Day by day, a story to better know the commitment of Doctors with Africa Cuamm in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and Moldova. In the following weeks space will be given to multiple voices, protagonists of a journal that aims at witnessing small but concrete actions- not covered by mass media, that every day make a difference to many.
Once it gets the go-ahead from the Moldovan Ministry of Health, CUAMM's action will support a reception center managed by the local diocese, with a mobile clinic to provide first response health care and lighten the burden on hospitals.
It was Wednesday, March 16 when I flew to Romania. The goal was to get as close as possible to Ukraine to see and evaluate how and where we could help.
I remember the early days, at the start of the war, as being very tense. We all sensed that something tragic was going to happen. It wasn't only because of the media attention, it was the awareness that war was coming back to Europe, after almost 30 years.