pre-departure

The time has come – I’m days away from leaving for my first MSF posting. I’ve decided that I wanted to write a blog while I’m on assignment because I’ve read so many MSF blog posts over the last year. I’ve found them to be inspiring and helpful in deciding/preparing to work for MSF.

26 Jan 2019 / 4 minute read

Brigitte Ireson-Valois

Nurse

New assignment, new challenge!

How do MSF field staff prepare for a new assignment? The countdown is on for Brigitte...

17 May 2018 / 5 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

Packing anxiety and Lariam dreams

Ludvig shares his diary from his time in Democratic Republic of Congo. This week: preparations...

05 Sep 2017 / 2 minute read

Johanna Loenn

Nurse

South Sudan: "What will I actually pack?!"

Johanna Lönn is a nurse from Sweden on her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). For seven months she'll be managing a tuberculosis department at the hospital in a refugee camp in Bentiu, South Sudan. The hospital is the only health centre in the camp. Here she blogs about preparing her suitcase and mind for her first-ever assignment.

02 Feb 2017 / 3 minute read

Alice Gautreau

Midwife

Off to MSF-land

My room is chaos. Boxes on top of boxes on top of more boxes, and books and clothes and a million things I have accumulated over the years.

05 Apr 2016 / 4 minute read

Brigitte Ireson-Valois

Nurse

Arriving to the village in the sky

Brigitte is working for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Today she blogs about heading to the Walikale, North Kivu region of the DRC...

18 Dec 2015 / 4 minute read

Alison Criado-Perez

Nurse

My Ebola Diary

So, finally, I’m off.

06 Dec 2014 / 3 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

Myanmar Packing

Ahead of her flight to Myanmar, Katherine finalises her 'essential items' packing list...

16 Feb 2014 / 1 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

Not Without My Peanut Butter

Packing for my mission. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for about two months now. How do I pack for nine months in Myanmar given the following information:

08 Feb 2014 / 3 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

And the Winner is…

"After months of waiting, I have finally received my assignment from MSF. On February 1st I will be flying from Canada to…Myanmar!"

28 Jan 2014 / 3 minute read

Michael White

Logistician

Amsterdam - September 27, 2007 - Blog 001 The Prologue

"The one question that I have been asked most often over the past couple of months is why did I want to go on assignment with MSF."

30 Sep 2007 / 4 minute read

pre-departure

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