A message from Médecins Sans Frontières
Dear reader,
Our medical teams are reporting an alarming increase in the number of people suffering from severe malnutrition in South Sudan, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Yemen.
Ongoing conflict, drought and seasonal food shortages mean many people are struggling to access food, safe drinking water and healthcare. Hundreds of thousands face malnutrition, with children the most vulnerable.
Médecins Sans Frontières is responding to this large-scale hunger emergency. Severe malnutrition can be deadly, but if people reach medical care in time it can be treated.
Will you donate $50 today so our teams can continue to provide medical care for people affected by conflict, outbreaks of disease and natural disasters?
In central South Sudan, ongoing conflict has forced thousands to flee the violence. Many of the crops in the area have been looted, and the farmers, displaced from their homes, have missed the new planting season.
“We were forced to run away from our village three times to hide in the bush,” she said. “I ran with my twins in my arms and my four-year-old daughter ran beside me. Sometimes we saw people drop to the ground as they ran after being shot, or throw their belongings away because they could not run fast enough. We hid in the bush until night time and returned when the soldiers had gone. Every time this happened, we came home to less. Our cattle, goats and chickens gone; then our crops and, finally, our houses looted and burned.”
Médecins Sans Frontières is providing emergency care for malnourished children, running medical facilities and distributing ready-to-use therapeutic food in affected regions.
Please donate $50 today, here:
https://www.msf.org.au/donate/da1706tm/hunger-crisis/?utm_source=The%20Monthly&utm_medium=June%20eDM&utm_campaign=201706-The-Monthly-June-eDM#donate
Your donation will help us provide medical care for a person in need, whether it’s maternal healthcare in Haiti, vaccinations against epidemic diseases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or medical care for people fleeing Syria.
Warm regards,
Paul McPhun
Executive Director
Médecins Sans Frontières Australia
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