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 ...
With war comes destruction. But how can houses be made habitable again and public buildings made usable again? Together with Ukrainian and German partner organizations, we have taken a mobile workshop for reconstruction on the road.
Dnipro, Millionenstadt über 1800 Kilometer von Berlin, fast 500 Kilometer südöstlich der ukrainischen Hauptstadt Kiew: Vier bis sechs CADUS-Medics sind dort seit August im Wechsel im Einsatz. Mit bis zu vier eigenen Ambulanzfahrzeugen führen sie seither Transporte Schwerverletzter aus der Region im Osten (ca. 100 km …
Die Feuertaufe ist bestanden: unser Mobile-Intensive-Care-Unit-Bus, kurz „MICU“, hat seine erste Einsatzfahrt gemeistert. Mehrere Monate haben wir, mit der Hilfe vieler Supporter*innen in Berlin und der Ukraine, aus einem Reisebus eine rollende Intensivstation gebaut, um die medizinische Versorgung in der Ukraine zu …
Bisher haben wir aus al-Hol meist mit einem Fokus auf unserer medizinischen Arbeit berichtet. Wir haben geschildert wie unsere praktische Arbeit und unsere Kooperation mit den Kolleg*innen vor Ort abläuft. Was wir bislang nicht beleuchtet haben ist eine Auseinandersetzung mit der hoch komplexen, äußerst politischen und …
Destination country/region: East New Britain, Papua - New Guinea Period: November - December 2021 A ten-strong team of medics has been shadowing the local health system in Papua New Guinea in the fight against Covid-19. There have been many problems there recently due to the delta variant.
Destination country/region: Islamabad, Pakistan Period: February 2022 In Pakistan we support Kabul Luftbrücke (Kabul Airlift) with a hygiene concept and medical support. There, evacuees from Afghanistan wait for their papers to enter Germany.
Destination country/region: Polish-Belarusian border, Poland Period: December 2021 Between Christmas and New Year we supported the local initiative Grupa Granica with donations in kind and a small support team.
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.
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.
