For 10 months, EMERGENCY has been operating in Ukraine in the Kramatorsk area, Donetsk Oblast, one of the areas most affected by the war. As part of the project titled “Restoration of Health Services in the Donetsk Region for the War-Affected Population”, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), EMERGENCY has created a […]

EMERGENCY has begun health activities in the Gaza Strip in a field clinic set up in the so-called ‘humanitarian area’ of al-Mawasi, in support of a Palestinian organisation called Culture & Free Thought Association (CFTA). “While we are waiting to build our own clinic, we decided to work in support of a local, independent non-governmental […]

Today, Monday 4 November, 72 people rescued by EMERGENCY’s ship Life Support disembarked at the port of Livorno, Italy. The survivors were rescued on 31 October in two separate operations, both in the international waters of the Maltese SAR zone, in the central Mediterranean Sea. Both boats were reported by the NGO Alarm Phone. After […]

On the afternoon of Wednesday 23 October, 11 people injured in an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, were brought to EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre in the city. The explosion occurred at around 14:00 local time in the busy Pamir Cinema district (PD1), at a second-hand clothes market. “So far, we have received 11 wounded people at the […]

Joint Statement: Tunisia is Not a Place of Safety for People Rescued at Sea In view of the rampant human rights violations against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Tunisia, especially those who are Black; Tunisia’s lack of an asylum system; the Tunisian government’s crackdown on civil society, judicial independence, and the media; and the […]

There are dozens of dead and wounded following last night’s military operation in al-Mawasi, Gaza, west of Khan Younis. In the area, defined by the parties as a humanitarian zone, thousands of displaced people arriving from places that have been evacuated – now covering about 86% of Gaza [1] — are concentrated in tent camps. […]

170 people rescued by EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel Life Support disembarked in Ravenna, Italy today. The disembarkation process ended at 2 p.m. “After more than four days at sea, we arrived in Ravenna for the disembarkation of the rescued people, an operation that took place smoothly and in cooperation with the local authorities,” says […]

During the night between Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 August, EMERGENCY NGO’s search and rescue vessel, Life Support, carried out two more rescues in the Maltese SAR area, rescuing a further 101 people, in addition to the 158 already rescued during this mission. On the instructions of the Italian authorities, Life Support sailed to Lampedusa […]

After several months of waiting to obtain humanitarian permits, EMERGENCY has entered the Gaza Strip to provide healthcare support to a population devastated by war.During this period, EMERGENCY has been working to define the project and establish coordination with UN agencies and other partners in the area. “The possibility of bringing aid to the Strip […]