Friend,

When people make the difficult decision to flee their homes, it’s often because it’s their last hope of finding a better life.

As an obstetrician and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical coordinator, I have witnessed firsthand the dire conditions and threats people face during their journey. In South America, hundreds of people are crossing the border between Peru and Ecuador—one of the world’s biggest migration points—facing threats of sexual violence and the risk of having little to no access to health care. 

To address the needs of people seeking safety across borders, MSF staff established a clinic to provide medical, sexual, reproductive, and mental health care. Our teams provided nearly 3,000 sexual and reproductive health services.

With the help of supporters like you, MSF is providing care to people in crisis in South America and beyond. Today, I’m asking for your help to ensure MSF can keep delivering this kind of critical, lifesaving medical care.
 

The clinic provided care in front of the land terminal in Aguas Verdes, Peru, for over a year. We treated families with young children, women, single men, and adolescents for an array of conditions, including sexual and gender-based violence, respiratory infections, and diarrhea. Many patients told us that they were receiving health care for the first time since their journey began.

By meeting people where they are along the border and providing care on their journey, our staff are able to assess needs quickly and coordinate an effective humanitarian response, ensuring patients don’t need to travel to us for treatment. This migration route remains the primary point of entry for many on the move who are in need of medical care—and we must remain ready.  

Please make a commitment that will help provide lifesaving treatment to migrants in South America and across the globe who have been forced to flee their homes.