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MSF is the answer

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, plays a crucial role in providing emergency medical care in crisis situations such as the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010. As a self-governing non-profit organization, MSF addresses malnutrition, epidemics, and armed conflicts, reaching vulnerable populations like street children and refugees. With support from public donations, MSF rapidly deploys medical teams to deliver essential healthcare and medicines while respecting human rights. Your contribution can make a significant difference in the lives of those in dire need.

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MSF is the answer

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  1. MSF is the answer By Decoration Group Donate for Haiti Listening & Speaking 5

  2. Contents INTRODUCTION WHAT IS THE MSF WHAT HAPPEN IN HAITI WHY DOES HAITI NEED MSF CONCLUTION Listening & Speaking 5

  3. Non-Profit Organization • Organizations for some extent • Private • Non-profit-distributing • Self-governing • Voluntary Listening & Speaking 5

  4. Doctors without borders (MSF) Armed Conflict Ex: Haiti, Iraq, Iran and Jordan. Epidemics Ex: Cholera in Haiti. Malnutrition Ex: Niger Natural Disasters Ex: Earthquake in Haiti, Flooding in Mexico Exclusion From Health Ex: Street Children, Refugee. Listening & Speaking 5

  5. Magnitude 7.0 earthquake , 10th Jan.2010 222,000 people  died 1.5 million people homeless Jail broken Unstable politics Hard Situation In Haiti Listening & Speaking 5

  6. What does MSF do • Malnutrition • 20 million children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition (UNICEF) • Provide READY-TO-USE food • 6,300 children were treated in Niger • Armed Conflict • Care people injured by gunshot, knife, or machete wounds, bombings, or sexual violence. Listening & Speaking 5

  7. What does MSF do • Expertise • Special medical equipment • Correct information, analysis, and publish • Exclusion from Health Care • Neglected social group • Such as street children, migrants, minorities, displaced people, refugees, prisoners, the unemployed, people with HIV/AIDS or tuberculosis, drug users, sex workers. Listening & Speaking 5

  8. What does MSF do • Epidemics • Responding to epidemic that spread rapidly and can be fatal if not treated. • Natural Disasters • Responding to the disasters quickly and closely by the mobile clinics. Listening & Speaking 5

  9. Who can join the MSF • No set description for MSF volunteers (no limit for sexes, ages, countries) • Two kinds of volunteers • Medical volunteers • Non-medical volunteers(All potential field volunteers must be interviewed by a human resource officer.) Listening & Speaking 4

  10. Requirements for medical volunteers • Experience • Two year professional experience in their specific area. Have some experience of living or working in different countries • Language • French and/or English (Chinese, Spanish, Russian) • Course • A candidate is invited to take the introductory course then goes on stand by... Listening & Speaking 4

  11. Where does the donation come from • MSF is an indepandent organization,it does not depend on any goverment • 90% of the donation comes from the public • When a disaster happen, MSF can make decision to help people at once Listening & Speaking 4

  12. How does MSF spend the donations Listening & Speaking 4

  13. What does MSF do Overview of MSF Activities • Provide surgical care • Provide comprehensive physical rehabilitation treated gunshot-wounded Listening & Speaking 4

  14. What does MSF do • Collected $138 million • Treated more than 358,000 people • Performed more than 16,500 surgeries • Delivered more than 15,000 babies • More than 5,700 major operations were carried out over the first three months alone. Listening & Speaking 4

  15. What does MSF do in Haiti Treated more than 91,000 cholera patients (JAN, 2011) MSF’s operational budget projections for Haiti are $60.7 million (2011) Constructed hospital for Haiti

  16. Reason of choosing MSF • Access to Essential Medicines • A big international group without borders • Respect human rights Listening & Speaking 5

  17. Access to Essential Medicines • Provide vaccines to Africa with affordable price • Give malnourished children help Listening & Speaking 5

  18. A big international group without borders • 2.4 million of donors and thousands of volunteers • From different countries, different religions Listening & Speaking 5

  19. Respect human rights • Humanitarian aid • No compensation • Equal to everyone Listening & Speaking 5

  20. Conclusion Listening & Speaking 5

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