Medical help
for children in need
Humanitarian medical aid for children
The non-profit organisation ARCHEMED — Ärzte für Kinder in Not e. V. was founded in Soest/Westphalia in 2010. We provide humanitarian medical aid for children in underserved areas by providing specialised medical staff, hospital technology, training and infrastructure. Our focus country is Eritrea, but since 2021 we have also added individual measures in Albania, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Bhutan and Ukraine. 250 volunteers carry out 27 different projects in war and crisis zones in around 50 missions per year.
‘What has been created here is a real gem’
An interview with Dr Renate Turan and Norbert Kessler on the reopening of the neonatology department in Asmara
48 children are happy about medical help
A ten-strong team of surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses once again travelled to Tosamaganga Hospital in Tanzania in mid-February. Under the direction of Dr Naim Farhat, Head of Paediatric Surgery at Johanniter-Kliniken Hamm, the specialists worked in two teams and were able to operate on a total of 48 children during the 16-day mission.