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A special speaker series explores the work of Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and discusses the challenges of bringing life-saving medical care to the most dangerous and remote areas of the globe.
Doctors Without Borders brings the series to Bend on Tuesday, September 24 at 6:30pm with a presentation by MSF aid worker, Karen Stewart, and a Q&A session to learn about her experiences working with MSF around the globe.
The event will take place at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes Convention Center, Cascade Rooms CD, located at 2850 NW Rippling River Court, Bend.
Stewart, an MSF mental health officer, will discuss her experiences in the field and provide attendees with an opportunity to find out more about MSF’s programs across the globe. She has worked for MSF on 11 assignments in nine countries over the past 15 years.
In the presentation, Stewart will tell stories about working in an HIV/AIDS clinic in Lagos, Nigeria to working in Aceh, Indonesia after the 2004 Tsunami. One story is about a young girl in Papua New Guinea who was attacked and raped on the only road leading from her house. It took the young girl weeks to build up the courage to visit MSF’s clinic, as she was too scared to walk that road again. But with help from Stewart and her team of local counselors, the young girl was able to face her trauma and eventually walked the road without fear.
Doctors Without Borders is an international 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 more than 70 countries.
