The start of a new year is always a good time to look back, and in our case, to be proud.

In 2011 there were 159 missions – This is an average of over 13 missions every month or 1 mission every workday and a half. This way 351 doctors and other medical volunteers were in a position to help, during their holidays, severely ill people. They worked a total of 41.000 hours for free, operated, gave consultations, provided training,…
A big thank you to all our volunteers who shared their free time with Medics Without Vacation.

Report of the study group:

Mr. Johan Swinnen, the former Belgian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has held a speech in the offices of Medics Without Vacation on "Ethic and development cooperation".
It became an exciting evening where Mr Swinnen mainly spoke from his own experience.
He sketched his own findings with regard to the democratisation process in Congo and the need for self-reflection by the government on their responsibilities towards the local population.

November is traditionally a very busy month for MWV. And this can be clearly seen if you take a look at list of all the teams departing.

The region of the Great Lakes has always been our focussed region with 17 visiting teams: