Düsseldorf – They are at the mercy of the war in Afghanistan, and some are left to their own devices. The children of Kabul. Many of them are seriously ill, wounded and traumatized. Medical care on site is often not possible.
The aid organization “Friedensdorf International” from Dinslaken has now been able to fly out a total of 27 children from babies to twelve years old. The first rescue flight after the Taliban came to power.
Aid workers receive the wounded children from Kabul
The chartered Boeing 737-800 landed on Friday at 4.40 p.m. at Düsseldorf Airport and rolled into the cargo area at the airport train station. Six children have such acute injuries that they were brought to the tarmac in ambulances and driven to clinics in Solingen, Moers and Stolberg.
–For some of the children, the ambulance went straight to the clinics in Solingen, Moers and Stolberg
Vivian Hagedorn (23) accompanies the campaign: “The children suffer from inflammation of the bones and severe burns. All of the consequences of the fighting over Kabul. “
Treatments for the little ones take up to a year, only then are they flown back and handed back to their families.
The flights are financed 100 percent from donations. The “Red Crescent” team provides support on site. Hagedorn: “We are happy that we were finally able to make the flight. To be able to save the children mean everything to us – regardless of origin or religion. “
On Thursday evening, the helpers started for Kabul, not even 24 hours later the plane of hope touched down again in Düsseldorf-Lohausen. It won’t be the last flight that Hagedorn and her team will make.
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