Mask shortage in North East – Syria
In northeast Syria, everyday-masks are expensive and rare goods. Together with local seamstresses, we have produced and distributed over 8000 masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Every illness has a history: Our medics talk about the camp on Lesvos
For almost four weeks we have been daily treating the inhabitants of the camp Kara Tepe 2 on Lesvos. Through medical access, we gain an insight into life in the camp. Many clinical pictures repeat themselves again and again. They are probably directly related to the current living conditions there, and range from …
The crew talks about their work in Lesvos: “A lot of people are overwhelmed and powerless”
Two members of our crew, who've been in the camp Kara Tepe 2 talk about the time they spent there. Rebekka (doctor) and Lamin (paramedic) give an account of what it's like to do medical work in a refugee camp. They talk about what frustrated them the most and the new impressions they gained.
COVID, Camp und ein bisschen Chaos: ein Zwischenbericht unseres Einsatzes auf Lesbos.
Wir sind nun zusammen mit dem ASB seit zwei Wochen im Camp Kara Tepe 2 auf Lesbos in Griechenland. Ein erstes Zwischenfazit des Einsatzes lautet: it‘s complicated. Wir wollen nicht, dass Menschen in Lagern leben müssen. Faktisch lässt sich der aktuelle Zustand aber nicht kurzfristig auflösen, solange die EU daran kein …
Medical mission in Lesvos – prevent a second Moria
After a long wait and several failed attempts, it's happening: CADUS is going to Lesvos. In cooperation with the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB), we have responded to an official request and are sending a medical team to Kara Tepe 2 (also called Moria 2) to provide humanitarian aid. A small crew from CADUS is already …
Moria – ignoring not helping
Despite the obvious emergency on the island of Lesvos and official requests for support, the Greek government is delaying rapid assistance from independent organizations.
Syrien zwischen Covid und Caesar Act
Korruption und Krankheit gehen in einem Land selten gut einher, vor Allem dann nicht, wenn zusätzlich ein brutaler Bürgerkrieg tobt. Ein Bürgerkrieg, der in fast allen Landesteilen unglaubliche Zerstörung hinterlassen hat, in dem Bashar al-Assad unliebsame Bevölkerungsteile durch Aushungern und Angriffen mit chemischen …
COVID-19 Response: Face Visors
Region: Berlin, Brandenburg, Brazil Period: April - July 2020 Right at the beginning of the Corona pandemic, we joined forces with various open workshops in Brandenburg and Berlin and set up a logistics center at the CADUS Crisis Response Makerspace to coordinate the regional distribution of face visors.
network face shield: an interim report
When the pandemic really started, we at CADUS were faced with a situation that was unusual for our circumstances: a crisis right on our doorstep, for which there were hardly any recommendations for action in the world of humanitarian aid that we could have based on. Through our Crisis Response Makerspace we were …
Northeast Syria: Public Relations done sensitively
Part of the essential public relations work of an organization that depends on donations is to report regularly on its own work. Nevertheless, we report comparatively little about our work in Northeast Syria. What are the reasons for our hesitation, which sometimes leads to smoking heads in our PR department?