Working with Médecins Sans Frontières

For medical aid operations throughout the entire world, MSF is on the lookout for volunteers who are willing to provide some of their time and skills to be available for those in need.

When large-scale epidemics occur, when areas in crisis are too dangerous for many others, then the medical teams from MSF are there to ensure that the affected population can count on continual care being provided for their most basic health-care needs.They organize basic medical care, treat the injured, carry out vaccination campaigns, train local medical staff and build up medical infrastructure. In long-term aid projects they dedicate themselves to the fight against diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, sleeping sickness, and HIV/AIDS.

The basic principle is voluntary commitment: MSF volunteers (expats) donate their time and qualifications for people in crisis. The on-location work of our expats is often very exhausting, but also fascinating, demandig appropriate professional knowledge, and a large amount of motivation and commitment.