News, Stories, Experiences in 2012
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humedica headlines December 2012
Dezember 20122012/12/28+++ Congo: Further training for local staff +++ Make way for “Grumi“! +++ Company from the Allgäu donates for education in Sri Lanka +++ Charity concert for...read more - Article:
Honour to honorary work!
2012/12/05We would like to dedicate this day to all those who work as volunteers without demanding any remuneration, in order to offer help to other people. December ...read more - Article:
The story behind the picture: barefoot through winter
2012/12/05Many 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:
humedica headlines November 2012
November 20122012/12/04+++ Newly equipped towards the title +++ A mix of recreation and commitment +++ Soft toys for humedica – how wonderful! +++ Show commitment with your donati...read more - Article:
“Take what you get and make the best of it”
The English-Bavarian Southeast Asian tells about her life2012/12/03Third Culture Kid Heidi Nicklin provides us with a deep insight into her life and tells us about how she grew up, what shaped her character and what is real...read more - Article:
“Does this topic concern me?”
2012/12/01“No new infections! No discrimination! No more deaths due to AIDS.” This is the message Michel Sidibé, Director of UNAIDS, propagates and the target he stri...read more - Article:
“People must know that they will be helped”
2012/11/21“At first, we almost didn’t notice that we were so close to a war zone“, Klaus Ruhrmann currently reports from the Turkish-Syrian border. “Only when the fir...read more - Article:
Successful dental treatments for refugees
2012/11/21Dentist! This word alone might give the creeps to some of our readers and evoke unpleasant memories. Combining this with words like “drilling”, “injection” ...read more - Article:
The inhabitants of Tossicia say „Thank you“
"Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city..." (Jeremiah 29:7)2012/11/12Two and a half years ago, the earth trembled in the Italian province of L’Aquila and the area turned into a vast debris field. More than 300 people had lost...read more - Article:
"I’m going to miss it"
Project coordinator Heidi Nicklin reports on her time spent in Kisoro2012/11/09For four-and-a-half months, Heidi was in charge of the humedica refugee project in Uganda. As a committed coordinator, she saw to it that the volunteer doct...read more - Article:
Home is the place, where your heart beats for the people
Interview with a father of “Third Culture Kids“2012/11/07Being of German origin, Marco Spalke has been living in South Africa together with his wife and his two children for seven years already. He works in Cape T...read more - Article:
Ethical Challenges in Humanitarian Action
Interview with Ursula Miller2012/11/02On October 12th and 13th, 2012, many humanitarian organisations and foundations as well as students and other people involved or interested, came together f...read more - Article:
“Third Culture Kids” – A Clash of Cultures within their own Identity
2012/10/29The second part about our series of articles, “Third Culture Kids”, is about the specific challenges world citizens have to face, the questions that occupy ...read more - Article:
“You will gain experiences that you will never forget!”
2012/10/27Several times in a year, humedica sends medical teams on prison missions that are prepared and carried out together with a partner organisation, Prison Fell...read more - Article:
“Third Culture Kids” – A Clash of Cultures within their own Identity
A short trip into the world of social psychology2012/10/26There are more and more of them: people who develop their own sub-culture. What characterizes the so-called “third culture kids”, is the fact that they grew...read more - Article:
„The sheep will change my life.“
Distribution of 80 sheep creates a long-time perspective2012/10/24Recently, the families of the sponsorship program in Debre Zeit were full of joy about a very special donation. At the beginning of October, humedica went t...read more - Article:
After clashes: Situation tense but under control
2012/10/23The news about violent demonstrations in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after a bomb attack last Friday provoked action in the humedica headquarters in the Bava...read more - Article:
humedica headlines October 2012
Oktober 20122012/10/22+++ Jogging loops for auction +++ A kitchen for Niger +++ From a tipi tent into the wide world +++ Braving the floods together +++ Water Community in Ethiop...read more - Article:
Every shot a good deed on a good day
2012/10/20When at the end of September, 40 golfers met on a wonderful golf course in Dinkelsbühl, it was all about sports, fun, a good handicap and practised charity....read more - Article:
“Someone who does not travel will not learn to appreciate the value of human beings.”
