Doctors Without Borders + Haiti

Doctors Without Borders is an international humanitarian organization that works to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. They are a past recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in bringing quality medical care to people in need regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation. 

Doctors Without Borders is fighting malnutrition in 30 countries around the world. The funds we raise will be used to get Plumpy'nut and similar Ready-to-Use-Foods (RUFs) to kids whose lives are threatened by severe acute malnutrition (SAM). SAM is the most dangerous level of malnutrition.

The funds will be used in the regions of the world that Doctors Without Borders needs them most. The regions that required the most nutritional support from in 2009 were: Niger, Ethiopia, Somalia, Burkina Faso, and Sudan.

Malnutrition is a complex problem with unpredictable causes such as earthquakes, tsunamis, dry spells, armed conflicts or political turmoil. For this reason, we try not to "earmark" the money we raise for a particular region so we can give Doctors Without Borders as much flexibility as possible. 

However, the recent earthquake in Haiti has left over one million people without sufficient shelter or substantial access to food and water. The earthquake destroyed the country's infrastructure and has left the population reliant on international aid.

It was estimated that approximately 20 percent of kids in Haiti were undernourished before the earthquake. The current crisis is expected to make these numbers skyrocket since the earthquake disrupted reliable access to food and water. Children under the age of five are the most susceptible to becoming severely malnourished because they need so many nutrients for proper growth and development.

Let us know if you would like to designate the funds that you or your group raises through WILL WORK FOR FOOD to be used in Haiti. We will make sure that Doctors Without Borders designates the funds for their efforts to save Haitians that are desperately in need. Use the Contact Us page to let us know that you want the money you raise to be used specifically in Haiti.