CMG has been a firm supporter of the medical humanitarian aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières (“MSF”) aka “Doctors Without Borders”.

Established in 1971, MSF is an international emergency aid organization that provides vital medical relief to populations in trapped in crisis. Every year, MSF sends out about 27,000 doctors, nurses, epidemiologists, water-and-sanitation experts, logisticians and other aid workers every year to provide free, quality medical aid in over 70 countries around the world.    MSF field workers serve in some of the most remote and volatile places in the world in order to reach victims of conflict, natural or man-made disasters, epidemics and sexual violence, and to reach those who are barred access to medical care.

As an independent and self-directed organization, MSF’s actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality. This means that the assistance MSF provides to people is based purely only on need; irrespective of ethnicity, religion, gender, and political affiliation or social group membership.

MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 in acknowledgement of its efficiency and impartiality in the delivery of humanitarian aid. MSF conducted 8,316,000 outpatient consultations, treated 1,642,800 malaria cases, conducted 78,500 major surgical procedures, assisted with 185,400 births, and admitted 347,800 malnourished children into therapeutic feeding programs in 2012.

Top photos: (left) Florian LEMS/MSF, (middle) Laura LEE/MSF, (right) Peter CASAER/MSF
Bottom photos: (left) Florian LEMS/MSF, (right) Laura LEE/MSF