As some of you may know my partner is a volunteer for MSF [Doctors Without Borders] her specialty is treating shock and trauma, this can lead to separations of more than six months but that is a small price to pay. Obviously it is our preferred charity and it is one of the bravest and most dedicated groups of people you are ever likely to meet.
Reading the dairies of the ongoing catastrophe in the Horn of Africa I would like to give you a summary of some of the current work MSF is doing.
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MSF was founded in 1971 by a group of doctors and journalists in France.
In 1999 MSF was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize
What have they done so far?
Here is a quick guide
Where/how does MSF work? Pretty much wherever/whenever there is a need. What are they doing now?
Here is an interactive global map
Some current projects.
MSF has been in Somalia for two decades
Working in a country of such danger and anarchy the camp at Dadaab has over 400,000 refugees and was never designed to help so many conditions have deteriorated, if a child can still cry it is a positive sign.
In Bahrain MSF offices were raided and shut down. thier crime, helping injured protestors to frightened to seek help elsewhere.
The larger issue is the way that the medical community in Bahrain has become a battleground. During the crackdown, dozens of doctors and medics working in Bahraini hospitals were arrested and accused of making the wounds of protesters worse — and in some cases, even killing protesters — to make the government look bad.
MSF says it was providing a service for people too afraid to seek help in such a hospital.
The government says it was unaware MSF was operating in Bahrain. MSF spokesman Jerome Oberreit disputes that claim.
Of course a lobbying firm in DC has been given the task of whitewashing the Barhain government, after the first firm failed.
Whatever the situation whatever the risk you can count on MSF being there
Sudan
MSF struggles to provide urgent medical aid after violent clashes in Abyei region, Sudan
As the security situation continues to deteriorate, MSF medical teams have been assisting the displaced as they flee the fighting.
Even in the Democratic Republic of Congo where they have their largest mission
As medical teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu respond to yet another incident of mass rape, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Operations Manager Katrien Coppens explains how ordinary people in the conflict-ridden region are being targeted.
I hope this gives a quick summary of a truly amazing organization, I hope you can join us with your support.