doctor team will set out for the Philippines next Saturday, on October 15, 2011, in the Philippines the physicians Dr. Irmgard Har...read more - Article:
"The people need to know that they are not left alone"
2011/10/12For a period of six weeks, coordinator Sven Ramones had been active for humedica in the south of Ethiopia, where one of the most devastating droughts of the...read more - Article:
Hope and medical care for more than 1000 prisoners
2011/10/11In cooperation with the relief organisation Prison Fellowship International, which commits itself to supporting prisoners among others in developing countri...read more - Article:
Lucky under the circumstances - the worst circumstances in 40 years
2011/10/08After not only one, but two typhoons hit Luzon, the main island of the Philippines, destruction in the affected regions is immense. A few days ago, a first ...read more - Article:
humedica headlines October 2011
Oktober 20112011/10/07+++ humedica team arrives in the Philippines +++ They married - and offered help +++ An unexpected prize - donated to humedica +++ Jams for a one-month sala...read more - Article:
Corn and beans against the hunger and for surviving with HIV
2011/10/05Spontaneous cheers, shrill warbling and laughing faces - this is how the men and women expressed their gratitude on last Thursday for being provided with fo...read more - Article:
Pupils of the Konradin Primary School Kaufbeuren run a special donation race
2010/10/05It was a special day for the about 200 pupils of the Konradin Primary School, who took part in the event. For one day, lessons were turned into a great spor...read more - Article:
humedica sends out team of four doctors to the Philippines - typhoons "Nesat" and "Nalgae" caused massive destruction - 58 casualties confirmed - numerous persons injured and homeless
2011/10/04Every year, the Philippines are hit by about 20 heavy rainstorms. However, the typhoons "Nesat" and "Nalgae", both of which affected the main island of Luzo...read more - Article:
"Nothing can stop me"
2011/09/29Since April of this year, Heinz Allgaier has been on the road with his bike. Since then, he has travelled through 15 countries - a distance of 11,810 kilome...read more - Article:
Proceeds of five designer spectacles donated for relief projects in Africa
2011/09/28It is the fantastic idea of a person who not only wants to help, but who connects this help to a particular individual achievement: The optician Günther Se...read more - Article:
One month full of new impressions and experiences
2011/09/28While many medical students enjoyed their summer vacation, Zarah Falkenberg travelled to Niger in order to work as an honorary assistant. The young medical ...read more - Article:
An atypical typical life story
2011/09/26A lot is written and spoken about the situation of refugees; but nevertheless, only those who were forced to leave their homes due to different circumstance...read more - Article:
The Siegerland Golf Club organises charity tournament
2011/09/22The more than 70 participants of the 1st humedica charity tournament organised by the Siegerland Golf Club in Kreuztal were not daunted by the mediocre weat...read more - Article:
"Every individual person we help means hope"
2011/09/20Dr. Anja Fröhlich from Hanover has travelled to the south of Ethiopia for a period of three weeks in order to offer medical treatment to people at the refu...read more - Article:
humedica headlines September 2011 - part 1
September 20112011/09/15+++ After Haiti, our thoughts now focus on Africa +++ Between Mika Häkkinen and Markus Lanz +++ "...good sounds - good deeds!" +++ Helping can be so simple...read more - Article:
"Responsibility can be assumed by everyone!"
