Who are we?
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
85%
1%
14%
Programs
Fundraising
Management & General
16.2 million
outpatient consultations
4.2 million
malaria cases treated
4.1 million
measles vaccinations
1.4 million
emergency room admissions
425,500
individual mental health consultations
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
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)
Table with us!
Table with us!
3/19 - 3/21 | Curry Crossroads | All Day
3/19 - 3/21 | Curry Crossroads | All Day
Contact Us!
Instagram
@friendsmsf_neu
Email
friendsmsfnortheastern@gmail.com
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