Mohamed, a Malian refugee who now supports other families (video)
Mohamed left Mali with his family in 2012. After several displacements, he found refuge in Mauritania, where his daughter was treated for malnutrition. Today, she is doing better. Mohamed now supports other refugee families himself as a mental health worker.
In Mokolo, the journey of a child treated for severe malnutrition (video)
At Mokolo Regional Annex Hospital in Cameroon, Dr. Onana Michel takes us inside the inpatient therapeutic nutrition center supported by ALIMA. From triage to hospitalization, he explains how children suffering from severe acute malnutrition with complications are treated.
“I was afraid of Ebola”: the journey of a doctor trained during the response (video)
When Dr. Georges joined the Ebola response in Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo, he understood the danger of the disease and the fear it causes. Alongside ALIMA, he learned how to protect himself, provide care in the red zone, and pass these methods on to other healthcare workers.
At the Dominican border, a Haitian hospital on the front line (video)
In Anse-à-Pitres, in southern Haiti, the community hospital receives people expelled from the Dominican Republic every day. Some arrive with open wounds, while others are pregnant women in critical condition. Faced with these emergencies, medical teams are working to respond in a hospital that had long been under-equipped.
In Liwa, providing care as needs rise and resources fall short (video)
In the Lake Chad Basin, Liwa District Hospital is receiving more and more patients with malaria, respiratory infections, or diarrhea. In this video, Gilbert, supervisor of the therapeutic nutrition unit, describes the daily challenges of a service facing growing needs.
What role do humanitarian NGOs still play?
Emergency response is no longer enough. Faced with protracted crises and funding under pressure, the role of humanitarian NGOs is evolving.
What ALIMA’s carbon footprint assessment reveals
ALIMA is publishing its carbon footprint assessment. Why carry one out? What does it reveal? And how can humanitarian action be reconciled with environmental responsibility? Jérémy Coutelle, Environmental Action Project Manager at ALIMA, answers these questions in two minutes.
Mali: mothers at the heart of the fight against malnutrition (video)
In Bamako, mothers are trained in the Mother-MUAC approach, a simple tool based on measuring upper arm circumference to detect malnutrition early in young children.
Caring for and supporting survivors of sexual violence in Chad (video)
Since the start of the conflict in Sudan, hundreds of thousands of women, men, and children have crossed the border to seek refuge in Chad.
