Sacre bleu!
They're French?
ah another useful idiot scammed.
Whatever you do, don't give them your bank account number,
you'll be getting E-mails from Niger for years.
I guess they're going to have to change their name.
They are doctors, and they help people out, which is good. Unfortunately, they are also extreme left-wing bigots, constantly making statements to the press that contribute to the anti-American campaign, which is bad. I wouldn't donate to them. There are other groups who also help people in the third world without all that negative ideology and America-bashing.
Well, thank goodness they can still help the French then.
Their mission statement indicates that they help in lesser developed nations. Don't you think those folks need it more than us? We've got the resources to deal with this and we should be thankful.
And we need their help........why?
I don't think we need to allow unlicensed physicians to practice in this country. While, I am sure they are licensed somewhere, doctors in this country can't practice in a different state where they aren't licensed.
That might be why they don't come and honestly we don't need them, if we were going to bend the rules, we would bend it for other doctors licensed in other states.
Kind of seems to me that you are setting them up and expected them not to help... I actually think their response was pretty reasonable. Where they are presently working there is nothing. By the time they get here things will probably be under control. If they did come it would be in the nature of a publicity exercise to prove they 'cared' about us. They are needed more elsewhere.
There is a lot of help suiting up and heading south. Thousands of out-of-state national guard and emergency personnel. That will be followed by all of the NGO's, Red Cross, Salvation Army etc.
We are better prepared to handle this kind of disaster than anybody else in the world. It makes no sense for somebody to send a few pallets of Evian from across the world.
Sounds like they need to redraw their maps with borders!
A client of my mother's died a month ago.
He was gay and was quite liberal - and was an attorney. He also worked hard at helping his clients find tax loopholes and shelters.
His family asked others to remember this guy by sending a memorial contribution to Doctors Without Borders.
I suspect my mom will be more than a little peeved when she hears this.
Save your time and anxiety.
You don't have a snowball's chance of getting your money back.
You gave it to them on their terms.
They will barely respond to you.
As soon as you become a pain, they will drop you.
Here's the thing: It's not your money.
Stopped being yours the second you gave it to them.
Let it go.
Why would you dontate to something you did not understand? How did they fool you twice? Why would you make their life miserable if they do good work and you were proud of your donation when you made it? It will go to a good cause where it is needed.
They have a clear mission. The US of A is the wealthiest nation in the world. We really have resources available from lots of sources and do not need their resources. They should stay focused on their mission.
This organization was established to provide medical help to third world countries. That ain't us. We spend more on health care than any other nation in the world. We can handle this.
I just read through their web site - the most advanced country they work in seems to be Pakistan.
http://www.msf.org/