Advocacy

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Advocacy

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) advocacy staff gather information to advocate for people in need.

Bearing witness to MSF operations, they draw up unbiased reports on a wide range of issues – leading to awareness-raising and strategy development.

Keen observers with an eye for detail, advocacy staff keep MSF focused on the communities who need it most.

Read the blog posts below to find out more about life as MSF advocacy staff, or click here to find out more about applying to join the team.

Sandra Smiley

Advocacy

Bikenge-Bound

If there’s one thing you should know about the typical journey in Congo, it is that there is no such thing as a typical journey in Congo.

11 Jun 2015 / 4 minute read

Jo Kuper

Advocacy

The women of South Sudan: "After this conflict we have nothing more to say…"

Touchdown Leer, southern Unity state.

29 Sep 2014 / 5 minute read

Jo Kuper

Advocacy

"We need dry land"

By the gate, an old lady lies down in the mud, defeated. Skeleton thin she is wearing a threadbare cotton dress. She has no shoes.

28 Aug 2014 / 4 minute read

Ritu Gambhir

Advocacy

Return to Tissi

Last month I returned to Tissi. MSF shares a small plane with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and we use it to transport staff, supplies and patients to and from Tissi.

09 Jul 2013 / 5 minute read

Last night I sat in my tent (which I share with seven other expats) and cried.

16 May 2013 / 4 minute read

There are more people arriving from Mogadishu. The first woman we met is 70 years old, the same age as my father, it is hard to believe how different their two worlds are.

19 Nov 2007 / 2 minute read

In MSF we are always constantly aware of the impossible choices that the people in places like Somalia face on a daily basis.

18 Nov 2007 / 2 minute read