CADUS is working intensely to prepare the next missions in Iraq and Northern Syria. The Operation Managers in Berlin are recruiting teams and filing requests. CADUS regional manager Fee Baumann is taking care of everything else in Erbil.
Newroz ist das Neujahrs - und Frühlingsfest der Kurden. Am liebsten wird es in Friedenszeiten draussen gefeiert, in der Natur. Mit Musik, Essen und Tanz. Ein paar Eindrücke aus dem Irak von Fee Baumann.
Years of conflict and associated therewith the humanitarian crisis in Syria had led to Millions of women undergo violence, hunger and misery. For most of them – free or imprisoned, equal or oppressed, injured and traumatized, hungering and providing – today is a day to fight for their rights!
The mobile hospital is our biggest project so far. Two and a half years have passed since the idea came into being. We built a mobile hospital based on 4-wheel-trucks in a diy way. For this, we got an incredibe amounnt of support from everywhere, but we also had to overcome many difficulties. January 2018 we will …
Eine Stellungnahme zum ARTE-Beitrag "Es wirkt, als wenn wir sozusagen der Sanitätsdienst des Militärs wären. [...] Das ist so natürlich falsch." Vor kurzem ist auf arte eine Dokumentation über die Arbeit von CADUS gesendet worden. Wir haben lange überlegt, ob und wie wir den Beitrag bewerben wollen. Unser CEO Sebastian …
We continue our series and want to present you Kristy. Kristy is a paramedic and made the long way from Australia already the second time to support our crew in Iraq. We are happy to have you here, Kristy!
And suddenly, the mission was over before it even started. Four members of our team had been on the way to Erbil on 15th of March to deliver urgently needed medical support with our “Mobile Hospital” to the people in northern Iraq. They were traveling, via Istanbul, to Erbil but the journey ended prematurely at the …
Our mission in Iraq continues and so the medical treatment of the war wounded does. But the latest events in the country bring big problems for us and other organisations for continuing our work. Moreover the development of the situation in the future is unpredictable. Read our now blog post to know how ow we work …
"It was not some kind of natural disaster creating those injuries, but people committing these atrocities on other people. We were facing the massive machinery of war with our minimal equipment. Would I do it again? Despite much brooding, the answer is yes." Paramedic Malte’s impressions from our TSP in Mossul …
"[...], despite the many dead and the impression that my own work would be nothing but a drop in the ocean. Even though you can always discuss the political impact of humanitarian missions, their meaningfulness to me is justified and indisputable. It is a sign of solidarity, of not looking the other way. If you think a …
"People are celebrating in order to forget and enjoying life because many know that these moments are fleeting. Perhaps they also try to push away the fact that, with all the security and quality of life there is now, Erbil would almost have suffered the same fate as Mosul in 2014." Kris, Head of Mission in Erbil, is …
We have been fairly quiet since the “Mobile Hospital” left for northern Iraq even though a lot has happened. But the most important news is that we have successfully arrived.