2011/09/13What seems to be a somewhat odd idea on the first glance, on the second glance turns out to be a successful relief campaign run by the Allgäu-based company...read more - Article:
Foundations for new houses - and a new future
2011/09/12When asking members of a humedica doctor team during or after their mission about what touched them most apart from the medical aid they offered, the answer...read more - Article:
Approaching inauguration of the prosthetics and orthotics workshop
2011/09/10Only a few weeks before the inauguration ceremony of the prosthetics and orthotics workshop in Port-au-Prince on September 22, 2010, a donation enabled us t...read more - Article:
Against undernutrition and for education
2011/09/09Last September I spent almost one week in Sukkur, in the south of Pakistan. Never before have I encountered the kind of living conditions, health situation ...read more - Article:
Food distributions are a ray of light in the urban jungle
2011/09/07The largest slum of Nairobi – according to some, the largest of entire Africa – is called Kibera. This name is derived from the word “kibra”, which ...read more - Article:
Two women – one common fate
2011/09/03In order to survive, they had to leave behind their normal lives. Entire families fled their homes, taking with them only what they could carry themselves. ...read more - Article:
There to help not only in case fires
2011/09/01Fire fighters save lives, put out blazes, rescue and protect – and lately they have offered their help to starving children, women and men at the Horn of ...read more - Article:
Melkadida – I don’t have a hundred birr
2011/09/01Since last week, the third medical team of humedica has been active at the Ethiopian refugee camp of Melkadida. At a so-called Health Centre of the camp, th...read more - Article:
CHOLERA HAITI: situation is relaxing slowly – mortality rate still high in rural areas
2011/08/30humedica is known for its efficient and immediate relief missions – within only 48 hours our medical teams can start their work in a disaster region. But ...read more - Article:
Besides the famine, refugees are threatened by measles and a cholera epidemic
2011/08/29Dollo Ado in the south of Ethiopia is a town close to the Somalian border. Over the last few months ten thousands of desperate people have been longing to r...read more - Article:
“I will never forget these two weeks on mission”
2011/08/25Who are the ones behind the humedica relief projects? The humedica relief missions are completely dependent on our honorary assistants. One of them is Matth...read more - Article:
Welcome, Mr Ambassador
2011/08/19After a holiday at home in Germany, Simone Winneg returned to Kollo only a few days ago, when a high-ranking guest announced his visit: the new German Ambas...read more - Article:
humedica individual case aid: 17-year old girl from Ethiopia treated in Germany
2011/08/18Amen is 17 years old. She comes from Ethiopia. Due to a complicated angioma in her spinal cord and a therefore limited nervous function, Amen had to live wi...read more - Article:
The situation at the Ethiopian-Somalian border remains tight – more refugees keep arriving at the camps daily
2011/08/18Over the past few days, the humedica team deployed in the south of Ethiopia visited all four of the currently existing refugee camps and was able to collect...read more - Article:
“And still in high spirits”
2011/08/16Once around the world for charity purposes: on his bike tour around the world Heinz Allgaier is currently travelling along the eastern coast of Africa. Righ...read more - Article:
Hungry, thirsty – and ill at that
2011/08/15For weeks, the newspapers have been reporting about the large-scale drought at the Horn of Africa. About a drought that causes people and animals to die of ...read more - Article:
"No day is like another"
2011/08/13In order to implement and plan relief goods distributions and other relief measures the optimal way, a country coordinator is employed in each affected coun...read more - Article:
humedica supports local partner in Djibouti
2011/08/10While international relief measures focus on supporting the population of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, more than 160,000 children, women and men in the east...read more - Article:
Special shipment for Christian Nambuli
2011/08/09Before departing for home once more, humedica coordinator Maren Kuchler, who has in the meantime returned to Germany, wrote a report about a case of individ...read more - Article:
First overview of humedica relief measures
2011/08/09After the humedica team in Kaufbeuren had observed and assessed the situation at the Horn of Africa for a period of several weeks, the first humedica doctor...read more - Article:
“Which decision are they to take?”
