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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is committed to providing the best care we can to our patients. We innovate new methods to improve care, like utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the accuracy of cancer screenings. We innovate to make sure we have the most efficient and effective impact. Most importantly, we innovate to reach those in need.
That’s exactly what Fatima did when she decided to become an e-rickshaw driver for MSF, helping survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) access free, confidential medical care in northwestern Delhi, India. This is your impact in action.
After losing her husband in 2015, Fatima had no income and no savings. With nothing to lose, she decided to do something bold: sell her house and buy an old e-rickshaw. She soon gained local celebrity status as one of the first woman in the region to drive one professionally.
One day, she saw someone in a white jacket and offered them a ride. That someone turned out to be an MSF staff member who worked at Umeed Ki Kiran clinic, where we treat survivors of SGBV. This chance encounter turned into a unique opportunity for Fatima to serve her community using her newfound skills.
Fatima was offered a job working for our MSF clinic, and over the last seven years she has used her e-rickshaw to provide safe transport to and from the clinic for survivors of SGBV.
Having the region’s first woman e-rickshaw driver fill this vital role was essential. Thirty percent of women in India face physical or sexual violence, yet only two percent of them seek medical care. The stigma associated with SGBV often deters survivors from seeking help. As a familiar face and survivor herself, Fatima can personally escort patients and make it much more likely that they will get the care they need.
With the help of dedicated MSF staff like Fatima, and the generous support of folks like you, we were able to treat approximately 670 people in India for SGBV in 2021 and provide nearly 24,600 mental health consultations.
This email was sent from the U.S. section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care.
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