Author: unni

I met Amal at a refugee centre in Amman, Jordan. The only activity that seemed to interest this young child was painting. She sat there and painted all day. She and her mother had fled the war in Syria and sought asylum in Jordan. Probably Amal just wanted to forget the

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After three and a half years with Save the Children, Unni is moving on to work with War Child in Amsterdam. Here he shares some stories from his time with the Save The Children’s Emergency Health Unit Hellos are alike. Good-byes are unique. Over the past 3.5 years at

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Humanitarians are ordinary people. Sometimes people become humanitarians by accident when they find themselves in the midst of a disaster. What makes them true heroes is the selfless and extraordinary work they do in some of the most difficult places in the world. In wars

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Cholera cases create a new danger for children in the cyclone Idai-ravaged areas of Mozambique. There will be another disaster if cholera spreads. IN A DISASTER ZONE, THERE ARE A HUNDRED THINGS TO BE DONE Children are a vital place to start. Save the Children has

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From one of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami affected areas, *Annisa, mother to two children, recounts the moments when life froze for her little daughter and for herself – for five full minutes. It was just another day, an uneventful afternoon. Annisa had put

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PRIORITISING EMOTIONAL HEALTHCARE CANACCELERATE RECOVERY Disasters result in bitter memories. Psychological suffering manifests instantly and if left unaddressed, often remains for a long time. If ignored, disasters may leave lasting scars on human minds and simple measures

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THE MONSOON FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN KERALA HAVE LEFT AT LEAST 370 PEOPLE DEAD. We now know that over 1 million people – including more than 100,000 children – are staying in 3,274 relief camps across the region. The state government has said many of those who died were

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Everyone has dreams. Some dreams are fabulous, some ambitious. When I met Tom last November, his dreams seemed almost impossible. He was trying to build a health clinic in three days in the middle of nowhere. To be precise, Tom was in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh; home to the

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While we can’t stop most hazards from happening, we can stop hazards leading to disasters and we can reduce the deaths and suffering hazards cause. It is a truth that earthquakes don’t kill people; bad buildings do.  Ebola and flu outbreaks, increasing number of

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