Madagascar is one of the countries most threatened by climate change, and children here  face a triple crisis of natural disasters, malnutrition, and malaria. Climate change has brought super-strong cyclones, with an estimated 148,000 people affected by the disaster just last year. Natural disasters have destroyed 80% of the crops, exacerbating the food shortage and malnutrition crisis. Heavy rains and flooding have worsened the malaria epidemic, with an over 60% increase in confirmed cases, reaching 2.8 million in 2023.  MSF medical teams provide health and nutritional care to children in the Ikongo region where we have also vaccinated children against measles. Please donate to support MSF doing more.

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Burkina Faso –
Besieged and Desolated

“To stay away from the conflict, my family and I left the village of Yalanga, 100 km from Djibo. My husband was killed on the way by armed groups,” said Safi, a 30-year-old mother of five. “We finally made it to the refugee camp in Djibo, only to find out that supplies to the city were being blocked, and now I had nothing left to eat for my children.”

The people of Burkina Faso have been forced to flee the conflict, with nearly 2 million currently displaced. In the refugee camps, clean water is scarce, and women have to walk for miles and wait for hours just to obtain a basic supply. This journey puts them at constant risk of sexual assault and even murder. Even when they do get water, there is a severe lack of food at home, leaving their children malnourished. Please support MSF to continue repairing water points, constructing wells, and providing emergency nutritional support. This will ease the burden and risks faced by the women of Burkina Faso.

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Ukraine –
No Country for Old Men

In Ukraine, hospitals have become direct targets of attacks during the war, denying people access to vital medical care when they need it most. These attacks continue to put the lives of healthcare staff at risk and jeopardise our ability to deliver critical medical treatment to patients in dire need. Medical facilities are supposed to be places where lives are saved, not taken,” says Vincenzo Porpiglia, MSF head of mission for Ukraine. 

“They all need support: to listen to them, to sympathize with them, to hold their hands, even to cry with them,” says Victoria Lepekha, MSF mental health supervisor. 

Elderly Ukrainians have been left behind in deserted cities due to the conflict, deprived not only of basic healthcare, but also facing mounting psychological distress from the daily realities of war. A 61-year-old grandmother, for example, is battling cancer while her husband struggles with depression, and one of their sons has passed away from blood cancer. In addition to treating their physical ailments, these elderly Ukrainians desperately need to be heard and understood to alleviate the immense emotional burden they have endured from the ravages of war. 

MSF medical teams provide urgent medical care despite the danger. Please donate to support MSF’s medical work and psychological counseling, as well as to take a stand that hospitals should not be targeted.

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Gaza -
Childhood without parents, health, or a future

“The acronym WCNSF stands for ‘wounded child, no surviving family’. Every day, I see these children alone and devastated. They are left depressed, not wanting to talk. It's a dramatic situation because it's not just surgery - it’s everything that comes after that. They may get better physically, but how can they recover from such a mental trauma?” 
Dr. Aldo Rodriguez is a surgeon originally from Mexico. In November 2023, he was sent to Al-Aqsa Shohada Hospital in the Middle Area of Gaza one month after the war broke out.

Eight months of war has killed more than 36,000 people and left more than 80,000 seriously injured – many of them infants, children and adolescents.  Scores of children MSF medical teams treat have a new acronym on their files: WCNSF – wounded child, no surviving family. Our surgeons dress the wounds of babies who had lost their legs. Babies who had never learned to walk, and never will. We see a pattern of systematic attacks against medical facilities and civilian infrastructure. The health system in Gaza is being dismantled and healthcare needs are exploding, with devastating consequences for Palestinian people.
 

It is a struggle to increase unhindered aid but MSF remains committed and active. Donate to support MSF medical teams and to demand an immediate and sustained ceasefire.
 

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