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What does it mean to put HUMANITY FIRST
Putting #HumanityFirst means a commitment to living by these principles. Putting #HumanityFirst means protecting and saving lives, no matter when or where.
But what does it mean for you?
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What putting Humanity First means for MSF teams
Put Humanity First
Put Humanity First and help people in desperate need of medical care. By donating to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), you help us treat over 1 million patients every year in 70 countries worldwide!
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With your contribution, you are joining thousands of South Africans who want to help MSF Southern Africa to provide impartial and independent emergency medical care where it is needed the most.
Corporate and Foundation Partnerships
It is thanks to the support and generosity of companies like yours that our teams can provide independent, impartial medical humanitarian care where it’s needed most. Each and every one of our corporate and foundation supporters’ contributions are valued and help provide crucial medical assistance, relief care, and supplies in over 70 countries worldwide. Find out more about how you and your organisation can help MSF carry out its life-saving work.
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How Dr Lindsay Demes puts Humanity First
Why Support MSF?
By donating to MSF, you form part of, and enable, a network of individuals worldwide that help care for people and communities affected by natural disasters, epidemics, conflicts, and exclusion form healthcare.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa is a registered and accredited Public Benefit Organisation (PBO 930025677) and Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 060-840) in South Africa and any donation to MSF is specifically exempted from donations tax as provided for in Article 30 Section 18A of the Income Tax Act.