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Friends of MSF

Northeastern university

Who are we?

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Purpose Statement: To raise awareness and knowledge about MSF’s work in the field and global health crises by fundraising MSF’s work, encouraging students to get involved in their community, and advocate for medical humanitarian issues via educational campaigns and informational resource creation.


The Friends of MSF Chapter at Northeastern is an affiliate student organization for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) aiming to raise awareness about MSF’s medical humanitarian impact and serve as an educational resource of students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare. One of our major goals is to increase student involvement in our local community’s health via speaker events, fundraisers, and advocacy campaigns. We will accomplish our goals by actively fundraising for MSF, engaging in volunteer efforts at NEU and within the local community, hosting prominent guest speakers in various fields, and more. We hope to help students of any major find a path by which they may aid in humanitarian efforts around the world.

Programs in 60+ countries, with 24 associations...

Since MSF does not take government funding, they are able to act immediately based on their own assessment of needs without the pressures of finance or media.


MSF is funded by more than 7 million private donors to ensure operational independence and flexibility.

How MSF Spends Donor Money

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85%

1%

14%

Programs

Fundraising

Management & General

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16.2 million

outpatient consultations

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4.2 million

malaria cases treated

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4.1 million

measles vaccinations

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1.4 million

emergency room admissions

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425,500

individual mental health consultations

Health Malnutrition

127,400

children treated for malnutrition

MSF International Activity Report, 2022

Our Goals

Inform the Public

Many of our world’s current humanitarian crises go under-reported, often leaving those affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare unable to receive the medical assistance they need. It’s our job to report about them.

Fundraise

Through donations and fundraising, we aim to aid MSF in continuing to provide impartial medical assistance. We also aim to use these fundraisers to increase public awareness of aforementioned issues.

Invoke Urgency & Involvement

Oftentimes, global health issues feel too large and overwhelming for us to conquer on our own. We want students to not only get involved in NGOs such as MSF post-graduation, but in our local community so that they can see local health issues firsthand and learn what they can do to help.

Spring 2024 Calendar

Spring 2024 Calendar

001 Cahners Hall 6-7pm & Online

001 Cahners Hall 6-7pm & Online

Doctors without Borders

January 22, 6pm

Welcome to Friends of MSF!

Come find out more about our chapter!

February 5, 6pm

Speaker Showcase: Dr. Shan Mohammed

Come hear Dr. Mohammed speak on his career!

February 24, 12:00pm-3:30pm

Volunteer at Boston Health Care for the Homeless

Give back to our community and run BINGO!


February 26, 6pm

NMDP Club/Be The Match Training

Join FoMSF and NMDP Club to hear about the Bone Marrow Registry and the National Marrow Donor Program!

march 11, 6pm

Menstrual Health Equity Club X FoMSF

Learn about menstrual health issues and make your own heating pad!

March 12, 5pm-9pm @ Playabowl huntington ave

PlayaBowl MSF Fundraiser

Mention “MSF” at checkout for 10% of proceeds to go directly to Doctors Without Borders!

march 30, egan 440

Natural Disaster Innovation Summit

Check out the natural disaster innovation summit on-campus in collaboration with Innovators in Global Health and Engineers Without Borders!

Anything else?

Anything else?

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR:

  • ViTAL X FoMSF Medical Accessibility Event (2/29, 6-7PM)
  • NU EMS X FoMSF CPR Certification Class (3/27)
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Table with us!

Table with us!

3/19 - 3/21 | Curry Crossroads | All Day

3/19 - 3/21 | Curry Crossroads | All Day

Join us to inform the public about and fundraise for MSF’s work in Gaza! Check out our Linktree to sign up or click here.

Join us to inform the public about and fundraise for MSF’s work in Gaza! Check out our Linktree to sign up or click here.

Contact Us!

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@friendsmsf_neu

Email

friendsmsfnortheastern@gmail.com

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