Recorrido, Resistol and Resuscitation
Tonight I handed out condoms to commercial sex workers outside a strip club connected to a ‘hotel’ and spent the evening strolling through crowded market stalls with a small team of doctors, nurses and...
View ArticleServicio Prioritario
Imagine finding the courage to bring yourself to a local health center after you have been raped , only to be turned away by a guard at the door because your physical appearance says that you are not...
View ArticleThe Unsexy MSF Blog Entry
This is my first mission with MSF. As someone who enjoys writing as a form of reflection, sharing and therapy, I was eager to start my own ‘MSF blog’ and figured I’d be writing inspiring, grueling and...
View ArticleTegus, Sexual Violence & Saying Goodbye
Are we going to continue to allow this to happen? Domestic violence, sexual violence, female circumcision, forced marriages and child brides, sex trafficking and forced prostitution, honor...
View ArticleFirst Impressions
After 7 flights and almost 6 days of travel, I have finally arrived in Agok. I took a small, 8-10 seater World Food Program plane to get here and arrived on a dirt landing strip covered with children...
View ArticleEveryone Has Stories
It is easy to come here as an international staff member and to make quick judgements, to criticize what we see and to be quick to want to make changes. We often do not understand why, despite our...
View ArticleMass Casualty Drill
This Saturday morning was different from previous Saturday mornings. The day before, we were told that this morning we would have a “mass casualty drill”. This is something that is conducted every few...
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