2011/08/05About one week ago, a first humedica relief flight departed from Germany with the objective of transporting relief goods to Kenya for the people living at t...read more - Article:
Company from the Allgäu donates goods of a total value of more than 300,000 euros - goods are to be used in relief projects in Africa
2011/08/03The largest relief campaign in the company’s history” – that is how company proprietor Thilo Frommlet refers to the commitment of his company Gefro Re...read more - Article:
When the rain won’t come
2011/08/03When the rain won’t come, crops are withering and livestock is dying, when there is neither food nor drinking water, humans no longer have a basis of life...read more - Article:
Generous donations bring help to East Africa
2011/08/02After our relief flight arrived in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi last week, humedica employees in the country and our local partners are currently preparing...read more - Article:
"Desperation is growing"
2011/08/02The first mission team of humedica was active in the crisis region at the Ethiopian border to Somalia for a period of two weeks. A picture that tells the st...read more - Article:
Joy about arriving aid is overwhelming
2011/08/01Yesterday, on Sunday, the first humedica relief flight arrived in Nairobi, Kenya. CEO Wolfgang Groß and employee Florian Klinner from the humedica headquar...read more - Article:
The cholera epidemic in Haiti remains a serious threat to the people
2011/07/25The pictures of starved people in Africa can hardly be described in words. In my thoughts I am with the humedica mission teams that provide food and medical...read more - Article:
Namibia after the great flood – humedica distributes relief goods
2011/07/20It was a devastating disaster that went almost unnoticed by the world public: after weeks of ongoing rainfalls at the beginning of the year, Namibia was aff...read more - Article:
There are many ways to help
2011/07/04Running for charity purposes and generating donations by doing sports: while children supported the humedica projects with athletic motivation, the ladies o...read more - Article:
Students run up more than 8,000 euros for Myanmar
2011/07/01At the end of this March an earthquake shook the northeast of Myanmar. There were only few media reports about the disaster and soon attention and knowledge...read more - Article:
Disaster with a happy and – New house for family of 10 persons
2011/07/01Homeless, unemployed, without a basis of existence for himself and his nine family members; completely destitute – the fate of Inayat Ullah and his family...read more - Article:
For the people like an oasis in the desert
2011/06/29For the inhabitants of some parts of Germany this May 23rd was a dearly welcomed holiday, for some it was the first day of a long weekend. For Christians, h...read more - Article:
Bürgerfest Neugablonz – an eventful day for young and old
2011/06/28Last Sunday, on June 26, 2011, the ninth Bürgerfest (city festival) of Neugablonz with its numerous highlights attracted a large number of guests to the fe...read more - Article:
humedica headlines June 2011
Juni 20112011/06/20+++ For a nicer Christmas +++ Forced to fly on bicycle tour around the world +++ Mail and donations +++ Leos Becher +++read more - Article:
Some isolated stalks of millet is all that is left
2011/06/16While the people in Germany are cheerfully welcoming summer, winter has begun in Namibia. Temperatures of about 0 degrees pose an annual challenge to some f...read more - Article:
In comparison storms in Germany are a gentle breeze
2011/06/11"Vince", "Bret", "Cindy" or "Franklin" – about 30 to 100 hurricanes occur every year in the hurricane season from June to November. “Adrian”, which fo...read more - Article:
Re-establishing human dignity and integrity
2011/06/09On May 20, 2011 the “First International Congress on Humanitarian Aid” took place in the Westphalian city of Münster. The event was jointly organised b...read more - Article:
Facing problems with confidence and courage
2011/06/08For about one week, Haiti has been tormented by heavy rainfalls that were caused by a low pressure area and led to severe floods. 20 persons lost their live...read more - Article:
“Encounter in times of deepest misery”
2011/06/04In the middle of May a first medical team of humedica travelled to Namibia in order to help those affected by the devastating flood disaster by means of off...read more - Article:
Charity race for school construction project of humedica
2011/06/01Highly motivated, the pupils and teachers of the primary school Pürgen committed themselves to the construction of an extension to a school building in the...read more - Article:
“Suddenly, our hut was flooded with water”
2011/05/27Maren Kuchler has travelled to Namibia as a coordinator together with Jörg Eich. Although water levels are slowly decreasing, the people in the north of th...read more - Article:
Helping those in misery together with our partners
2011/05/24While the water brought on by the devastating floods in the north of Namibia is slowly retreating, the victims’ need for support is by no means decreasing...read more - Article:
