Verena from CADUS and Fee from Heyva Sor with a video statement: since yesterday, all organizations have withdrawn their international teams from northern Syria/Rojava due to the arrival of Syrian government forces. We also had to leave behind our friends and colleagues. Our projects are ongoing and we are working hard …

It´s happening, the long feared invasion of Turkey is taking place. As a humanitarian aid organisation, the principle of neutrality requires us not to take a stand in conflicts. But what we can do is talk about facts.

Our field hospital is well visited. In addition, we are about to open the expansion with some important features.

The reconquest of the Iraqi city of Mosul and thus our medical mission in the west of the city came to an end just over two years ago. Since then, little can be heard from the second largest metropolis of Iraq. Reason enough for us to take a look at the current situation. Where does the city stand with its inhabitants …

The Geneva Conventions celebrate 70th anniversary. Increasingly the four agreements, which can´t be overestimated in their importance, are losing importance.

For several weeks, the field hospital in the al-Hol camp has opened. Time for an update.

We have to digress some of the humanitarian aid: the Holzmarkt in Berlin is under threat. The last piece of alternative culture on the Spree houses many projects and organizations. Also us.

"Medical help is given to the person who needs it most." But how is it decided who has the most need?

Die Protestbewegungen, die 2011 den gesamten arabischen Raum entfachten, jähren sich zum achten Mal. Was verheißungsvoll begann hatte weitreichende Konsequenzen und ganz unterschiedliche Ergebnisse zur Folge. Letztlich ist auch das Europa der letzten Jahre nur mit den Ereignissen von 2011 zu verstehen. Eine kurze …

Camps für Geflüchtete sind einerseits notwendig um denjenigen, die vor Gewalt und Verfolgung fliehen, ein sicheres Leben zu ermöglichen. Trotzdem sind sie politisch häufig nicht gewollt oder befinden sich in finanzschwachen Staaten und demnach bleibt die Infrastruktur trotz jahrelangem Bestehens meist unterentwickelt. …