2012/10/19A proverb from Mauretania says that someone who does not travel will not learn to appreciate the value of human beings. Wise words that could also have come...read more - Article:
With their money boxes to the church service
Two boys from Kaufbeuren help children in Brazil2012/10/18Insecure times in the working and financial world always cast a shadow on people’s private lives as well. They have an impact on our relationships to each o...read more - Article:
On World Hunger Day 2012
2012/10/16A sense of emptiness in the stomach after getting up. A light stomach growling shortly before lunch break or a rumbling when diner is approaching. We feel h...read more - Article:
"Our work is immensely important.”
Nurse Philipp Nowack reports from Uganda2012/10/12“Hello, my dear friends, today I (Philipp) would like to give you an account of my aid mission in Uganda. I’ve been here for four weeks now. Together with a...read more - Article:
What would the great pleasures be without the small ones?
Coordinator Thomas Adelsberger reports from the refugee camp in Ethiopian Melkadida2012/10/11„Having to live with an incurable disease or a disability is not easy in any country of the world - not in Germany and even less in an Ethiopian refugee cam...read more - Article:
„If there hadn’t been humedica...I don’t know...”
Anneliese Gutmann tells „her“ story2012/10/10Many school children consider the end of the summer holidays an unpleasant experience. But not in Haiti, where children saw their school destroyed after the...read more - Article:
Medical field work with the Kara people in South Ethiopia
Medical volunteer Susanne Hausmann reports after her return2012/10/06“On September 9th our team of six set out for a three week medical aid trip to a tribe living in the south of Ethiopia. Equipped with a tent, a few clothes ...read more - Article:
Pursued by fear
2012/10/05For some weeks, a humedica medical team has been taking care of Syrian refugees in the valley of Bekaa, in the east of Lebanon. Media coordinator Daria Napi...read more - Article:
The story behind the picture: Three little miracles make a great one
2012/09/18There are many moments in life that are special, that remain in our mind and have an impact on our lives. These can also be moments in which many memories a...read more - Article:
Laughing, joy and happiness
Also in 2012 thousands of children all over the world will rejoice in their gift from the heart2012/09/17Like every year around that time, preparations are in full swing for humedica’s A gift from the heart campaign. Soon, the time will come again when thousand...read more - Article:
Enthusiasm about a new school year
2012/09/14This week, a new school year started for students in Bavaria and Baden Württemberg, the two federal states (länder) of Germany with the latest school start ...read more - Article:
Doctors run mobile hospitals for Syrian refugees
Expansion of relief aid2012/09/06170,000 persons are fleeing the war in their home country Syria. These desperate people are headed towards their neighbouring countries: Turkey, Jordan and ...read more - Article:
Thousands lose their homes due to flood disaster
Relaxation of the dramatic situation not yet in sight2012/09/05Immediate humanitarian aid offered by committed relief assistants and well-structured cooperation in the disaster area are the most important preconditions ...read more - Article:
After the earthquake in Tabriz/Iran: humedica sends out team
2012/08/12Not only one, but two earthquakes shook the earth near the Iranian megacity of Tabriz within only a very short time. Statements regarding the strength of th...read more - Article:
„It really gave me creeps!“
Tour through the epicentre2012/08/10In May and June 2012, the Italian region of Emilia Romagna was shaken by heavy earthquakes. The quakes claimed 24 lives and 400 persons were injured; 14,000...read more - Article:
There is gold in the ground of Turkana, but no food on the table
2012/07/17Ejem, John, Lokoler, Masio and Mary. Names that stand for persons and their stories. All of them are or were participants in the nutrition programme that hu...read more - Article:
It's time for a change!
The important thing is the correct angle of view2012/07/13“It is Sunday, 8 July 2012. One week has passed since the enthusiastically awaited final of the European Football Championship between Spain and Italy in Eu...read more - Article:
For a better start into life
2012/07/12Slowly but surely more and more every-day routine establishes itself at the Melkadida refugee camp at the Ethiopian-Somali border: people cook and clean, sl...read more - Article:
Thanks to special donations, future begins today
2012/07/09After the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the young musician Quirin Kampfhammer wanted to help the affected families. His wish was to take a plane with doc...read more - Article:
“Muzungu, Muzungu!”