Father and son – together on a mission with humedica
2011/05/21A lot of characteristics and interests are passed on from one generation to the next; how else would family enterprises be able to maintain their traditions...read more - Article:
humedica headlines 2011/05/20
20.05.20112011/05/20+++Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary help+++Bicycle tour around the world: “The Call of the Black Sea”+++Announcement: charity concert f...read more - Article:
Little Shantal will live
2011/05/18Seven-year old Shantal from Nairobi in Kenya has come a long and stony way of recovery. A way that has been marked by constant hope and fears for the little...read more - Article:
Stone by stone: work is progressing
2011/05/17Even more than one year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, numerous buildings are still severely damaged or are completely destroyed in many places....read more - Article:
Neglected flood disaster in Namibia: humedica sends relief team
2011/05/16This is not the first time the people of the former German colony of Namibia are fighting against a large-scale flood caused by heavy rainfalls. Already in ...read more - Article:
Life-saving privileges in Kolar Gold Fields
2011/05/16While the highest monthly temperature in Germany amounts only to an average of 16.9 degrees Celsius, and many a German citizen already starts complaining if...read more - Article:
"Overcoming the crisis"
2011/05/10After torrential rains that went down several weeks ago, the north of Namibia is struggling to deal with one of the worst floods that have hit the southwest...read more - Article:
Puppet show against cholera
2011/05/09Until April 21, 2011 alone, the cholera epidemic in Haiti claimed 4,888 deaths and turned numerous children into orphans. Up to now, more than 287,742 perso...read more - Article:
A secure life for needy families
2011/05/04Countless families in Sri Lanka are suffering from the consequences of war, natural disaster and poverty. humedica wants to clear the path to a better life ...read more - Article:
humedica photo exhibition will soon open its doors in Kempten
2011/05/03After the travelling photo exhibition "Hope in a destroyed paradise - Haiti after the earthquake of January 12, 2010" had turned out a great success at its ...read more - Article:
Interview with Heidi Nicklin
2011/05/02The past six months, coordinator Heidi Nicklin worked for humedica in the south of Pakistan, where together with our local partner she set up a project for ...read more - Article:
humedica headlines 2011/04/29
29.04.20112011/04/30+++Baking for Japan+++Clean room clothes for medical projects+++ Leipzig prays for Japan+++ Software donated by MAGIX+++Founders support humedica relief pro...read more - Article:
Time of change - humedica continues supporting Sri Lanka
2011/04/29For many years, humedica has been supporting needy people in Sri Lanka in the framework of humanitarian relief projects. Be it during the long years of civi...read more - Article:
Haiti: no property, but huge challenges
2011/04/28In March, Susanne Merkel, the humedica employee in charge of family sponsorships once more travelled to Haiti in order to assess the population's living sit...read more - Article:
Honorary Assistants' Day at humedica: for our honorary assistants
2011/04/22Bright sunshine welcomed all the guests who came to Kaufbeuren on this afternoon in spring. Last Monday, humedica welcomed more than 90 honorary assistants ...read more - Article:
humedica coordinator returns - disaster relief shifts to reconstruction aid
2011/04/21More than five weeks have passed since the devastating earthquake and the following tsunami in Japan. While the immense problems that arose due to damage to...read more - Article:
Malaria - the main problem at the humedica hospital in Kollo
2011/04/15Dr Gabriel Labitzke is working at the humedica hospital in Kollo already for the second time. Already in November last year he had offered important help at...read more - Article:
humedica headlines April 2011
humedica- Schlagzeilen April 20112011/04/12+++ 1,282 spectacles for humedica +++ Salvator strong beer tasting for charity purposes +++ "Sternstunden" supports humedica +++ "Ohrwerk" donates 1,000 eur...read more - Article:
humedica in Sri Lanka - aid and friendship
2011/04/11For many years, humedica has committed itself to offering humanitarian aid to needy people in Sri Lanka. And just as long as the existence of this commitmen...read more - Article:
Deeply touched by Adriana's fate
2011/04/09After his deployment as coordinator in Brazil, Volker Domres has returned to Germany at least physically. In his thoughts, however, he frequently returns to...read more - Article:
Haiti: Long-term aid by means of Prosthetics and Orthotics Centre
2011/04/08After the earthquake in January 2010 and the outbreak of the cholera epidemic last autumn, the situation in Haiti continues to be problematic. The populatio...read more - Article:
Sympathy expressed at the "Prayer for Japan" was impressive
