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Annual Report 2009 | 2010

Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières UK and Ireland Annual Report 2009| 2010

April 2010

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Page No.

Welcome and Foreword 3

National Committee Updates 6

Contact Group Update 11

Group Updates 13

Available Resources 24

Group Contacts 28

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Dear Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières,

Contents Welcome to the second Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières (FoMSF) UK & Ireland Annual Report.

This report picks up where the last one left-off, and provides a snapshot of the all that has passed

since March 2009. It contains updates from the 2009-10 National Committee (NC) members, the

FoMSF Contact Group representatives and from the ever-growing number of FoMSF groups. Also

included are a summary of all resources now available and contact details for each group.

Some questions… We stand, in March 2010, with a very eventful and productive year behind us; but looking back,

what have the last 12 months really meant for FoMSF? What has changed about the movement and

the way we do things? What has stayed the same? What have been the key features driving this

evolution?

…and answers

What has changed? ‘FoMSF circa 2010' is in many ways a different beast to the c.2009 species. It is larger and more

potent, with greater co-ordination and a developing level of self-awareness.

Over the past 12 months, thirteen new chapters have been opened across Scotland, Ireland, Wales

and England, bringing the total up to twenty-eight members. This new geographical diversity, and

the breadth and depth of enthusiasm and experience that has now been built up across the

movement puts FoMSF c.2010 in possession of an unprecedented capacity to tackle our core aims

(see below).

Co-ordination of our activities has also improved. More than 10 groups screened The Positive Ladies

Soccer Club on World AIDS Day 2009, with many more screenings over the following weeks. Almost

250 runners from around 10 groups took part in the FoMSF Charity Run 2010, the largest FoMSF

joint event to-date, raising over £23,000. Around 50 speaker events have taken place over the past

year, jointly organised by FoMSF groups, the FoMSF NC and MSF-UK. Nationally we joined with

students from Student Stop AIDS and Medsin in the Push for the Patent Pool campaign, and worked

with the Student Section at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to host an MSF speaker at the RSM.

At local campus-level, a host of collaborative activities between FoMSF groups and other societies

have been taking place.

We believe that FoMSF c.2010 has also shown very encouraging signs of a fledgling self-awareness.

The tri-annually transmitted National Newsletter has provided a flickering signal for the whole

movement to tune into. Advertising through our Facebook page has amplified this, streaming a near

constant flow of event publicity. The advantages of this new consciousness are perhaps just

beginning to show. The sharing of ideas, images and advice is now possible through a structured,

accessible and far-reaching platform. Initiatives, such as the restaurant ‘spare a little’ cards

pioneered in Edinburgh, have been trialled, broadcast and then replicated beyond their birthplaces.

In addition to greater ‘contemporary awareness’, our collective ‘memory’ has been enhanced by the

FoMSF Handover Guide, which has now been used at both local and national levels.

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What has stayed the same? Amidst this change and evolution, we believe that FoMSF c.2010 still displays many of those

signature qualities and behaviours which have been so vital to progress thus far. Groups have

continued to show the enterprise, enthusiasm and sense of fun which have marked previous years.

Our 3 core aims remain the same:

1. To raise awareness of Médecins Sans Frontières, and of humanitarian issues in general.

2. To encourage students to think about working for organisations such as MSF in the future.

3. To raise funds for MSF.

Within these parameters, a huge amount of innovation, commitment and sheer hard work have

gone into an impressive array of events; from discussion groups, band evenings, bag-packing and

bakesales, to carol concerts and club, bar and burlesque nights; from street collections, film

screenings and photo competitions to ‘Pimms on Pitches’, pub quizzes and question-time events;

from ‘speed archery’, an ‘auction of promises’ and an international Christmas dinner, to restaurant

cards, a ‘Médecins sans Vêtements’ calendar and a national essay competition.

Such events over the past 12 months have raised over £22,000. The recent FoMSF Charity Run

doubled this figure, meaning that over the past two years (2008-2010), Friends of MSF have raised in

excess of £55,000!

Groups have also eagerly continued to provide a platform for returned volunteers and others with

experience in the humanitarian field. A extensive range of topics have been covered by speakers

including volunteer experiences across five continents, cholera, HIV/AIDS, ‘extreme skin medicine’,

Tropical First Aid, maternity care in developing and unstable settings, immigration and access to

health care, health and human rights, the health costs of conflict, Millennium Development Goal Six

(Combating HIV, AIDS, Malaria and other diseases), an health and development conference, careers

in humanitarianism, an electives forum and talks from Engineers Without Borders and Médecins Du

Monde.

In universities right across the UK and Ireland therefore, groups have continued to explore each of

our core aims and to provide a diverse and inspiring range of opportunities for an increasingly large

audience to share in our activities, our energies and our motivations.

What have been the key dynamics driving change? It is hard to pinpoint the forces that have driven FoMSF’s continued evolution. Over the past year, it

would certainly be true to say that interest in MSF, its mission and its context continues to flourish

amongst students, allowing the movement to continue its rapid expansion.

