Dr. Dawit Kassa is a medical doctor and the co-founder and Executive Director of EASE (Extending Access and Systems Enhancement), an organisation established to improve access to medical and humanitarian resources for hard-to-reach populations in Tigray. EASE focuses on using pre-existing and community-based systems to improve the delivery of aid and urgently needed services to these communities. conducting research on Assessing the Effectiveness of Rape Survivor Services and Referral Pathways in Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia. Throughout the conflict, Dr. Dawit was based in the Um Rakuba refugee camp in Sudan, home to 25 000 refugees, where he ran the camp’s only Maternal and Child Health Centre for Women and Children, including sexual violence survivors. While at the centre, Dr. Dawit and his team provided crucial health services to more than 40,000 individuals from both refugee and host communities.