2011/04/06Georg Müller, member of the Board of humedica and head of the humedica Forum Hessen was the one who had initiated and planned the "Prayer for Japan" togeth...read more - Article:
A special bond is formed
2011/04/06humedica and Sri Lanka are linked by a long and intensive common history. For decades, the humedica headquarters in Kaufbeuren has been providing humanitari...read more - Article:
Looking ahead to future with growing hope - and supported by humedica
2011/04/04Sri Lanka has been scarred by decades of civil war and the devastating tsunami. But now, the island state in the Indian Ocean is looking ahead to a hopefull...read more - Article:
3000 euros for Brazil: charity sales at new health food shops
2011/04/01The degree of creativity and conviction numerous people show regarding their support of humedica's commitment in many parts of the world is amazing. This is...read more - Article:
Ten minutes are over when the mush throws large bubbles
2011/03/31Cooking according to a recipe is no problem in Germany - in the African country of Niger however, it poses some challenges. How much is 500 grams? How are t...read more - Article:
humedica commentary: why the world public is not interested in the heavy earthquake in Myanmar
2011/03/30The bare figures are sad, however not spectacular. The latest heavy earthquake in Myanmar, former Burma, had a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale; but sh...read more - Article:
No peace for Asia: another earthquake in Myanmar - humedica helps
2011/03/29According to official statements, a heavy earthquake occurring in the north east of Myanmar on last Friday claimed the lives of 74 persons. The quake had a ...read more - Article:
Fighting undernutrition with special food and education
2011/03/29Permanent hunger, under- and malnutrition can cause a number of grave deficiency symptoms. At first, the body will try to compensate for the lack by slowing...read more - Article:
"The most terrible place I have ever seen in my life"
2011/03/26While in German cities like Cologne, Hamburg, Munich and Berlin, opponents of nuclear power are demonstrating for a phase-out, the fight against a nuclear m...read more - Article:
humedica headlines March 2011
März 20112011/03/25+++ Around the world by bicycle +++ Special account for donations to Japan +++ Contributions on TV: work at prisons and relief supplies for Quechua Indians ...read more - Article:
"Part of me remains behind - I will come back"
2011/03/25Volker Domres has been working as humedica coordinator in Brazil since the middle of February. Having travelled a total distance of 30,000 sea miles and hav...read more - Article:
Heartfelt thanks from Kisoro
2011/03/23At the end of last year, a container humedica had loaded with relief goods reached the St. Francis Hospital in Mutolere (Uganda). humedica has been supporti...read more - Article:
humedica headlines: help for Japan 2011/03/21
Hilfe für Japan 21.03.20112011/03/21+++Invitation: prayer for Japan+++Announcement: commitment for Japan+++Looking back: charity concert for Japan+++read more - Article:
Distributions of food and blankets in the Sendai region
2011/03/21"It is difficult to describe the current situation", Pastor Rick Justus reported from Japan a few moments ago. "Devastation is so immense that we are still ...read more - Article:
Life-saving surgery for Mehnaz thanks to humedica individual case aid
2011/03/19The relief efforts of humedica are always aimed at helping as many people in misery as possible. But beyond that, our project team members also direct their...read more - Article:
humedica relief aid in Japan: relief goods distributions are being prepared - aid in the field of reconstruction
2011/03/17"The withdrawal of the first humedica mission team is only a temporary interruption, but by no means the end of our relief measures", CEO Wolfgang Groß emp...read more - Article:
Haiti: generous donation for the fight against cholera
2011/03/16Caroline Klein, who is active as country coordinator for humedica in Haiti, has good news: a donation in kind amounting to a total value of more than 25,000...read more - Article:
Earthquake in Japan: humedica team returned - relief measures only interrupted temporarily
2011/03/14For those in charge at the humedica headquarters the decision to temporarily interrupt the relief mission in the Japanese disaster region has not been easy ...read more - Article:
Disaster in Japan: Andrew tells his story
2011/03/13The first mission team of humedica reached the disaster region in Japan very soon and was highly motivated. Nevertheless, due to the serious threat posed by...read more - Article:
BREAKING NEWS: due to confirmed threat of a nuclear meltdown, humedica withdraws first mission team
2011/03/12Due to the serious threat posed by the confirmed events of radioactivity escaping from one of the two nuclear power plants at Fukushima, the humedica manage...read more - Article:
Chaotic situation in the disaster region - assessment and first relief measures planned to start soon
