Doctors Without Borders/MSF
September 3, 2009 by Mark Christopher
Filed under Donations, Genocide, Media, Politics, Site News, Sudan
Website: http://doctorswithoutborders.org/
About
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.
Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics,malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need and reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, to challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols.
OBS Support
Medical care is heavily needed in regions were genocide, war, and humanitarian catastrophes are widespread. Doctor’s Without Borders frequently goes into atmospheres such as these to ensure that those being persecuted are given appropriate medical care. MSF is one of the few international emergency aid organizations that refuses to leave war zones or regions where genocide is underway, even when MSF staff could be placed in immediate danger.
Because of this, Operation Broken Silence supports Doctor’s Without Border’s work to ensure that those suffering from armed conflict and other humanitarian catastrophes are given appropriate medical care. OBS also supports MSF’s right to speak out publicly when aid work is being manipulated for political reasons or when direct acts of violence are made against their volunteers. To learn more about MSF, please click here.
How You Can Help Doctors Without Borders/MSF
It is simpler than you think. By donating money to Doctor’s Without Borders you can be sure that your money will go directly to helping populations in distress and that are suffering from war, genocide, and/or other conditions that can result in mass death.
To learn how you can donate to their organization, please click here.
MSF is a registered 501(c)(3). All Donations are tax-deductible.