Dear friends,
I am proud to share with you that on September 21, I will be running 10km in support of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It would mean so much to me if you would consider supporting my fundraising goal of $500. Together, we can help alleviate suffering and change lives.
Through my experiences in Syria and Chad with MSF, I have had the opportunity to see the positive impact of MSF in the lives of people made vulnerable through lack of access to healthcare, geopolitical conflict and changing climatic conditions. I have also had the privilege of working alongside national colleagues, who despite the regular lack of access to safe drinking water and electricity arrived at work every day and dedicated themselves to changing lives and conditions in their communities. Now that I am back in Montreal, I decided to challenge myself with a 10 km run (it has been many years since I have run this distance!!) and a fundraising goal to further support the work of MSF. Thank you for any support that you can provide in these efforts.
MSF is an independent emergency medical humanitarian organization that has more than 40,000 staff members working in humanitarian crises in close to 70 countries. Right now, MSF medical teams are saving lives all over the world. MSF would not be able to make such a difference in the lives of people caught in crises without the generosity of individual donors.
More than 95 per cent of MSF’s funding comes from private donations, rather than from governments or large institutions. This gives MSF the independence to act decisively and to go wherever the needs are greatest, without additional political pressure or interference.
Your generosity allows MSF teams to continue saving lives by delivering urgent care to people made vulnerable by disaster, conflict, disease or exclusion from healthcare. Thank you for your support!