2011/03/12After the heavy earthquake, that triggered a massive tsunami and destroyed large parts of the Pacific coastline, the situation in Japan remains chaotic. Thi...read more - Article:
humedica doctor team has already set out for Japan
2011/03/11Kaufbeuren (ots) - The pictures of the disaster that was caused in the coastal regions of the Indian Ocean by the devastating tsunami in 2004 are still on o...read more - Article:
humedica headlines February/ March 2011
Februar/ März 20112011/03/08+++"You can't possibly remain seated!"+++Invitation: Tent City with Heart - Active for Haiti+++A minibus for Ethiopia+++humedica at the 7th Congress of Chri...read more - Article:
Thank you for six years of relief measures in Sudan
2011/03/07humedica had been offering aid in the vast North East African state since 2004. Six years of relief measures that could be implemented thanks to the German ...read more - Article:
Many are under shock, traumatised or desperate
2011/03/05At the beginning of this year, 27 year-old Nathalie Nowak took part in a humedica mission in Brazil. For a period of two weeks, the German social pedagogue ...read more - Article:
When pictures tell more than a thousand words
2011/03/04The Christmas gift campaign "Gift from the Heart", in the framework of which last year more than 60,000 presents were distributed among happy children in tw...read more - Article:
Thank you for six years of relief measures in Sudan
2011/03/04A proverb says that if one door closes, another will open in its place. Somewhat nostalgically, but mostly pleased about the number of people we could help,...read more - Article:
Honorary assistants on the move - the new travel fund of humedica
2011/03/02At the beginning of 2011 the humedica travel fund was created. The idea comes from Dr Astrid Offer from Cologne: "The objective of this so-called travel fun...read more - Article:
Houses for the poorest of the poor
2011/03/02Almost seven months have passed, since Pakistan was devastated by the flood of the century which caused 18 million people to flee from their homes and becom...read more - Article:
"I am mad at the rain!"
2011/02/28Angrily, Jamal* stamps her foot. "I’m mad at the rain, because it's all the rain's fault," the 11 year-old girl complains. "Who makes so much rain?" Since...read more - Article:
"Hope in a destroyed Paradise - Haiti after the earthquake of January 12, 2010" - the Vernissage
2011/02/25Yesterday evening, the long-planned and awaited photo exhibition "Hope in a destroyed Paradise - Haiti after the earthquake of January 12, 2010" was inaugur...read more - Article:
"... there's nothing on the news!"
2011/02/25"Unfortunately this is true - the disaster that has taken place in Niger is invisible. There is no obvious damage, nor are there ruins, or floods. Everythin...read more - Article:
Vernissage at the town hall of Kaufbeuren
2011/02/23Only a few hours from now, the much-anticipated travelling humedica photo exhibition will open its doors. With the title "Hope in a destroyed Paradise - Hai...read more - Article:
Three months for the flood victims - a coordinator looks back on her mission
2011/02/23For more than three months, Karin Uckrow coordinated the humedica relief mission in the flood regions of Benin. After she returned and after our immediate f...read more - Article:
Annual Strategical Meeting in Kaufbeuren: humedica makes plans for 2011
2011/02/22Department-internal meetings take place regularly at the humedica headquarters, generally on a daily basis. However, the latest meeting of the Departments f...read more - Article:
Medical check on Vania
2011/02/21Two weeks ago, Dr Irmgard Harms reported from Brazil and told about Vania. The young woman has been left destitute due to the landslides and for a long time...read more - Article:
Poverty and fear are dominating the lives of many of those living in the disaster region
2011/02/18Being the employee in charge at the humedica headquarters, Florian Klinner manages the relief project for supporting the victims of the landslides in Brazil...read more - Article:
humedica headlines 2011/02/14
14.02.20112011/02/14+++Music for charity purposes+++Active support by means of online donations+++Professional soccer players will support humedica also in 2011+++read more - Article:
"Besides medical care we also offer comfort and a shoulder to lean on"
2011/02/12In January, Christian Simmons travelled to Brazil as a member of the first humedica mission team and since then he has been coordinating the relief measures...read more - Article:
"Hope in a Destroyed Paradise" - pictures by Thomas Grabka
2011/02/10Barely a month has passed since the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Many persons probably remember the images of this terrible dis...read more - Article:
Overwhelmed by people's love and communal spirit - "The disaster was everywhere around us"
2011/02/10This was not the first time for medical student Simon Oeckenpöhler to take part in a humedica relief mission. This time, his mission took him to Brazil, wh...read more - Article:
humedica headlines February 2011
