Red Cross makes appeal for staff abducted in Syria
in a 2010 interview for a New Zealand newspaper."It does become a little bit hard, but it is the small things. It's working with the national staff who do the best they can," she said.
"We are speaking out today to publicly honour and acknowledge Louisa's, Alaa's, and Nabil's hardship and suffering. We also want our three colleagues to know that we've always continued to search for them and we are still trying our hardest to find them. We are looking forward to the day we can see them again," Mr Stillhart said.Louisa Akavi is a veteran of conflict zones who has worked in Bosnia, Somalia, and Afghanistan.
Refugees fleeing the last strongholds of Islamic State report seeing her, still working as a nurse. But no-one can know what she experienced, and what her mental state is now.
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