Want to contribute to Doctors Without Borders and support ongoing humanitarian efforts? Your monetary gift helps to provide urgent medical care to hundreds of thousands of people affected by war, starvation, and disease in nearly 60 countries around the world each year. Donations may be made online at:
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Here are some ways that your contribution could be put to use in the field:
$75 – Purchases 108 woolen blankets to protect people against the cold
$100 – Covers the cost of approximately eight days’ worth of dressing for trauma wounds
$200 – Buys a full course of treatment (onemonth’s supply of ready-to-use food) for severely malnourished children
$500 – Provides two people living with HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral medicines for one year
$1,000 – Purchases enough supplies to provide clean water to up to 10,000 people for one week
$5,000 – Buys all the medical, sanitation, and logistical material needed to treat more than 140 cholera patients
$10,000 – Purchases an immunization kit, which includes all the vaccine, syringes, and other materials needed to immunize 10,000 children
