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Several of my co-workers(RN's) have donated time to Doctors Without Borders - they have had nothing but positve comments to say about how the charity is organized and what it accomplishes. I have seen documentaries featuring the aid these volunteers give...it is truly life changing.
These people are heros giving of there time and often own finances to improve the health of those who have almost no resources.

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (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. MSF 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.

Doctors Without Borders is an independent humanitarian organization committed to one major goal: to provide medical aid wherever needed, regardless of age, sex, faction, class or morality.

In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize.

For information on how to apply to join MSF in the field click here.

Burma 2008 

Who is MSF?

On any one day, more than 27,000 committed individuals representing dozens of nationalities can be found providing assistance to people caught in crises around the world. They are doctors, nurses, logistics experts, administrators, epidemiologists, laboratory technicians, mental health professionals, and others who work together in accordance with MSF's guiding principles of humanitarian action and medical ethics.
The vast majority of MSF's aid workers are from the communities where the crises are occurring, with ten percent of teams made up of international staff, including more than 200 aid workers from the US in 2007.
In 2007, MSF-USA raised $152.1 million, representing 20 percent of the MSF network's private funding. It sent 200 aid workers to work overseas, liaised with a wide range of US media, organized high-level meetings with UN and US government officials, and arranged regular speaking events and activities across the US.

doctors without borders refugee camp in the heart of a city - movie 

Refugee Camp 

Information on how to give through the organization

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate/ 


 


there are many ways to donate or give assistance to the organization




Give a one time donation online,
by mail,
or by phone.

By phone: Call our toll-free number at 1-888-392-0392

24 hours a day, 7 days a week




Become a Field Partner by donating monthly.

Your monthly support as a Field Partner is a guarantee of
regular and predictable funds, allowing us to respond immediately to
emergencies.




Give a tribute donation in honor or memory of someone or to commemorate
a special occasion through an e-card,
online
donation, or mail
in form.


Contribute with a gift of stock.


Explore planned
giving options.


Foundation
or corporation support.


Plan a fundraiser.

Create your own fundraising
web page, or see how others have come up with creative
ways to raise funds for MSF.




If you are a federal employee or retiree and would like to support
Doctors Without Borders through the Combined Federal Campaign
(CFC), their #  is 11112.

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  • OhMe Oct 18, 2009 @ 4:03 am | delete
    This is such a wonderful organization. Well done!
  • SusanB Mar 29, 2009 @ 1:44 pm | delete
    MSF is a wonderful organization. One of the few I consistently donate to. They help those in the most dire conditions.

    Thanks for spreading the word.
  • lisadh Aug 27, 2008 @ 10:54 am | delete
    This is a wonderful organization. It's great that you're letting more people learn about them.
  • chefkeem Aug 8, 2008 @ 4:47 pm | delete
    It is very inspiring to learn about these wonderful humanitarian efforts. Thanks for making this lens. 5*s
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Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders by Dan Bortolotti

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Touched By Fire: Doctors Without Borders in a Third World Crisis by Elliott Leyton

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Doctors without borders.: An article from: Harvard International Review by Lama Jarudi

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Work with Medecins Sans Frontieres.(focus: Volunteering)(Report): An article from: Australian Nursing Journal by Gale Reference Team

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