A personal account of humanitarian adventures

Urgences oubliées, Lou Rica, illustrations Agthr Thot Éditions, 2026 (published in French)

Publisher’s note

To you who have ventured onto these pages, I salute your curiosity. You are about to open doors and a few windows onto worlds into which I was catapulted, far, very far from here: to the heart of the UN’s humanitarian response. These writings are vivid, unfiltered and unvarnished. They were jotted down on a scrap of paper so that the intensity of the experience would remain intact. From the Central African Republic to Venezuela, I wanted to do justice to these places in all that they embody. Guided by my emotions, my doubts and the loves I encountered along the way, I had to capture the turmoil of the emergency. In poetic and vibrant language, Lou Rica shares with us the intimate account of her humanitarian adventures, enhanced by the dreamlike illustrations of her sister, Agthr.

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