Photographer Julius Bauer visited our Medevac team in Dnipro, Ukraine, in February. In this guest article, he gives us a brief insight into the everyday life of our colleagues on site, takes us along on the transport of a wounded patient and shares his thoughts on the recurring war trauma in Ukraine and his impressions of life in the war zone. All photos in this article were taken by him.
In February 2024, we began our most challenging mission to date: For two years now, we have been supporting the people of Gaza with a medical team. Despite all the adversity.
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The fighting has been going on for four years now, and with it our humanitarian aid on the ground.
A ceasefire has been officially in place in Gaza since October 2025. More than three months later, however, there are no clear signs of progress towards peace. Uncertainty and deprivation continue to dominate everyday life in Gaza.
After the Kurdish security forces withdrew from the al-Hol camp due to battles with Syrian government troops, violent unrest broke out inside the camp. An interview about the situation on the ground with Adrian, an employee of the organization Sîler.
What impact does the climate catastrophe have on humanitarian aid? What can and must humanitarian actors prepare for and how must they adapt in order to counter the consequences of the climate catastrophe?
Writing a text about the future of humanitarian aid. My first impulse: this is going to be a gloomy text. The present of humanitarian aid leaves little room for optimism. Wars continue, people are dying in Sudan unnoticed by the
I’ve spent enough nights under mosquito nets and sat through long, often circular UN coordination meetings to know this: if we want to reach people in crisis faster, with less waste, and without burning out the sector, we can’t
Statement from CADUS on the German government's planned airlift to Gaza. The German government's announcement that it will set up an airlift to Gaza together with Jordan is above all one thing: symbolic politics.
Last Saturday (14th June 2025), around 200 people gathered in the mathematics building at TU Berlin to explore new ways of solidarity-based crisis prevention.
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