My first mission – Vitaly Pak

June 1, 2011

As I was getting ready for my mission to Papua New Guinea to work as a logistician, I had so many thoughts racing through my mind about the place, people, culture, work and how to cope living away from my...

Osh Memories – Aftab Ahmad, MD

March 1, 2011

Last June riots erupted in Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 400 people and injuring thousands more. MSF teams provided medical care and assistance to many of the injured. xxxxxxxxxxxx helped one young man who escaped death by leaping...

My first mission in Africa – S. Y. Mulkipatil

February 1, 2011

The first time I heard about MSF was on 26 May 2009, when Dr Shanti Hegde, an experienced MSF volunteer from Karnataka, came to my institute, along with Farhat Mantoo from the human resources office, to give a presentation about...

AYITI – My first mission as an MSF Doctor – Kalyansundari Gomathinayagam, M.D.

January 1, 2011

A lot of expectations and excitement, starting right from the Preparation for Primary Departure (or PPD) training course: who is going where, through chitchats and Facebook; anticipating that next it will be my turn; being proposed for the Central African...

How an Indian doctor came to work with MSF – Kalyan Velivela, MD

October 1, 2010

MY FIRST MISSION WITH MSF Introduction My name is Kalyan Velivala. Let me tell you a bit about how I came to know about MSF. I had been working in India in the field of Internal medicine and in ICU’s...

My experience in Nigeria – Vladimir Pak

October 1, 2010

©MSF I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Nigeria from January 2010 till October 2010 as a supply logistician. I am very proud that my first mission as an international staff was in Nigeria, which was where a group...

MSF Diary (experience from the field) May 2010 – SHAH Ameeta

May 1, 2010

“I think the surgeries and rehabilitating patients with vesicovaginal fistula was one of the greatest contributions MSF made to the people of Nigeria.” I worked at Jahun, a place in Jigawa state in Nigeria on my first assignment with MSF....

MSF Diary (experience from the field) April 2010 – Imtiaz Wadud

April 1, 2010

"I think the surgeries and rehabilitation patients with vesicovaginal fistula was one of the greatest contributions MSF made to the people of Nigeria." I worked at Jahun, a place in Jigawa state in Nigeria on my first assignment with MSF....

MSF Diary (experience from the field) March 2010 – Raju Kumar K

March 1, 2010

My first mission field experience - "Bush knife: the villain of the land": Papua New Guinea - The country is beautiful and the people are, in large part, very friendly and well-behaved. But between them there is a very strange...

MSF Diary (experience from the field) February 2010 – Vasantha Vadivel

February 1, 2010

MY FIRST MISSION WITH MSF My name is Vasantha. Before I talk about my first journey with MSF, let me tell you to how I came to know about MSF. I started my international career by working with hospitals outside...

MSF Diary (experience from the field) November 2009 – Nilza Angmo

November 1, 2009

Name : Designation : My Experiences with MSF Hi I’m Nilza Angmo and come from Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir. I am an Obstetrician Gynaecologist with Public health background presently working with MSF as Deputy Medical coordinator in Armenia....

MSF Diary (experience from the field) October 2009 – Hemant Pangtey

October 1, 2009

Hemant PANGTEY I joined MSF in Apr 04 as a Medical Doctor in the field after doing my PPD (Primary departure training) in Brussels. I am among the few Indian expatriate volunteers who joined MSF when there were very few...