Médecins Sans Frontières (pronounced Medsan-song-Fronti-air) means ‘Doctors Without Borders’

We are the world’s leading independent medical humanitarian aid organisation.

Despite our French name, doctors, nurses and engineers from all over the world work together for MSF to provide medical

care for people wherever they need it.

This could be for many different reasons, including:• Wars

•Natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods •Diseases including Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV/Aids

•Famine and Malnutrition

Who are MSF?

MAP OF WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE

Where do we work?

We have projects in over 60 countries across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East

Who does MSF treat?

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We work around the world to treat people in the greatest medical need and those often forgotten by others

© Yoanis Menge/MSF [Democratic Republic Congo] 2009

MSF helps people suffering from many different diseases and illnesses

Here an MSF medic is vaccinating a child against measles in Afghanistan

An MSF doctor is giving emergency treatment to sick children during a Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe

An MSF nurse counts the correct number of pills for HIV positive patients in Myanmar

© Chris de Bode/MSF [Myanmar] 2006

MSF treats thousands of children with malnutrition. This child is being examined by an MSF medic

© Dieter Telemans [Kenya] 2006

This child in Ethiopia is eating a special food supplement rich in vitamins to help him gain weight

© Juan Carlos Tomasi / MSF [Ethiopia] 2008

MSF helps people after natural disastersHere is an outdoor hospital ward treating people after the earthquake in Haiti 2010

© Julie Remy [Haiti] 2010© MSF [Haiti] 2010

An MSF water and sanitation specialist is providing clean water after floods in Mozambique

© Benjamin Bechet / Odessa [Mozambique] 2007

MSF often works in war zonesThis child is talking to a MSF doctor in Gaza

© Valerie Babize/MSF [Gaza] 2008

MSF also helps people who do not have access to health care Here MSF volunteers are providing supplies to refugees in France

© Dragan Lekic /Libre arbitre [France] 2009

MSF also help people who are crossing the Mediterranean Sea in unseaworthy boats from Africa and the Middle East

These people are in search of a better life in Europe

© Dragan Lekic /Libre arbitre [France] 2009

A video explaining the reasons behind MSF’s work in the Mediterranean Sea, where they operate a search and rescue

mission using three boats

© Dragan Lekic /Libre arbitre [France] 2009

One of the most important things about MSF is that we are independent. Almost all of our

money comes from kind members of the public.

This means we don’t have to wait for money from governments and we can make our own

decisions about who to help. This allows us to act quickly to treat those

people who most need medical help.

Independence

Speaking Out

We try to make sure that people all around the world know about the medical work we do and the problems our patients face in the countries where we work

This means we are often in the newspapers and on the television

Médecins Sans Frontières has 21 offices worldwide and MSF Ireland is one of them.

MSF Ireland was established in Dublin in 2006.

We support MSF’s field work through:

• raising money to pay for our projects all around the world• finding doctors, nurses, engineers and other support staff

who can work abroad• talking to the Irish public about our work and about the

patients we treat•providing specialist medical advice to the teams working on

our missions all around the world.

MSF in Ireland

The MSF Ireland team!

Organise a fundraising or awareness raising event with your friends or school

Tell others about MSF

Make a donation to MSF or suggest a donation instead of a birthday present

Organise a visit to your school by an MSF speaker

Become an MSF volunteer when you’re older!

How you can get involved....

Visit our website: www.msf.ie

E-mail us: office@dublin.msf.org

Phone us: 01 660 3337 (Dublin Office)

Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MSF.english

Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/MSF_ireland

Follow us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/MSFIreland1

How to contact us or find out more...

Thank You!

A thank you video from MSF members around the world