Médecins Sans Frontières - Micaeala Serafini Back from Sudan

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF370089

Date taken / Date Recorded 03/06/2026 8:58 AM

Expiration date 03/06/2027

Country Sudan, Switzerland

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Pierre-Yves Bernard

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Duration 3m44s

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There is a tradition that I saw.

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These women during all throughout because

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it's a women task,

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these women all throughout

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the war even in the most highest peak,

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you go through the

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street and there are these

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clay vases that they refill with water.

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And it was throughout all the war that

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those vases were still

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refilled with fresh water

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for whomever was passing through.

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I recently paid a visit to Sudan,

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I recently paid a visit to Sudan

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and our Sudanese colleagues.

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It was a visit to remind our staff

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and the Sudanese communities

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that while the world is

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forgetting this extremely

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and huge humanitarian crisis

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we are not forgetting them.

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It has been more than a

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thousand days of a very cruel war.

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It has had obviously devastating effects,

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not only in terms of infrastructure,

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but also in terms of its society.

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It's a society that is

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trying to rebuild themselves

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after everything has been destroyed.

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And what strikes me most

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is that the community

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has very quickly speed

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up that reconstruction,

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and there is a solidarity

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among these communities

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in which the help comes very

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naturally among themselves.

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I want to highlight the

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extreme courageous work

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that health workers have done.

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In the peak of violence,

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these people were trying to

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find the first health care

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that was functional,

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and we were making sure that their

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expertise was put in place,

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was put into practice

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to take care of patients,

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to save lives with whatever the material

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that they were able to find.

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Also able to visit El-Gedaref and

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in it a refugee camp, Um Rakuba.

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It's a refugee camp that

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is hosting Ethiopian people.

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These people were

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fleeing a war in their region

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to find themselves

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trapped in another war.

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The needs are immense.

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The funding cuts have made such that

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the needs have been increasing

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exponentially in the last months.

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As MSF, we have a hospital there to

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provide health care to them,

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but we also recognise that

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the needs go beyond health care

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when there's no shelter,

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when there's no water,

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and when there's no food.

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The basic needs not

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being covered because, again,

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funding cuts, because actors being unable

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to sustain their provision of care.

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We had our annual field associate debate.

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It is a very important meeting for us

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because there is where

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we all, as MSF staff,

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we all come together to discuss matters

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that are very present

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in their daily life.

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During that specific meeting or event,

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we had the opportunity of being shown,

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myself being the first time in Sudan,

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being shown their traditional dresses.

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It was not only the dressing,

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but it was also the dancing.

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That was extremely energetic and very

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much cohesive as part of their culture.

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I would like to urge everyone today to

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continue to remember

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and to have present

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this humanitarian crisis.

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It's not over and the needs are immense.

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So calling all of you

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for a continuous support

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and to, as I said before,

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continue to speak out

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about this very cruel reality.

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Thank you.

Micaeala Serafini Back from Sudan - EN

Micaeala Serafini Back from Sudan - EN