Atija walks through Eduardo Mondlane camp for displaced people to counsel pregnant and lactating women. She is 66 years old and lives there too. She is originally from Mocímboa da Praia, a town heavily hit by attacks due to the ongoing conflict in the northern province. She now works with MSF as a traditional birth attendant (TBA) and assists more than 100 women in the camp. Like many of them, she lived through traumatic experiences, witnessing her husband’s and son’s murder. Now, she says she loves doing her job since she can help women in their time of need – “When I arrived here, this place was a forest. Some good people helped me to get settled. Now I can also help pregnant women. I know they need my support.”
Thousands of Canadians generously support Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), sharing our values and our commitment to assist people facing crises around the world. We are also committed to working as efficiently as possible and maintaining transparency about how we spend the money you donate for medical humanitarian care.
In 2022, we spent more than 80 per cent of money raised globally on our medical projects and advocacy work. Roughly five per cent was spent on administration costs. The rest was reinvested in fundraising.
*Other income:
Interest/investment income Equipment and services sold to other organizations Investment subsidizes recorded as income Other revenues Merchandising
16,272,300
outpatient consultations
1,422,600
emergency room admissions
1,214,100
patients admitted
425,500
individual mental health consultations
39,900
people treated for sexual violence
44,900
women and girls who requested and received safe abortion care
320,700
births assisted, including caesarean sections
17,800
people started on first-line tuberculosis treatment
4,124,700
vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak
158,200
people treated for measles
4,268,600
malaria cases treated
52,600
people treated for cholera
127,400
severely malnourished children admitted to inpatient feeding programs
1,422,600
emergency room admissions
31,500
people on first-line HIV antiretroviral treatment under direct MSF care
6,570
people on second-line HIV antiretroviral treatment under direct MSF care
118,100
surgical interventions involving the incision, excision, manipulation or suturing of tissue, requiring anethesia
474,100
families received distribution of relief items
5,770
people started on hepatitis C treatment
3,850
people rescued at sea
MSF Canada Impact Report
Every year, MSF publishes our Impact Report looking at the emergency medical humanitarian action you and others in Canada helped us carry out.
MSF Canada adopted Imagine Canada’s Ethical Fundraising & Financial Accountability Code as our policy in 2008. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our donors and to upholding the highest ethical standards in the way we raise funds.
We will honour your requests for information, including our most recent financial statements, and any wishes to limit future contact. Our materials will be truthful and will accurately describe our activities and the intended use of the funds we raise, while respecting the dignity and privacy of those who we strive to help.
The public portion of our tax return (T3010), filed as Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Canada with the Canada Revenue Agency, can be found here.
The generosity of Canadians makes it possible for MSF to deliver emergency healthcare to people caught in some of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
How MSF works: A fundraising model that allows for immediate response when emergencies or natural disasters occur
When emergencies or disasters such as floods or earthquakes happen anywhere around the world, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is often among the first organizations providing people critical medical care and support in countries that cannot themselves sufficiently respond.
But how does an organization that already works to provide emergency medical care in over 70 countries prepare itself for the unexpected? One part of the answer lies in our approach to fundraising.
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