For me, apart from its obvious objectives, MSF is also an educational institution. Even in my own life, I have never learned as much about myself and about the world as I have with MSF.
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When it isn't from an epidemic or a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, it'll be from the ravages of war. And any of those things could do you in just as easily. You'll also have to be cool with going to the bathroom in a hole in the ground and not seeing your friends or family for almost a year.
Sleep will be in short supply. You'll see horrible things that'll make you want to hurl, but luckily, you won't have much in your belly to give up anyway. Well, maybe—but it depends on how you look at things. For some people, there's an overriding need, a driving force, to do the most good they can in the world. And right up at the top of the list of "doing the most good" is aiming to learn some of the most difficult stuff we deal with as a species, then risking life and limb to use that knowledge to treat the less fortunate halfway across the world.
Members of MSF probably aren't in it for the glory, but the upside comes from knowing you've directly helped to save the lives of countless people. For some, that's worth all the trouble. Even if you decide this is the job for you, it won't be easy to get in. Thousands of eager, hopeful docs apply to MSF every year, but only a select few are chosen, mainly because this is an incredibly demanding job and very few have the skills, temperament, and overall ability to handle it.
This also probably isn't a long-term career. Practicing medicine is a career; working for MSF is a job, and probably one that should be taken in limited doses no pun intended. It's possible to start a career with MSF and just move from mission to mission; in other words, be homeless—or, permanently displaced? Many MSF doctors opt for a more comfortable route: they spend most of their working lives in their thriving medical practice in the U.
There are two things we can't stress enough about this job: how noble the work is, and how difficult it is.
Learn more about our behavioral commitments , and about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Assets The following are not required, but are highly valued. If accepted into our pool of aid workers, individuals with these assets will be eligible for more positions and will usually be placed on assignment more quickly: Language skills A significant number of MSF's missions are in Francophone French-speaking countries, and therefore French language skills are highly desirable as they allow for more opportunities for placement.
Fluency is valuable but not essential—a competent level of spoken French is more important. While less urgently needed, skills in other languages, such as Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian are also assets in the field. Find out about work and volunteer opportunities with our US office. Become a monthly donor to help us keep our projects up and running year-round.
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