Refugee children have not forgotten how to laugh2012/07/06“Coordination of the diverse relief measures at the Nyakabande refugee camp is running at full speed. During numerous talks humedica coordinator Heidi Nickl...read more - Article:
International meeting of humedica country directors culminates in the „Open Day“
2012/07/05Their joint relief efforts brought them together and the desire to offer long-term support made them work side by side – though only mentally, not geographi...read more - Article:
Lots of talks and friendly encounters
Coordination of relief measures has started2012/07/03Last Friday Heidi Nicklin (coordinator) and Stefanie Huisgen (media coordinator) set out for the south of Uganda, in order to initiate the humedica relief m...read more - Article:
Safe refuge
humedica supports refugees in Uganda2012/06/27Almost half a million - this is the alarming number of people who fled their home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2011. They fled deterrin...read more - Article:
humedica headlines June 2012
Juni 20122012/06/27+++ Help as an item of the Eggenthal theatre programme +++ The headquarters is the heart of all relief measures +++ A story about helping +++ MERING Aktuell...read more - Article:
Something for body and mind
Widespread aid measures in Kenya2012/06/25The east of Kenya is a large area. Large and only sparsely populated, as the coastal province is inhabited by no more than 30 persons per square meter. Any ...read more - Article:
Lord Mayor Bosse invites to write an entry into the Golden Book of the Town of Kaufbeuren
2012/06/22For their visit at the humedica headquarters Dr. Emmanuel Célestin Goma-Foutou and Aklilu Tadesse chose a day of hot summery temperatures. In the framework ...read more - Article:
Replacement of artificial skin necessary due to infections
2012/06/21About 2,000 persons were injured when an ammunition dump exploded in the Congolese capital of Brazzaville on March 4 of this year. Among the victims sufferi...read more - Article:
Home is a need of the soul
2012/06/20Danzig, June 14, 2012, shortly before 10.30 pm: Spain and Ireland are facing each other in the group match of the European Championship. It is minute 88 of ...read more - Article:
Climbing record-breaking heights or having a cast put on: there was something for everyone
2012/06/19The 10th Bürgerfest (town festival) and the "Schwabentag” that took place on the same day attracted thousands of visitors to Neugablonz, Kaufbeuren, who cel...read more - Article:
Looking into the past and into the future
2012/06/16June 16, 1976 is considered to be one of the darkest and most atrocious days in the history of the conflicts of the South African apartheid. It was brought ...read more - Article:
A very special birthday present
2012/06/15On June 4 of this year, the experienced relief doctor Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernd Domres had a double reason to celebrate: on his 74th birthday, the humedica doctor...read more - Article:
How to unload a container of 10 tons of potato soup without mechanical assistance
2012/06/14Via shipping container, humedica had sent a ration of potato soup to the Horn of Africa. The shipment was part of a large-scale donation with a value of sev...read more - Article:
The story behind the picture: building together
2012/06/13Many 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:
Swinging fun for the children
2012/06/12In May, when the works were finally finished, lots of enthusiastic children were beaming with joy: a new swing set had been set up in the garden of the Arch...read more - Article:
Kenya: when Christmas is in summer
2012/06/05This time it took Santa Clause a very long time to reach his destination: instead of putting the gifts under the Christmas tree in time on December 24, the ...read more - Article:
Italy: TV actor Michele Oliveri reports on his journey to the earthquake region
2012/06/01Almost two weeks have passed since the earth shook for the first time in the Italian holiday region called Emilia Romagna. Since then, the region in the nor...read more - Article:
Earthquake Italy: humedica and “Sturm der Liebe” actor offer help
2012/05/31„This is where a new era has begun. From one day to the next nothing here is as it used to be.” Those words by Raphael probably express the thoughts of more...read more - Article:
humedica headlines May 2012
Mai 20122012/05/31+++ Have you already heard that… ? +++ Each ticket gains – so does humedica +++ Nitsche overhauls computers for humedica projects +++ Tables and chairs for ...read more - Article:
Democratic Republic of the Congo: joint aid together with new partner
2012/05/29Being the third largest state of the African continent, the Democratic Republic of the Congo disposes of plenty of natural resources. Nevertheless, the popu...read more - Article:
Ethiopia: fighting exploitation in situations of dependence
2012/05/24For a period of two weeks, Thomas Adelsberger from Kassel has been supporting the relief measures of humedica at the Ethiopian refugee camp of Melkadida. To...read more - Article:
Apply for an internship!
