My home in Muzawa: An extreme humanitarian mission

By Alessio Pasa

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M decins Sans Fronti res-Doctors Without Borders

In July 2024, Henry Robinson, a doctor from Birmingham (UK), and Agnese Bertozzi, a nurse from Bologna (IT), moved to the city of Muzawa (*), in south-western Thaire (*) in Central Africa. For years, the couple had been involved in humanitarian missions on behalf of the important British NGO Universal Healthcare (*). They had worked in Congo, where they met, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, Niger and South Sudan. Their latest destination, from June 2023 to June 2024, was Sudan, where they first worked in Darfur and, in the last six months, in Kalar (*), the area of the country where the fighting between government forces and the Rapid Support Forces is most intense.
For Muzawa, in Thaire, they have developed an innovative project. They will work at the local Universal Healthcare hospital, but will settle in the town, in a house where they will open a free public clinic. The idea behind this is to experiment with building a "poor" welfare system based on the model that exists in Western countries. The challenge is complex. Henry and Agnese will have to equip themselves to deal with the endemic diseases that thrive in the region (malaria, cholera, yellow fever, AIDS, etc.) and to manage relations with the political and religious authorities who defend local traditions and customs.
The province of Muzawa is also affected by continuous terrorist attacks carried out by groups of fanatics led by evil gurus who are working to destabilise the state of Thaire. The situation is therefore extremely critical, but Henry and Agnese stubbornly manage to create the embryo of the healthcare and prevention system they dream of in just a few months.
Alongside the narrative of the stages of the medical project's implementation, Agnese's very private personal story unfolds, in which, partly due to a dramatic event, family tensions and critical issues that she had never definitively resolved come to the fore.
The novel continually juxtaposes and intertwines the two stories, that of the humanitarian mission and that of the unveiling of Agnese's relationship difficulties and position within her family.

(*) 'Muzawa', 'Thaire' and 'Kalar ' are fictional place names. The name of the NGO 'Universal Healthcare' is also fictional.

Alessio Pasa, Italian, has published numerous novels, both in prose and verse. In 2009, he published 'Appuntamento con il notaio' (Lorenzo Barbera), between 2012 and 2018, the five volumes of the 'Pentalogia Occhitelli' (Meligrana), in 2023, 'Omesso pentimento' (Argonauta) and 'Liquidazione di una famiglia' (Badiglione), in 2024 'Autodaf di una moglie' (Ventura) and, also in 2024, 'Traversata a nuoto' (Leonida), in March 2025 'Helga G.' (KDP-Amazon, also available in German and English), in December "My home in Muzawa-An extreme humanitarian mission" (available in italian and in english) and in April 2026, 'Il fratello gemello' (KDP_Amazon). In June 2026 "My home in Muzawa-An extreme humanitarian mission" has been re-published supporting M decins Sans Fronti res-Doctors Without Borders (available in italian, english and french). In 2026, he also began publishing his NOVELS IN VERSE (written between 2010 and 2015), of which only "Appointment with the Notary" and "Autodaf di una moglie" have already been published. To date, "Appuntamento con il notaio" (republished) and "Grande Mago" (newly published) are available on the KDP-Amazon platform. "Casa al Mare," "Lo scoglio del bersagliere," "Tacna," and "Racconti" will be available soon. An excerpt from one of his works was chosen by the magazine "Tempi Moderni" and one of his publications is cited in the RICERCABO Anthology published in 2024.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWJ3D2C4
• ISBN13: 9798255394630
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"