Nationally, resources such as the speaker database, discussion sets and event templates have been

developed or enlarged to cope with the growing demand from an expanding movement. They are an

effort to supplement MSF’s finite pool of speakers, and to provide a set of tools specifically designed

for student-led events. Greater communication has also been very important for highlighting gaps

where new ideas, resources and support are needed.

A varied event portfolio has been fuelled locally by the need to tap in to diverse student enthusiasms

and interests, to compete or combine with other demands, and to make the best use of the

resources and people available.

We believe that FoMSF continues to attract dynamic and hard-working members who have the

freedom to come up with original responses to the challenges set by our 3 core aims. Greater co-

ordination between FoMSF groups and a growing ‘movement-wide self-awareness’ will increasingly

allow such creative efforts to summate into something even larger. The recent FoMSF Charity Run in

March 2010 is a fantastic example of this, where after several years as a single group event, many

FoMSF groups in co-operation were able to put together the largest and most lucrative FoMSF

fundraiser yet!

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Some conclusions

The past year has been busy for FoMSF, in a good way! A huge number and variety of events have

taken place, many new groups have joined us and many new resources are now available to support

the movement. Our aims remain the same, as do the inspirational enthusiasm, originality and

commitment shown by FoMSFers throughout the UK and Ireland.

Several further trends have also been seen over the past year; increasing co-ordination, more

communication and greater FoMSF ‘self-knowledge’. All these things have played a positive role in

shaping our still-evolving identity and our ability to engage with our core aims.

We thank you for all this over the past year, and wish you the best of luck for what is sure to be

another exciting and challenging twelve months ahead.

Peter Siordet Scolding President, Friends of MSF National Committee 2009-10

Almas Janjua President, Friends of MSF National Committee 2010-11

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Below are updates from the 2009-10 National Committee (NC) as presented at the National AGM.

New positions on the 2010-11 NC are then outlined and finally the newly elected members of the

2010-11 NC are listed.

The 2009-10 National Committee included (with their university in brackets):

President – Peter Siordet Scolding (University College London)

Speaker Liaison – Tom Adams (University College London)

Events Liaison – Aya Taniguchi (Imperial College University)

New Groups Liaison – Julia Neely (University of Cambridge)

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New Groups Officer

New groups 2009-2010:

� Durham University

� Edinburgh University

� Hull and York Medical School

� Keele University

� Kingston University and St George’s

� Leicester University

� Nottingham

� Queen Mary’s London

� St Andrew’s University

� Swansea University

� Trinity College, Dublin

� University of East Anglia

� Warwick University

Future Suggestions - 2010-11:

� Liaise with members within medical schools in the UK who currently do not have established

Friends groups

� Maintain good channels of communication with Friends of MSF in Dublin and Irish medical

schools

Julia Neely

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� Expand further into the non-

medical institutions; including

the development of resources

to facilitate these groups where

necessary

� Continue to build links with the

Royal College of Nursing

Education department to

increase the representation of

student nurses within Friends

groups

Key Points:

� Involvement of student nurses

via the Royal College of Nursing

� Compiling a list of useful

resources

� Logo abuse – please use the

Friends of MSF logo provided

for you. It is possible to change

the wording, nothing else!

� Thank you

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Speaker Liaison – Tom Adams

Update - 2009-10:

� MSF speaker events – many!

� Building the alternative database

� Nationwide events – e.g. World AIDS day film screening +

speakers

Future Suggestions - 2010-11:

� Expand the alternative database further

� Inter-group communication

Key Point:

� We can’t always find a speaker – ask groups around you!

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Events Coordinator

Update - 2009-10:

� FoMSF joint events e.g. Charity Run 2010, Tube collection

� MSF joint events e.g. Chagas: Hidden Affliction, World AIDS day,

MSF AGM

� Event templates

� Individual FoMSF events

� MSF resources

Future Suggestions - 2010-11:

� More ideas for fundraising and awareness events

� Develop ‘Idea Box’ online e.g. facebook

� Improve communication between FoMSF

� More joint events

� Joint events with FoMSF from the other countries

Key Point:

� Bond!

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President – Peter Siordet Scolding

Update - 2009-10:

Continual activities

� Communication with groups and answering/finding

answers

� Main contact of MSF UK

� Ensuring that the National Committee are active and

supported

� Exploring ways to keep strengthening and invigorating

the FoMSF movement towards its core aims

Projects/ Presentations

� March 2009 - Annual Report 2008-09 and AGM 2009

Report

� June 2009 - Presentation at MSF-UK AGM – Contact Group set up

� Summer 2009 - Publicity Leaflet

� Summer 2009 - Handover Guide

Aya Taniguchi

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� October 2009 and January 2010 - National Newsletter

� 2009 – 2010 - Contact Group Meetings

� September 2009 – March 2010 – National Essay Competition

� January 2010 - Discussion Set – ‘What is Humanitarianism Anyway?’

