Notes from the border: chronicle of a rescue in Lviv
In the hospitals of Lviv, stories are not told - they are spat out. They are stories of people who have already lost more than they have, and yet they resist. Mono and Vasili, two Colombians, are proof of this. Both lost their legs below the knee, both dragged their bodies and their fears for four days in no man's land, and both have returned from where others do not return.
I AM NOT LOOKING FOR DISCIPLES, BUT FOR COMMITTED HANDS
At Hands With Heart, we have carried out more than 85 missions in different hostile and isolated areas. In our quest to reach places where no one else goes, to offer disabled people a minimum of care and respect, I have repeatedly seen misery up close. And I have also seen indifference in response to that misery; hands tucked into pockets while life passes by...
