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“In logistics, we are like the heart in the body”
Published on 6 September 2018 | NewsPremière Urgence Internationale is implementing activities in health, water, sanitation and hygiene as well as infrastructure rehabilitations in Libya. It requires strong logistics coordination. Rafa who is reponsible for the management of Première Urgence Internationale local logistic department in Benghazi for the Lybia mission, explains its role and the challenges in the country.Read more -
Aysha fights to feed her family
Published on 21 August 2018 | NewsAysha is a palestinian refugee who currently lives in the Gaza strip. Mother of 8 with a severely ill husband, Aysha has become, at 66 years old, the sole breadwinner of the family. She fights to feed her loved ones, with the help of humanitarian organisations.Read more -
Rasmiya: “How could I even think about myself?”
Published on 17 August 2018 | NewsSince early 2018, Première Urgence Internationale in Lebanon is implementing a project aiming at improving access to quality primary health care, community health, and mental health services for Syrian refugees and other vulnerable populations such as Lebanese, Palestinian refugees and Iraqi refugees. Première Urgence Internationale has set up a system where refugees and vulnerable Lebanese patients pay a subsidized consultation fee of 1.8 euros and can receive all necessary medical assistance ranging from imaging, diagnostic, laboratory tests to free medications. Rasmiya, a 57 year old Syrian refugee woman is one of these patients.Read more -
Thousands of people displaced after the Hodeidah port take over
Published on 9 August 2018 | NewsIn June 2018, an attack was launched on the harbor city of Hodeidah; the main entry point of humanitarian aid in the country. If there was an official pause in military actions since the 1st July, offensive operations continue in the south side of the gouvernorate. Despite all, Première Urgence Internationale continues its activities in both Hodeidah and Raymah governorates, while keeping an eye on the southern part.Read more -
Abir and her crucial role as a community health worker
Published on 7 August 2018 | NewsSince early 2018, Première Urgence Internationale in Lebanon is implementing a project, aiming to improve access to quality primary health care, community health, and mental health services for Syrian refugees and other vulnerable populations (Lebanese, Palestinian refugees, Iraqi refugees, etc.). Abir is a 32 year old Syrian refugee woman who is working with Première Urgence Internationale as a community health worker in Akkar since three months.Read more -
Ukrainians living on the front line
Published on 23 July 2018 | NewsThe conflict in Ukraine has been ongoing for 4 years and the situation faced by those living near the ‘contact line’ between the area controlled by the Ukrainian government and the non-government area is worsening day by day.Read more -
La Chronique N°127- June 2018
Published on 10 July 2018 | PublicationsThis edition of La Chronique is dedicated to humanitarian photography.
Photographers talk about their relationship to the image in a context of humanitarian crisis. In the interview section, the director of the Magnum Agency explains to us "the mad dash for photos". -
‘In Cameroon, the teams told me how they cleared paths with machetes’
Published on 29 June 2018 | HR newsFanny Vagné is emergency technical manager in Cameroon. Still new to the humanitarian aid sector, on her return from mission, she talks to us about her career, her experience of compassionate work and her mission in Cameroon.Read more -
They speak of hope in Syria: Fouad Loufti
Published on 25 June 2018 | NewsFouad Loufti is a Syrian from Damascus. He is working with Première Urgence Internationale for 10 years now as an Infrastructure and Habitat Coordinator. Upon the 10 year anniversary of the mission in Syria, an event is organised in Paris on Thursday, June 28, 2018 around the topic “What if we talked about hope in Syria?”. Fouad explains to us what this “hope” means to him.Read more -
Finding ways to help women to get access to healthcare in Afghanistan
Published on 19 June 2018 | NewsAfghanistan is one of the countries where mortality rates among mothers and children are among the highest in the world. Première Urgence Internationale has been working in the country since 1979 to improve the population’s health care, and in particular women’s health in Afghanistan. To achieve this, projects must take local culture into account.Read more