Doctors Without Borders sent another plea for help this week. This time they sent their “Top Ten Most Underrated Humanitarian Stories of 2006” and since I can’t afford to send them another check I thought I would help spread their word by blogging about that top 10…Do what you can do.
- Somalis Trapped by War…still.
- Fleeing Violence in the Central African Republic
- Tuberculosis Taking a Deadly Toll
- Conflict in Chewchnya
- Civilians Under Fire in Sri Lanka
- Preventing Malnutrition Deaths of Children
- Disease Outbreaks and Violence Plague the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Ongoing War in Colombia
- Relentless Violence & Sexual Assaults in Haiti
- Ongoing Clashes Displace Civilians in Central India
To read more about these top 10 go here.
I think was amazes me is that Medicins Sans Frontieres is in each and every one of these areas of poverty, disease and devastation. In some cases they have had to flee the country for their own safety (as was the case in Sri Lanka), but they returned. They go where no one else wants to be. That’s become their motto. It blows my mind.
A word about donating – they are serious about the money they collect. In every mailing they include the statement, “Doctors Without Borders operates in a manner consistent with the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP’s) Donor Bill of Rights and the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards of Professional Practice.” For more information on their commitment to supporters, go here.
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