Medecins Sans Frontieres, Canada
By making a gift to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) you will be helping provide lifesaving emergency relief and quality medical care for millions of people around the world. Your generous gift enables MSF to intervene rapidly and effectively in an emergency, and carry out our mission of helping vulnerable people access the healthcare they urgently need. MSF is currently responding to medical emergencies caused by conflict, natural disasters, disease epidemics and social exclusion in close to 60 countries.
MSF basic info
- Founded in 1971 by doctors and medical journalists in France.
- Now the world's leading independent international medical relief organization, with 5 operational centres in Europe and 14 national sections worldwide.
- International coordination office is in Geneva. International website is www.msf.org.
- Actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality: based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.
- Now maintaining projects in more than 60 countries around the world. Our biggest interventions (in order, based on project expenditure) are in Sudan (Darfur and South Sudan), Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Somalia, Niger, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia and Myanmar. More than 70% of field expenses are spent in Africa.
- More than 81% of its funds are spent on Social Mission, that is: medical operations and témoignage. The total income in 2007 (latest figures): C$943 million. Private donations account for more than 87% of all income.
MSF action
- Emergency public health care, including medicine and surgery
- Mass vaccination campaigns
- Water and sanitation systems
- Therapeutic and supplementary nutrition
- Distribution of drugs and supplies
- Training and health education
- Organization or rehabilitation of health structures
- Medical assistance within existing health structures
Thank you for making a difference in such a powerful way.
