Doctors Without Boarder : Top 10 Underreported Crises

	"What I saw when I was in Afgooye, Somalia, was a desperate humanitarian situation. Many of the people I met had been on the street for more than a month without any assistance. They were scared and anxious and the atmosphere was very tense. When I asked people where they had been sleeping and what they had been eating, they just pointed to makeshift shelters and told me, 'There's nothing here.'" DR. GUSTAVO FERNANDEZ DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS HEAD OF MISSION SOMALIA, MAY 2007   Dear Mr. Abdolian, Millions of people are struggling to survive amidst violence and large-scale medical crises, but you'll only read about them in our "Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories," not in today's headlines. The stories of people Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides care for and you support aren't often told. This year, Doctors Without Borders' 10th annual list of the "Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories" covers the globe. For a decade we have been using the list to highlight the staggering toll taken by humanitarian crises like the growing problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB); the suffering caused by conflicts and repression in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sri Lanka, and Somalia; and malnutrition associated with the deaths of five million children worldwide annually under the age of five. While increased attention will not guarantee an end to suffering for the people highlighted in our slideshow of the "Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories," it will help to ensure that their plight is known. Please share this email with friends who you think would be interested. Please help us with a gift of $125, $190, or more today. Your ongoing support provides urgently needed care to millions who may otherwise have been forgotten. We are asking you to remember them today and give generously. Thank you. Sincerely, Nicolas de Torrenté Executive Director P.S. Please give generously today so that people affected by violence, tuberculosis, and malnutrition will receive the assistance they need. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care in nearly 60 countries. New York Office: 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001