Medecins Sans Frontieres

What we will do and how you can help

The Sunday Times Children of Iraq Christmas Appeal WHAT WE WILL DO Help the children Nomura Middle East, the regional operation of the Asia-based global investment bank, has generously offered to match the first £100,000 raised...

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The children who need a helping hand

The first sight of Abdullah Suleiman isn’t for the faint-hearted: when he was six years old the bottom half of his face was blown away by a car bomb. The excruciating cost of war in Iraq is written in the crisscross lines of...

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Liberia: 'The New War is Rape'

Monrovia — In Liberia rape survivors are increasingly speaking up and seeking help as awareness of rights increases, but social taboos persist and seeking justice does not always mean that justice is served. Awareness up MSF...

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French foreign minister visits Afghan village

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, is greeted by Haji Dad, who claims to be 115 years old, at the remote village of Gandha Kazarai, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Bernard Kouchner, in Afghanistan to attend...

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HIV+ soccer team scores against stigma

Somebody told me about a group of HIV positive ladies in the Epworth Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic in Zimbabwe who had formed a football team and every time they won a match, they would march through the clinic in their...

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Africa: Consequences of Less Funding for Aids - Living With Aids # 413

Thanks to the international recession, donors are either decreasing or opting not to increase their funding of AIDS treatment. This will have devastating effects on poorer countries that are largely dependent on foreign aid.

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Lightfine Shares Third- World Volunteer Experience

Mary Lightfine has volunteered in third-world and war-ravaged countries as a nurse in Doctors without Borders. She came to Providence College on Wednesday, Nov. 11, to share her humanitarian message which she has developed as a...

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European NGOs back Indian generic drugs!

Updated on Thursday, November 19, 2009, 19:10 IST Tags:European NGOs, Indian generic drugs London: Renowned European NGOs, including Oxfam and Medecins Sans Frontieres, have thrown their weight behind the Indian generic drug...

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Doctors without patients: MSF fears for migrants forced back to Libya

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - International "We often hear horrific stories from our patients about what they endure during the journey," said Antonio Virgilio, MSF head of mission in Italy and Malta. "They have crossed the...

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NGOs build refugee tent city in Brussels

19/11/2009NGOs build refugee tent city in Brussels Five Belgian aid groups built Wednesday a refugee camp in the heart of Brussels to house asylum seekers forced to live in the streets due to a lack of housing. Brussels --...

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