2012/05/19You are communicative and you love writing your own reports? You have a creative streak when it comes to developing new concepts for generating donations? Y...read more - Article:
The crutches remain, the pain has vanished
2012/05/16Being a pillar of support to as many people in misery as possible – this is the main objective of the humedica relief organisation. Often, in the event of a...read more - Article:
Creating perspectives for a better future
2012/05/15Family is the most important basic unit of every society. It forms the social fabric of security, care and trust that every single one of us is part of. The...read more - Article:
A short preview of the new humedica homepage
2012/05/12April showers bring forth May flowers! The big day is approaching: we would like to present our new homepage design to you – by no means less informative, b...read more - Article:
Strengthening food and affection for undernourished children
2012/05/09A protective roof against sun and rain above their head. A place to sleep and eat. Going to the doctor’s when they are in pain. Waking up in a friendly, lov...read more - Article:
Married couple from Kassel supports famine relief in Ethiopia
2012/05/03Preparations are in full swing, every day they take leave of friends and family. As soon as paediatrician Dr. Deborah Adelsberger (33) and her husband Thoma...read more - Article:
Highest distinction of Germany for committed humedica doctor: Dr. Günther Thomas has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2012/05/02“Exemplary", “selfless”, “humble”, “passionate”: the words used to describe the characteristics of Dr. Günther Thomas on this afternoon at the Alter Ratssaa...read more - Article:
humedica headlines April 2012
April 20122012/04/26+++ Ethiopia at the Nuremberg Spring Festival +++ Please focus all your attention on us +++ Handing over drugs to Mayor in Mali +++ Global support by Globus...read more - Article:
The story behind the picture: a smile in Sri Lanka
2012/04/25Many 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:
Be it driving, packing or enveloping: our honorary assistants can be relied on
2012/04/24Be it driving someone to the airport in the middle of the night or doing office work during the day; be it during our Christmas gift campaign “Gift from the...read more - Article:
Special campaign in support of the work of humedica
2012/04/20Lately, our international efforts have received friendly support based on amazing personal commitment. 51 employees of the banking establishment HypoVereins...read more - Article:
Visiting the children’s village Brazil: "A journey that has changed my life”
2012/04/20“I visited Brazil for the first time in 2010. Back then I accompanied my father on a journey was to change my life.” Two years after her first visit, Rebecc...read more - Article:
Many reasons that motivate us to go on
2012/04/19Six months old and a weight of merely 3.1 kilograms: you don’t need scales or a tape measure to see that Ahmed is undernourished. Together with his seven si...read more - Article:
“What is most important is that we are alive”
2012/04/17To look at the severely injured patients really is shocking. During the explosion of the ammunition dump in Brazzaville, Bernard, 52 years old, sustained th...read more - Article:
Confidence, but not yet an all-clear signal
2012/04/11During the past few weeks, great commotion arose in Brazzaville, after the first cases of cholera had been reported at the reception camps for homeless peop...read more - Article:
Impressive charity concert in the heart of the Allgaeu region: various regional musicians perform for the humedica famine relief in Africa
2012/04/09That evening, a total of 50 musicians performed on the stage of the “Dampfsäg”, a small historical sawmill hall in Sontheim, a little town located in the he...read more - Article:
Ethiopia: Why aid continues to be of essential importance also after the disaster
2012/04/05The famine disaster at the Horn of Africa has mostly disappeared from public attention. However, the situation at numerous refugee camps in Ethiopia or also...read more - Article:
Relief aid on the Philippines: “full of confidence”
2012/04/02Almost one year has passed since the destructive typhoons “Nesat” and “Nalgae” caused immense floods and left a wake of devastation on the Philippine main i...read more - Article:
Impressed by their optimism
2012/03/30Last May she took part in the humedica medical training. Less than one year later she travelled to Ethiopia, in order to contribute her knowledge and skills...read more - Article:
10,000 euros for reconstruction project in Japan
2012/03/29This is not the first time that Aktionsbündnis Allgäu (Allgaeu Coalition for Action) supports humedica with the realisation of sustainable projects for peop...read more - Article:
A personal relief supplies story
2012/03/28Caring for people in misery, supplying them with essential goods and providing for them: thanks to the humedica field of relief supplies, every year hundred...read more - Article:
An accident changed his entire life
