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quinaraReading about the latest bombing in Pakistan (which I hope is going to get a lot of coverage on the telly news today), I was encouraged to donate to my favourite charity and I thought I would give it a quick plug here as well.
Médicins sans Frontières, as you've probably know (though US friends might recognise it as Doctors without Borders), is an international organisation that provides medical aid and healthcare in any part of the world where there is need - because of armed conflict, lack of (provision of) facilities, epidemic, disaster or whatever. They are committedly neutral politically and religiously, working simply from the position that access to medical care is a universal right. They don't run many appeals or advertising campaigns and are very transparent about what money goes where to do what.
I'll confess, also, that I especially like them for concentrating on healthcare, which is very much a women's issue, as they provide both physical and psychological support for groups such as mothers and rape survivors.
So please look them up, and I hope you'll remember them (amongst the many other worthy causes) the next time you're feeling charitable.
Médicins sans Frontières, as you've probably know (though US friends might recognise it as Doctors without Borders), is an international organisation that provides medical aid and healthcare in any part of the world where there is need - because of armed conflict, lack of (provision of) facilities, epidemic, disaster or whatever. They are committedly neutral politically and religiously, working simply from the position that access to medical care is a universal right. They don't run many appeals or advertising campaigns and are very transparent about what money goes where to do what.
I'll confess, also, that I especially like them for concentrating on healthcare, which is very much a women's issue, as they provide both physical and psychological support for groups such as mothers and rape survivors.
So please look them up, and I hope you'll remember them (amongst the many other worthy causes) the next time you're feeling charitable.