About MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existant, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance. MSF works in rehabilitation of hospitals and dispensaries, vaccination programmes and water and sanitation projects. MSF also works in remote health care centres, slum areas and provides training of local personnel. All this is done with the objective of rebuilding health structures to acceptable levels.
Raising Awareness
In carrying out humanitarian assistance, MSF seeks also to raise awareness of crisis situations; MSF acts as a witness and will speak out, either in private or in public about the plight of populations in danger for whom MSF works. In doing so, MSF sets out to alleviate human suffering, to protect life and health and to restore and ensure respect for the human beings and their fundamental human rights.
Only a small percentage of the populations that find themselves in a situation of danger gain the attention of the media. MSF teams travel to places that many people have never heard of, to assist those who have fallen victim to natural or man-made disasters. MSF volunteers have a story to tell when they return from their missions, and they use their experiences to speak of what they have seen. For MSF, raising awareness for these populations and the situations they are in is an important task. Whenever possible, MSF volunteers give interviews and make presentations. MSF offices worldwide facilitate the organisation of gatherings, for individuals and groups who want to speak in their home communities. MSF also mounts exhibitions and, from time to time, releases publications, with the aim of raising awareness.
It is part of MSF's work to address any violations of basic human rights encountered by field teams, violations perpetrated or sustained by political actors. It does so by confronting the responsible actors themselves, by putting pressure on them through mobilisation of the international community and by issuing information publicly. In order to prevent compromise or manipulation of MSF's relief activities, MSF maintains neutrality and independance from individual governments. The organisation also tries to ensure that the majority of funds raised for its work comes directly from contributions from the general public. In this way, MSF guarantees equal access to its humanitarian assistance.
MSF has been setting up emergency medical aid missions around the world since 1971.
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CrazyMoon@ 25 months ago | reply
Lovely, sweet, tender... such a beautiful capture!
luxlucia 24 months ago | reply
Parabéns, é uma foto maravilhosa.
hiraya mariposa 24 months ago | reply
Human
Compassion at its finest...!
George.m. 24 months ago | reply
Very warm and expressive shot!
kathy koch (Away for a while) 23 months ago | reply
A beautiful photo and great info about an amazing foundation ~ Doctors Without Borders. It's the only charity I support every year. Thanks for posting this wonderful tribute.
1ff33f7cb6c15aa3a5d64c89fb9f2133 23 months ago | reply
Wow man,really proud of u.i really want to be a part of that foundation
...katharina [off now :-) ] [deleted] 22 months ago | reply
One of the most beautiful photographs I've ever seen.
Napakaganda.
squalo79 21 months ago | reply
che spettacolo!
Sarasabin 20 months ago | reply
ohhhhhhh es preciosa, muy conmovedora :)
werxtracoo 20 months ago | reply
There is so much emotions in here! Wow..
OO*joRe's 19 months ago | reply
wow!! spectacular! so few to see phtos likethis!! well captured!
terra87 17 months ago | reply
i wanna be a part of MSF someday :)
Luis Picolo 17 months ago | reply
This is an AMAZING photo!
Just a Click {♥ fotografie ♥} 17 months ago | reply
really touching. The smile of that child has more than 1000 words.... the light around them is very suggestive
thethi: more 1 million vws tks a lot :-) 17 months ago | reply
great
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AndrewQ PDX 17 months ago | reply
So sweet!
Autumn Elizabeth Photography 15 months ago | reply
So sweet <3
Glenn Photography 12 months ago | reply
Endearing portrait. MSF Doctors without Borders is a wonderful organization.
mstivi 11 months ago | reply
A truly great picture. The child's expression is so touching!
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Siuloon 11 months ago | reply
That is a really amazing shot.
Fantastic work..
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