2012/03/27Awkwardly, Tekalign Beyene heaves himself from his saggy mattress into a worn armchair every day. His crutches look like props of a post-war film production...read more - Article:
20 tons of rice for a hospital in North Korea
2012/03/23Even during so-called good times, the population of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea has to face immense challenges in every-day life, as in ...read more - Article:
Sponsored families after the civil war in Sri Lanka
2012/03/22Palm trees, flowering Bougainvillea, hundreds of yellow butterflies. You bump along the red and dusty dirt roads not particularly comfortably, while monkeys...read more - Article:
Arrival in this world under difficult conditions
2012/03/20Often joy and sorrow, life and death lie very close together. This is also the case in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo. While on the one h...read more - Article:
Life-saving aid for Bernard: our special plea for help to you
2012/03/16Severe burns are not only extremely painful; they can also threaten a person’s life. Depending on the extent and the affected body surface, the fire victim ...read more - Article:
Help for AIDS orphans and their foster families
2012/03/16Voi is located in the east of Kenya, between Nairobi and Mombasa. And hence in the middle of nowhere between the busy capital and the relaxed coastal town, ...read more - Article:
Even one successful surgery per day is an important achievement
2012/03/15Medical emergency missions of humedica teams are always about offering necessary and often life-saving treatment to a large number of injured persons as soo...read more - Article:
Memorial ceremony for the victims touches everyone – continuing treatment of patients
2012/03/13According to the latest estimates, the series of severe explosions that occurred on March 4 of this year, claimed the lives of 250 persons. One week after t...read more - Article:
Of happy, impressive and sad experiences
2012/03/12Last year Alina Kuffner and Manuela Kiechle finished their training as paediatric nurses. But instead of taking on a job at a German hospital and choosing a...read more - Article:
The hope of the Masai
2012/03/09Semeyian Korinko is Masai. She has got nine goats, which she takes to graze every day. Once the 38-year old woman had also had cows, but all of them died du...read more - Article:
humedica headlines February/March 2012
Februar/März 20122012/03/09+++ First impressions from Brazzaville +++ Celebrating one’s 20th birthday at the age of 80 +++ Joy shared is joy doubled +++ A new house, a new life +++ Sp...read more - Article:
humedica sends doctor team to the Republic of Congo
2012/03/07The explosion of an ammunition dump in the Congolese capital of Brazzaville on Sunday morning has resulted in more dramatic consequences then expected so fa...read more - Article:
Of relief measures and a wedding
2012/03/05Since August 2011, coordiantor Katja Weber has been working for humedica in Nairobi, where she coordinates above all relief goods distributions in various d...read more - Article:
Building alterations in full swing
2012/03/03Since October of last year, humedica has been running a health centre at the Melkadida refugee camp in the south of Ethiopia. What had started with makeshif...read more - Article:
“Seeing the disaster approach is terrible”
2012/03/02In summer 2011, the world public was confronted with a famine disaster at the Horn of Africa, the extent of which could hardly be worse. Current development...read more - Article:
Giving something back as a nurse
2012/02/29Some of you, dear friends and sponsors, might already know Murielle Christian. During the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, the young women not only lost...read more - Article:
Long-term commitment in the fight against the drought
2012/02/27Since 2010, humedica has been running its successful sponsorship programme also in Ethiopia. In the meantime, 120 families in the slums of the capital Addis...read more - Article:
Support at the Boklomayo Health Center
2012/02/23Last year the photos of the famine at the Horn of Africa were published in the media for several weeks. Pictures of refugees, mostly from Somalia, who had t...read more - Article:
Two ways of easy and fast support
2012/02/23Help can be offered in such easy, fast and uncomplicated ways. In many cases it can very simply be included in the every-day internet routine of each user. ...read more - Article:
Mission team members meet for an annual exchange of experiences
2012/02/22Once a year, Wetzlar in Middle Hesse becomes the meeting place for humedica mission team members from all over Germany. Both full-time and honorary employee...read more - Article:
Medical care also for inhabitants of remote mountain regions
2012/02/21Since the end of December 2011, the humedica relief measures in the Philippines have been coordinated by Christiane Bähr. In autumn last year, and – most re...read more - Article:
Continuing drought and water scarcity
2012/02/16humedica has been active in Kenya for six months now. Various projects, which are run all over the country, are intended to support those affected by the dr...read more - Article:
