I’ve chosen to raise money for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) because I have the deepest respect for the front line medical aid they provide to those in dire need in more than 70 countries, often in exceedingly dangerous circumstances.

While my adventure could be classified as brave, the work carried our by MSF is beyond heroic. Areas such as Darfur and Kenya have seen thousands of patients treated in unstable situations.

"Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international
medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid in more than 70 countries to people affected by armed conflict; epidemics; natural or man-made disasters; or exclusion from health care.

In emergencies and their aftermath, MSF rehabilitates and runs hospitals
and clinics, performs surgery, battles epidemics, carries out vaccination
campaigns, operates feeding centres for malnourished children and offers mental health care. When needed, MSF also constructs wells, dispenses clean drinking water, and provides shelter materials like blankets and plastic sheeting.

Through longer-term programmes, MSF treats patients with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, and HIV/AIDS and provides medical and psychological care to marginalized groups such as street
children. "

Charter
"Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a private international association.The association is made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other professions which might help in achieving its aims. All of its members agree to honor the following principles:

Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.

Médecins Sans Frontières observes neutrality and impartiality in the name of universal medical ethics and the right to humanitarian assistance and claims full and unhindered freedom in the exercise of its functions.

Members undertake to respect their professional code of ethics and to maintain complete independence from all political, economic or religious powers.

As volunteers, members understand the risks and dangers of the missions they carry out and make no claim for themselves or their assigns for any form of compensation other than that which the association might be able to
afford them. "