Friend: Every year, thousands of people from Tunisia, Algeria, and Syria attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea in hopes of finding a better life on the other side. Many never make it.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) search and rescue vessel in the Central Mediterranean, the Geo Barents, is dedicated to providing assistance to refugees and migrants in distress.

Before we tell you more about the Geo Barents, we must ask: Will you make a generous, tax-deductible gift to MSF right now? Thanks to generous donors, Worthington & Margaret Mayo-Smith, every gift will be MATCHED up to $938,000. We are counting on you to fund lifesaving work like this next year in more than 70 countries, and every minute matters. Friend, please don't wait to send 2X the support >>

In October, MSF’s team aboard the Geo Barents responded to five distress calls and rescued nearly 400 people in less than two days, amid very harsh conditions. Neither coastal authorities nor other nearby vessels responded to these calls, so our team had to race against time to provide assistance.

Friend, individual donors fund this lifesaving work in the Mediterranean and in more than 70 countries. We're relying on you to make a generous, tax-deductible gift—with every dollar MATCHED!—to help fund the challenging work ahead. For a limited time, your generosity will go twice as far when you make your first gift now.

P.S. If your year-end gift and our email have crossed paths, we sincerely thank you for your generosity!

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All gifts given, up to $938,000, will be doubled through 11:59 PM EST on 12/31. Every dollar you give will be matched with $1. Gifts received after the match has been met will not be matched but will be used where needed most.