The pioneering use of drone capabilities aboard a MOAS search-and-rescue vessel is providing a template for lifesaving operations at sea across Europe and beyond. The Phoenix, the NGO’s flagship vessel which was operational in the Central Mediterranean between 2014 and 2017, has been heralded as “one...
Few institutions are as steeped in tradition and history as Europe’s military forces. But don’t be fooled into thinking this adherence to the past means they operate on outdated principles. In reality, the modern corporate and non-profit worlds owe a debt of gratitude to working practices which...
It’s early July in a rain-sodden refugee camp on the Bangladeshi border with Myanmar. An 11-year-old Rohingya boy has spent the afternoon kicking a football around a patch of land with friends. He looks down at his muddy clothes and then over to a nearby lake -...
War, famine, persecution, disease - it’s enough to give anyone nightmares. But for the aid workers and NGO staff dealing with the fallout of these issues on a daily basis, the mental cost can be significantly higher. A Guardian newspaper survey of humanitarians on its Global Development...
Tangiers Group is gearing up for its biggest year yet in 2018 as it continues to expand its social and commercial endeavours into new territories. The Group’s mission - of Making Lives Better - has been a central tenet of the past year with MOAS operations...
Tangiers Group has thrown its full support behind MOAS efforts to aid Myanmar refugees, one of the world’s most high-profile humanitarian crises. MOAS, an international non-profit founded by Regina and Christopher Catrambone, has dispatched a team of medical professionals to Bangladesh where thousands of the Rohingya...
Anyone switching on the nightly news will be all-too familiar with the images - treacherous seas, terrified faces, desperation and drownings. The European migrant crisis has dominated political discourse over the past few years since the steady stream of ramshackle boats and dinghies began to embark...