Name: MEDAIR

Location: Based in Lausanne Switzerland, Medair has projects in AFGHANISTAND.R. CONGO, HAITI, IRAQ, JORDAN, LEBANON, MADAGASCAR , MIDDLE EAST, NEPAL,PHILIPPINES, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SOUTH SUDAN, and SYRIA

Mission: Medair is a humanitarian organisation inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world’s most remote and devastated places. We bring relief and recovery to people in crisis, regardless of race, creed or nationality. As signatories of the International Committee of the Red Cross Code of Conduct, we believe that aid should be given to everyone who is in need, and not be used to further a particular political, social, or religious viewpoint. Our first and last considerations are the needs of the people we serve. We save lives in emergencies and then stay to help people recover from crisis with dignity—working side by side with communities to leave a lasting impact. We do whatever it takes to bring relief where it’s needed most. We provide a range of emergency relief and recovery services: Health care and nutrition. Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene. Shelter and infrastructure. In all we do, we pursue the highest professional standards of quality, accountability, and sustainability. Our experienced teams carry out our projects in close connection with communities, listening to their needs, helping them improve their essential services, and providing them with training for the future.

Read More: In a fleeting instant, everything can change. Disasters strike without warning. Armed men can appear at the door in the night. Contagious diseases can devastate communities. Anyone can be caught in the grip of an emergency at any time.

Medair acts swiftly to reach communities in crisis and provide them with life-saving health care, emergency nutrition services, safe drinking water, sanitary latrines, protective shelter, and anything else we can bring them that will help families survive this desperate time.

Think back to January 2010. Haiti changed in a heartbeat. In a matter of seconds, a powerful earthquake shook houses to the ground and killed more than 220,000 people. They had no advance warning, no time to escape. Shocked survivors stumbled to pick up the pieces of their ruined homes, to confront the new reality of their lives.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, change continues to come at the barrel of a gun. Militia groups terrorise communities with frequent attacks. Families flee their homes to gather in camps where they hope to be safer. But in the camps, they have no land to farm, no livelihoods, no rights: nothing but the clothes on their backs.

Change can come in an instant, but it can also be slow and deadly. Consider when ongoing drought led to an emergency food crisis in Somaliland. Communities ran out of water and had little food. Livestock died in the millions, leaving families destitute and children on the brink of survival.

In emergencies like this, the world’s most vulnerable families need urgent relief without delay. At Medair, that’s what we do.

With your help, we are able to respond quickly to emergencies as they erupt around the globe. Discover how you can get involved today.