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Of all the humanitarian aid organizations in the world, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) stands head and shoulders above the rest. They go where the Red Cross and others dare not. In the face of murderous assaults on aid workers, in which three of their own staff members were killed, the organization refuses to give up on Somalia (via CREDO Action):
International staff with the independent medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have resumed their humanitarian work in several locations in Somalia.
Following the brutal killings of three MSF aid workers on January 28 in the southern city of Kismayo, MSF suspended its international staff presence in the country. Programs continued to be run thanks to the dedication of MSF Somali staff members.
In explaining the decision to return to Somalia, they exhibit a noble kind of humility that is startling mainly for its rarity:
As violence continues unabated, generating more massive displacements of populations, humanitarian assistance remains scant in Somalia, one of the most challenging and most severe humanitarian crises in the world today. MSF is frustrated by its inability to reach more patients because of security concerns.
Instead of making excuses, DWB/MSF expressed regret over not being able to reach even more people. If any humanitarian aid group in the world deserves generous financial support, DWB/MSF is surely it.
Those people rock.