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Two women sit across from each other on hospital beds. One woman wears a headscarf, jeans and a leather jacket and holds a patient form in her hand. The other wears a nikab.

Big changes are on the horizon at CADUS in 2023

The year 2022 was full of ups and downs - in the world, and also for us. The events have changed both us personally and CADUS. We want to tell you about this intense time and its consequences for our organization here. As one of the most profound changes, we will completely withdraw from the Middle East region.

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by Corinna Schäfer

Workshop at al-Hol

Despite the state of emergency in large parts of northern Syria due to the earthquake, our work in Camp Al Hol continues.

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by Jonas Grünwald

Trucks and vans standing on a dusty parking lot.

Earthquake response in Syria: Stand your ground!

The Kurdish Red Crescent is providing life-saving aid - and is repeatedly obstructed in doing so.

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by Corinna Schäfer

A man lies injured on a stretcher while a second person holds his arm and another person in a white coat stands at his stretcher.

Heavy earthquake in the north of Syria and Turkey: CADUS supports the Emergency Response of the Kurdish Red Crescent.

In the early morning hours, a severe earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 M shook the region in the border area between Syria and Turkey. Further strong quakes followed in the course of the day. By the afternoon, more than 2,000 people had already been counted dead, and tens of thousands more have been directly affected by the disaster. CADUS supports the Emergency Response of the Kurdish Red Crescent with medicine and vital non-food items.

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by Corinna Schäfer

An airplane at the airport with four people in the front. Two of them carrying a patient stretcher.

Vinnytsia to Dresden: a little boy's unexpected journey

For most of us war is something abstract, something that happens to other people far away from us. But the people in Ukraine are affected by the horribles of war everyday.
Our emergency doctor Mike tells a personal story about a ukrainian boy named R. who was injured from a rocket and who hopefully has the most horrible effects behind him.

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Michail Liontiris

A team of medical workers from CADUS between two ambulances.

About the search for the right way

First we hoped: it won't start. Then we thought: maybe it won't take long. Now the hundredth day of Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine has passed, and there is no end in sight.

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by Corinna Schäfer

A transporter in front of a industry building with two people standing at the opened back door of the car.

A mobile workshop for Ukraine

With the mobile Makerspace, an open workshop on wheels, we will be on the road in Western Ukraine over the next few months. There, we will work together with the local population and partner organizations to develop projects that would benefit from the support of craftsmen, tools and materials from Germany.

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by Cadus PR

Ambulances in a row at a platform

Rescue chain

The war in Ukraine continues to claim victims and casualties. Louis, who has been on site as a medic for CADUS, takes us to the train platform in Lviv, where a train with patients from eastern Ukraine is arriving.

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Louis

Ukraine Update: One ambulance becomes 20

For one month now, we have been on site in Ukraine with a four-wheel drive ambulance and aretransporting patients. At the request of the World Health Organization (WHO), CADUS is now coordinating all international medical evacuations from Ukraine.

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by Cadus PR

Ukraine: CADUS medical team goes on mission

Today, a team from the Berlin-based organization CADUS sets off for southwestern Ukraine. As one of the first German Medic teams, they will provide emergency medical aid on site.

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by Cadus PR