Dear Friend,

We know that you have your own reasons for supporting Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Today, I would like to share 10 reasons of my own. These are some of the reasons why MSF stands apart—and why your support makes such an extraordinary difference. 

Right now, people caught in crisis, families living in overcrowded refugee camps, and people who lack access to essential health care have never needed us more. That’s why I’m reaching out to you today. Below, I've included 10 reasons why MSF stands apart—and why your support makes such an extraordinary difference.

I hope you will continue your meaningful support and consider making your gift early in the year to put us on stronger footing and ensure that our medical teams will be there for those who need us most—throughout 2022 and beyond.

1) You help us save millions of lives. Every day, for more than 50 years, our medical teams have saved the lives of those caught in crises such as conflict zones and natural disasters. We were awarded the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize for our lifesaving work that continues today. In 2020 alone, you made it possible for us to provide medical treatment to more than 9 million people.

2) The people we help need us—and you—to end this pandemic. COVID-19 has spread around the world and is affecting vulnerable people in places with already fragile health care systems. Variants continue to emerge, and the vaccine is still not widely available in most of the places we work. With your help, we can continue to provide lifesaving care wherever we’re needed most, while also advocating for vaccine equity.

3) You can trust your investment. Dollar for dollar, the impact you make by supporting MSF is incredible. We are committed to using your gift efficiently, and we direct as much as we possibly can toward our lifesaving programs. Please consider making an early gift right now.

4) We will not be silenced. One of the core principles that sets us apart is our commitment to bearing witness. If our medical teams observe needless suffering, we speak out.

5) We are fiercely independent. Organizations that rely on government or institutional funding often face limits on whom and how they can help. Your support ensures that we remain independent and can reach more people, more quickly, to save more lives.

6) More than a charity, MSF is a movement. We believe every person on earth deserves access to health care. Our team consists of more than 41,000 doctors, nurses, and other professionals in more than 70 countries. Make a gift right now to help bring quality care to those who need it most, no matter where they are.

7) Your 2022 gift will support lifesaving innovations. In place of complex equipment in some projects, we use a smartphone camera attachment that can diagnose deadly diseases through a simple examination of a patient’s retina. We also use a crowdsourcing phone app to help map vulnerable communities in remote regions. If it can help us save more lives quickly, we'll do whatever it takes.

8) We’re often the first to respond. More than 90 percent of our doctors, nurses, and logisticians work in their home countries, so when disaster strikes, we’re able to act right away.

9) We respond to the overlooked emergencies. We use the best available information to make our own independent evaluations of where our help is needed most. Constant communication with our staff on the ground ensures that we can address and prevent crises quickly—often before they ever become headlines.

10) We’re strengthening the quality of emergency medical care. From creating a vaccine stockpile to ensure people have access to Ebola vaccines to revolutionizing HIV/AIDS treatment, we’re taking bold new approaches. As we begin 2022, we’re anticipating more opportunities to advance new treatments and save more lives.

MSF is unlike any other organization. And we rely on supporters like you to keep us that way. When you make a donation to MSF, you can rest assured we are saving lives together. 

Thank you for sharing our commitment to providing vital medical care to the most vulnerable people in the world. Thank you for taking action now.

Sincerely,

Avril Benoît
Executive Director
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)