{"id":72056,"date":"2026-03-18T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/en\/?p=72056"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:00:07","slug":"in-nekemte-to-rebuild-not-to-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctorswithafrica.org\/it\/in-nekemte-to-rebuild-not-to-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"In Nekemte, to rebuild not to bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friends,<\/strong><\/p>\n

a neglected area, one that until now no one has truly looked at.<\/p>\n

The name of a hospital \u2014 Nekemte<\/strong> \u2014 which we spoke for the first time last November in the presence of the President of the Republic, committing ourselves to being \u201cwith\u201d<\/em> these people, supported by his words:
\u201cCUAMM has not given itself the easy excuse of being too small to change the world. Solidarity generates trust. It is an antidote to resignation and indifference.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It is precisely from here that I write, from Nekemte. And from here I read about more than 150 young girls killed \u201cby mistake\u201d by American bombs on the first day of the war in Iran. So much innocent suffering! We would like to cry out that this cannot be, that in this way we are destroying the world \u2014 our future and that of those who will come after us.<\/p>\n

At the same time, deep within, I feel that this cry of ours takes shape in our mission of leaving, in that \u201ceuntes curate infirmos\u201d<\/em> which has been the purest source of our commitment for 75 years. Some set out to bomb, others set out to heal. Some to kill, others to bring health and life.<\/strong> We are clear about which side we stand on: there is no louder voice than that of those who speak with their lives \u2014 their own \u2014 alongside the poorest.<\/p>\n