Medair

Founded in 1989, Medair is a non-governmental organisation based in Ecublens, Switzerland working on humanitarian aid & disaster relief, health, water & sanitation +2 more.

Medair is an international non-governmental organisation that delivers life-saving humanitarian assistance to people affected by disaster, disease and conflict. Its mandate is to respond to urgent humanitarian needs, and it also works with communities on disaster risk reduction, preparedness and climate change adaptation. Its priority sectors are water and sanitation, nutrition, health and shelter, and it uses cash assistance where appropriate and offers mental health and psychosocial support. Medair also trains health staff and communities and hires staff locally to build response capacity; for example, it developed an early warning system for cyclones in Madagascar. The organisation was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Switzerland, with national offices in France, Germany, South Korea, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. It has responded in 45 countries since 1989 and currently works in a number of crisis-affected countries, including Afghanistan, Chad, the DR Congo, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Ukraine. Medair states it works on the basis of neutrality and impartiality, and it reports that 88.9% of its funding goes directly to humanitarian assistance.