Letters from the field

Our volunteers regularly write to us describing their lives working for MSF in the field - below, you can read their accounts.

You can also search for specific letters by using the search option to the right. For instance, you could try a search for "Malaria" to view letters relating to that particular disease. 

 

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Harriet Cochrane
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A day in the life...

Date: 01/03/2010

Harriet Cochrane is a project coordinator for MSF, currently working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originally from Oxfordshire in the UK, Harriet has previously worked for MSF in Niger and Uganda.

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Jenna Broome
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Letter from Jenna in Papua New Guinea

Date: 24/02/2010

Jenna is an accident and emergency doctor working in Tari, Papua New Guinea on trauma and gender based violence programmes.

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Harriet Cochrane
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And the queues get longer...

Date: 22/02/2010

Harriet Cochrane is a project coordinator for MSF, currently working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originally from Oxfordshire in the UK, Harriet has previously worked for MSF in Niger and Uganda.

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'Gerry' has worked with MSF for five years as a physiotherapist
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At night I sleep under a tent, during the day I work under one

Date: 17/02/2010

Paul Gerard, known as “Gerry” is a Haitian physiotherapist who has worked with MSF for more than 5 years. After the earthquake he was quickly mobilised to help injured patients with their rehabilitation process in an MSF post-operative clinic in what used to be a girls school.

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Harriet Cochrane
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Kitutu

Date: 08/02/2010

Harriet Cochrane is a project coordinator for MSF, currently working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originally from Oxfordshire in the UK, Harriet has previously worked for MSF in Niger and Uganda.

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