The Inside Scoop
Life With Limits
By: Cam Alyssa Wilson
Doctors Without Borders is a non-for-profit organization hell bent
on ignoring political and social lines to help people affected by war and
natural disasters. Their main focus is raising a huge controversy within the
organization about money. In order to keep D.W.B. going, they need to have a
steady flow of money, but they refuse to take large sums from government
organizations for fear of monetary obligations to that country. There
lies the problem; how do they keep their mission going without becoming bias
and staying funded?
D.W.B. relies on
private donations, pledges, and fundraisers all over the world.
Doctors Without
Borders “does
not accept money from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, extraction
industries, alcohol and tobacco companies, or arms manufacturers. They will not
accept contributions from corporations and, their respective corporate
foundations whose core activities may be in direct conflict with the goals of
the medical humanitarian work of our organization”. Every year, they keep there
governmental giving under 20%, but most years it is significantly lower. They strive to keep fundraising and
administrative costs low in order to keep at least 85% of the their expenditures allocated toward helping those in
need.
On
the Doctors Without Borders website there are many different ways someone can
give. They have “one time” investments,
small monthly donations, and Major Donors. Major Donors of 5,000 or more have
the greatest impact on the organization. To encourage givers to become Major Donors,
they have incentives spelled out on there website. They have tax deductions and
recognition in there national annual report. They also send out information on their
income and spending.
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