Februar 20112011/02/08+++Oxygen is essential for life - so is measuring it+++Three decades of support+++Theory and practise at humedica+++For stocks but not for storing+++read more - Article:
Help also for traumatised victims - "There seems to be no end to people's gratitude and vitality"
2011/02/07Shortly after the first news about the devastating landslides in the region surrounding Nova Friburgo and Teresópolis, the nurse Katrin Hoffmann travelled ...read more - Article:
A smile despite deep sorrow
2011/02/05At the beginning of January, Dr Irmgard Harms packed the bare essentials into her bag within only a few hours in order to start out on a disaster relief mis...read more - Article:
Members of German parliament visit humedica headquarters
2011/02/04The humedica team at the headquarters in Kaufbeuren is pleased about every guest, but still, we do not often receive guests from the German parliament in Be...read more - Article:
Medical care for prisoners - "Every mission is different and every single one is a very special experience of its own"
2011/02/03For two weeks the German urologist Dr Petra-Marina Keffel took part in a humedica mission. This was not the first time she and a team consisting of six doct...read more - Article:
To Haiti: "I am overwhelmed"
2011/02/02In autumn last year Annette Dier attended the humedica training for medical relief assistants. Only a few months later she went on her first mission: the do...read more - Article:
How wells contribute to promoting education
2011/01/31In January 2010 the association Kinderdorf Bethanien e.V. (Children's Village Bethania e.V.) which was co-founded by humedica employee Susanne Merkel handed...read more - Article:
Die Katastrophe nach der Katastrophe
2011/01/27After the devastating earthquake that took place in Haiti on January 12 last year, professional nurse Klaus Ruhrmann worked for humedica at the "Hospital of...read more - Article:
Looking back and ahead
2011/01/27Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Of the total of 169 states which are assessed with regard to their wealth and the population's living...read more - Article:
Brazil is a symbol for solidarity
2011/01/26Paediatrician Dr Rainer Berendes from Kumhausen in Bavaria is a member of the first mission team of humedica in Brazil. During his stay, he soon realised t...read more - Article:
"We are standing next to those who survived at a loss for words"
2011/01/24Together with Dr Irgmard Harms and logistician Christian Simmons, Nils Stilke joined the mission team that travelled to Brazil. Since the disaster region su...read more - Article:
“This is a very sad story”
2011/01/18“When I saw the pictures of the disaster in Brazil on TV, I was actually already afraid that the humedica project could be affected,” said the Lord Mayo...read more - Article:
Sad news from Brazil
2011/01/17The situation in Brazil is aggravating further: it is raining continuously in the region around Nova Friburgo, which makes rescue operations more difficult....read more - Article:
Hygiene training at refugee camp Athiéme
2011/01/17Ten days ago humedica employee Sven Ramones travelled to Benin in order to assist at the distribution of relief goods and medications, as well as at hygiene...read more - Article:
humedica Children’s Village is undamaged and serves as emergency accommodation
2011/01/16After days of trying to establish some contact to local employees of the humedica Children’s Village in Brazil to no avail, humedica in Germany has finall...read more - Article:
“Right now, my place is not at my desk”
2011/01/15Since early Saturday morning coordinator and nurse Nils Stilke, logistician Christian Simmons and the experienced relief doctor Dr Irmgard Harms (Hindelang)...read more - Article:
German Federal Foreign Office supports humedica’s relief efforts in Brazil
2011/01/14The humedica Children’s Village in Brazil is situated between the cities of Nova Friburgo and Teresópolis. The distance between the cities is about 70 ki...read more - Article:
“Shpres” (hope) for the New Year
2011/01/13At the beginning of December 2010 we once more reported the same news as last year: heavy floods which this time affected Albania. In many regions the water...read more - Article:
"We must not get impatient"
2011/01/12More than 100 persons have travelled to Haiti for humedica during the last year in order to offer some relief to those who had not only lost all their belon...read more - Article:
BREAKING NEWS: assault on humedica team in Haiti
2011/01/12Unfortunately, even one year after the devastating earthquake, thousands of people in Haiti are still threatened in their existence to a degree that causes ...read more - Article:
Ein Jahr voller Lichtblicke, aber auch dunkler Momente
2011/01/12When one year ago, on January 12, 2010, the earth shook, no one had thought it possible that within only a few moments more than 220,000 persons would lose ...read more - Article:
“When I look around, I can still hardly believe my eyes”
2011/01/10“It is a strange feeling. A year is coming to its end, and at the beginning of the year nothing was the way it is now. This may apply to everyone and ever...read more