GLOBAL PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK

Dr Atar Adaha Evans is 1worldinternational’s global personality of the week for his work in one of the most tempestuous regions of the world.

The border region between Sudan and South Sudan has long been the scene of conflict for as long as one can recall. Global affairs observers will note that the Sudan is a country which has been embroiled in conflict since 1956 with an estimated 2m people losing their lives as a result in that time.

Aid agencies have not been immune to bombing and shelling which has seen many of the agencies leave the country. Dr Evans has however stayed behind and equipped with a solitary ambulance and also under the hail of enemy fire, attended the dying and injured caught up in the conflict.

Understandably, his family have vociferously objected to his vocation due to the dangers he faces on a daily basis. Asked by the BBC who he specifically treats on the frontline, Dr Evans responded “anyone who is desperate…civilians, rebels, troops, prisoners of war. During Sudan’s last war I even treated government army officers. They continue to write me”.

1worldinternational salutes Dr Evans as one of the few remaining modern day heroes.

GLOBAL PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK

Jacques Beres, the 71-year old surgeon and co-founder of the NGO, Medecins Sans Frontieres, is this week’s 1worldinternational Global Personality of the Week. Monsieur Beres was recently in the besieged Syrian city of Homs where he worked in a makeshift operating theatre attending to individuals injured in the ongoing conflict.

In a world severely short of heroes, Beres told the BBC, “I travelled there because it had to be done. It’s an emergency, I’ll return if I can”. On the Syrian people, he remarked, “these people are immensely brave. They just want to get rid of the tyrant”. Mosieur Beres, 1worldinternational salutes you.