medico international e.V.

Medico international, founded in 1968 in Frankfurt am Main, is a aid and human rights organization that has been working for social change and the rights of marginalized and socially excluded people for over five decades.

The main mission of medico international is to work in solidarity with partner organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to promote just living conditions that maximize health and social justice. The goal is not only to reduce poverty, need, and violence but to identify and overcome their causes. Medico international emphasizes that the problems in the world do not arise from a lack of aid but from the conditions that make more aid necessary[2][4].

Medico international supports over 100 projects in more than 29 countries, with a focus on Central America, the Middle East, South America, Africa, and Asia. The organization provides emergency aid in disaster situations, such as armed conflicts, flight, and environmental disasters, and connects this with long-term projects in the areas of healthcare, human rights, and psychosocial work. Medico works closely with local organizations that are seen as independent partners and not as passive recipients of aid[2][4].

A central goal of medico international is to combat the causes of need and poverty and to achieve sustainable improvements. This is done by supporting local initiatives and political engagement to change the circumstances that lead to emergencies. Medico international also advocates for the rights of the socially excluded through critical public relations and campaigning work and informs about forgotten conflicts, suppressed interests, and hidden dependencies[2][4].

Medico international is politically independent and non-denominational. The work of the organization is mainly funded through donations and grants and supported by the medico foundation, which ensures the independence of political work. Medico international holds the DZI donation seal and is a member of the Alliance Development Helps[2][4].

Medico international stands for global solidarity and advocates for the universal validity of human rights. The organization works in global networks, organizes events, and publishes publications and campaigns to promote a transnational public that connects the ideas of a good life, human rights, and social responsibility. An outstanding example of their work is the co-initiation of the campaign to ban landmines, for which medico international received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997[2][4].

• 1 - https://www.medico.de
• 2 - https://www.medico.de/en/about/medico-international
• 3 - https://www.cgm.com/deu_de/produkte/krankenhaus/cgm-medico.html
• 4 - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medico_international
• 5 - https://www.medicops.net/unternehmen/