“I receive far more than I give”
2012/02/13On her holidays, Sonja Küster does not travel to a recreation area. Instead, she travels to countries like Mozambique, Uganda or Sudan, in order to offer me...read more - Article:
From disaster to crisis – a long way
2012/02/10At the end of January 2012, the United Nations declared the famine in Somalia over. This statement, which is considered to be of overall importance by news ...read more - Article:
"People’s misery is immense"
2012/02/10Inna Warkentin already participated in a humedica mission in Ethiopia in October last year. At the beginning of this year the nurse returned to the east Afr...read more - Article:
Team day for honorary assistants is approaching
2012/02/08No matter if it is under the burning sun of Africa, or in freezing temperatures in East Turkey, at a hospital or in the open, no matter how much risk or how...read more - Article:
New harvest failure is a cause for alarm
2012/02/08“The food scarcity in Niger is unfortunately known to be a constant and substantial threat to the local inhabitants. But this year, after four relatively st...read more - Article:
The story behind the picture: faces behind the statistics
2012/02/06Many 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:
No package falls by the wayside
2012/02/02Ten thousands of colourful Christmas packages wanted to be collected at one of 1,058 collection points all over Bavaria last winter. For a period of three w...read more - Article:
Completion of 20 schools for 5,000 children
2012/02/02It has taken Pakistan 70 years, numerous upheavals and countless reforms to set up a stable school and university system after the declaration of independen...read more - Article:
Two places – one objective
2012/01/27Since its foundation in 1979, humedica has been sending hundreds of tons of relief goods to disaster areas every year. Shiploads that contain drugs and spre...read more - Article:
Happy New Year?
2012/01/26Back in Germany, but in their thoughts still with the people in the mission country. Many of the honorary humedica mission team members experience this feel...read more - Article:
Relief goods distribution for refugees in Melkadida
2012/01/25Far away from the public eye, ten thousands of persons in the South of Ethiopia are still living at refugee camps after last year’s extreme drought disaster...read more - Article:
More weight, better health
2012/01/24About four months have passes, since humedica distributed corn, beans and oil for the first time at the Tei Wa Yesu Health and Family Center. Since then, no...read more - Article:
humedica headlines January 2012
Januar 20122012/01/20+++ Small cent amounts sum up to a substantial donation +++ A good bet for charity purposes +++ Donation race for Brazil at the Intermediate School of Zirnd...read more - Article:
Cooperation with Allgäu Airport Memmingen has been announced
2012/01/19Fast aid saves lives – the awareness of this fact is the motivation that drives humedica during each of their missions. Thanks to highly efficient organisat...read more - Article:
Emergency relief aid for 300 families with critically undernourished members concluded successfully
2012/01/17Since August 2011, people in Djibouti at the Horn of Africa have been provided with relief goods in the framework of the humedica relief measures. After a t...read more - Article:
Sino-German cooperation in the field of emergency medicine – three humedica doctors involved – Prof. Dr. Domres takes on association’s presidency
2012/01/13Member of the humedica Board Georg Müller (Solms bei Wetzlar) was one of eight delegates, who, a few days ago, returned from consultations in the Chinese me...read more - Article:
„They have no motivation to stay alive“
2011/01/12“Even I, who has seen so much, was deeply moved by the situation we encountered.” Prof. Dr. Heiner Laube spent Christmas and New Year’s Eve on the Philippin...read more - Article:
Two years of help and hope
2012/01/12Two years have passed, since the world looked onto one of the worst natural disasters of the past few decades. On January 12, 2010, an earthquake shook the ...read more - Article:
Successful distribution of life-preserving vaccines
2012/01/12As so often, it is the children who are affected worst: the polio virus mostly afflicts girls and boys aged between three and eight years. Therefore, polio ...read more - Article:
“Gifts from the Heart” from Bavaria make children jump for joy
2012/01/11A new year has begun, holidays and school vacations are over. Step by step everyday-routine is once more returning into our lives and unfortunately makes us...read more - Article:
People are suffering from the extreme conditions
2012/01/11Famines caused by droughts and shortly after that heavy rainfalls that lead to floods. Extreme conditions, which result in sorrow and misery among those aff...read more - Article:
...but nevertheless they manage to smile
2012/01/09What it means to help, what our honorary humedica mission team members think during and after a mission, and about questions posed by themselves and others,...read more