Médecins Doctors Without Borders

Médecins Sans Frontières, translated to Doctors without Borders, was originally founded in 1971 by a group of doctors and journalists in France. It is an international NGO that provides health and medical humanitarian aid to countless victims of war, epidemics, natural disasters, and those with limited to no access to medical and mental health care. To date, the MSF serves the citizens of approximately eighty countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Europe. There are approximately twenty-eight international associations of Doctors Without Borders world-wide, including a U.S. direct partner located in New York City. According to the MSF, ninety- percent of their funding is provided by private donations, however they receive the remaining ten-percent, from neutral-government countries such as Sweden. According to the charity watchdog, Charity Navigator , the MSF has a 95.17% overall rating with 88.7% of donations go directly to programs and services they provide to the needy and 10.3% of the proceeds are allocated to fundraising expenses. Their main goal is fulfill the immediate need for emergency medical facilities and services and then turn control back to the local healthcare institutions. The organization incurs all the costs associated with the vaccinations and medical …show more content…
The Bible states that “I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘it is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35 ESV).” They do just that. They are compassionate to the plight of all mankind and committed to serve others regardless of their race, religion or the country’s political ideology. They are selfless individuals that put their lives on the line to save the lives of others and have succumbed to the travesties of war along with their patients in Afghanistan and