Stephen_MSF

With so many major crises happening in the world right now, it’s easy to feel pulled in many directions at once. But it’s important for us to remember that at the heart of all these crises are individual people. If we focus on saving one life at a time, one community at a time, then we make a significant contribution to each crisis as it occurs.

Getting informed, informing others and getting involved. Donations aren’t just about money, but also giving your time, your empathy and your compassion. In all walks of life, people make decisions every day that impact others, so being conscious of those choices and acting accordingly is a valuable way to make a difference.

It is a balance of both humanitarian empathy and professionalism that I find helps. I'm also very fortunate that I am able to advocate on behalf of the populations we help, which in turn helps me come to terms with some of those concerns.

Actually, I'm not a doctor, though my mother would have wished so. As to your question, I started on the project management and security side, and worked my way up.

At one stage the coverage was more focused on domestic concerns in the West when more focus was needed on opening beds and treating patients on the ground. At the time it was an unhelpful distraction.