How We Spend Donations
Your support allows MSF to provide medical aid whenever and wherever it is needed. With your help, we can react to emergencies as soon as they occur and give high quality care to those who need it most.
81% spent on field work
We try our utmost to make sure that your donations are spent on saving lives rather than on administration and management costs. In 2007, MSF spent 81% directly on field work; 5.7% on administration and management; and 13.3% on fundraising.
Your donations allow us to:
- Rehabilitate hospitals and clinics
- Battle epidemics
- Carry out vaccination campaigns
- Perform emergency surgery
- Run feeding centres for malnourished children
They enable us to:
- Treat patients with infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, sleeping sickness and HIV/AIDS
- Provide medical and psychological care to marginalized groups such as street children
They make it possible for us to:
- Construct wells
- Provide clean drinking water
- Supply the needy with shelter
What your support provides
€14 per month over the course of a year could provide two village midwife kits
€15 per month could provide life-saving anti-retroviral treatment for someone living with HIV/AIDS
€17 per month over the course of a year could provide 300 rapid tests for malaria
€20 per month over the course of a year allows us to vaccinate 120 children against measles
Programme expenses by nature 2007 |
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| National Staff 28% International Staff 25% Medical & nutrition 20% Transport, freight, storage 13% Logistics & sanitation 6% Operational running costs 5% Other expenses 1% Training & local support 1% |
(Source: 2007 MSF International Activity Report)
