The devastating earthquake in the Syrian-Turkish border region has already claimed more than 10,000 lives in the first two days. While international aid is already starting in the Turkish areas, people in the Syrian regions are receiving hardly any help.

Friederike Scheu spent six months working for Cap Anamur in Sierra Leone. As a pediatrician, she has worked at the largest children's hospital in the country. During her assignment, she gained a lot of experience. Among other things, that the work in Sierra Leone is very different from that in Germany.

Since November, Cap Anamur has distributed heating elements to over 200 households in the Ukrainian town of Izyum. In the first week of January, we were now able to send a delivery to Kamianka, 7 km away. The completely destroyed village has been without energy supply for months and the people are in need of urgent help.

Last week, the time had finally come - the new emergency room at Cap Anamur Hospital in Sudan was inaugurated. After a seven-month construction period, the new building was completed in November. Solemnly the hospital team celebrated the inauguration.