� Organising AGM 2010

Future Suggestions - 2010-11:

� Continue with core activities

� Communication, Support and Strengthening FoMSF towards core aims

� FoMSF Ireland: expansion of FoMSF in Ireland and fostering an independent Irish NC

� FoMSF International MoU? – Ireland and Canada – common principles

� Post-FoMSF – working to help set-up movement

Key Point:

� Movement grown rapidly over the past 2 years, need to …

� Retain memory - don’t lose experiences

� Maintain core identity – all working towards 3 core aims

� ‘Join up the dots’ - communication

o so that all are working for the same things, and in best way we can

o groups learn from each other and know what resources they can use

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The National Committee for 2010-11, elected at the National Annual General Meeting in March

2010, are listed with their respective universities below.

President – Almas Janjua (University of Leicester)

Speaker Liaison – Berkin Hack (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)

Events Liaison – Samira Green (Barts and The London School of Medicine)

New Groups Liaison – Lucinda Wahler (Durham University)

Campaigns Liaison – Alison Arenas (Kings College, London)

Communications Liaison – Zia Paracha (Newcastle University)

Web Liaison – Tony Zheng (University of Leicester)

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New Positions for 2010-11 National Committee Campaigns-, Communications- and Web Liaisons are the three new positions on the National

Committee. The main responsibilities for each position are outlined below.

Campaigns Liaison - To explore the concept of ‘FoMSF Campaigns’ in areas of interest to both MSF and FoMSF, for

example Access to Essential Medicine and topical humanitarian situations, such as those in

MSF’s recent ‘Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2009’.

- To help set up small Campaign Teams to work with MSF on specific issues.

Communications Liaison

- To work as editor of the FoMSF e-Newsletter (termly) - To work with President to produce FoMSF annual reports.

- To enhance and innovate

o Internal communication within the FoMSF movement

o External communication and publicity

Web Liaison - To encourage and support groups to create and maintain MSF-UK FoMSF group pages on the

www.msf.org.uk/Friends site

- To work with the FoMSF NC and MSF-UK Web Editor to maintain the NC webpages and the

National FoMSF Facebook profile

- To explore avenues for developing the FoMSF webpages

- To encourage groups and individuals to join and participate in the FoMSF Google Groups (FoMSF

Forum and Alerts)

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Background

What is the Contact Group? � Response to MSF-UK AGM motion 2009.

� Strengthen links between FoMSF & MSF UK.

� Discussing questions of resources, administration & national finance. Two particular topics of

discussion were a new ‘post-FoMSF’ group, and the possibilities of FoMSF expanding their

‘awareness-raising’ activities.

Who is in the Contact Group?

� Members of the MSF-UK Board of Directors, MSF-UK executive, representatives from FoMSF.

� The FoMSF representatives were

o Tom Conway (Kings College London)

o Lizzie Crowther (University College London)

o Peter Siordet Scolding (University College London)

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Post Friends of MSF: Is there a future?

Problem: � The gap between leaving FoMSF, a student organisation, after graduation, and then eligibility to

apply for MSF itself.

Proposal: � A new association or group open to all those who fall into this gap.

Aims: � To maintain contact between interested individuals

� To build ‘reciprocal links’ between MSF and FoMSFers after graduation and to facilitate

continuous engagement with MSF, its concepts and goals.

� To increase skills and knowledge

� To share information and ideas

Action Plan: 1. 2/3 people to lead

Target small number of hospitals

Create mailing list and determine interest

2. Develop and trial a seminar and social

3. Contact any MSF doctors at hospitals

Initially liaise with FoMSF NC and MSF-UK office

Slow growing, fuelled by FoMSF and other interested doctors

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Objectives: � Improve what we’re doing in raising awareness & perhaps movement beyond…

� Engagement more strongly with a small number specific issues

� Raise awareness, rather than directly advocating change – in line with MSF itself.

o The use of MSF’s firm base of direct experience ensures legitimacy and credibility.

� We need to know what we’re talking about!

Example Issues � Issues can potentially be drawn from existing

MSF campaigns, such as the Access to

Essential Medicines Campaign or from MSF’s

Témoignage reports.

Example Témoignage reports

� Beyond Cholera: Zimbabwe’s Worsening

Health Crisis

� Punishing Success: Early Signs of a Retreat from Commitment to HIV?AIDS Care and Treatment

(see below)

� Facing up to Reality: Health Crisis Deepens as violence Escalates in Southern Sudan

Suggested Components of a Campaign

� Information document e.g. témoignage report/ MSF document

� Discussion Sets

� Event Templates

� Suggested speakers

� Special edition of the newsletter

� Online discussion forum

� Others – Photograph/Essay/ Design competitions

The Plan: � 1 Year – develop model and put together materials for 1-3 issues - will take time!

� Involving: FoMSF NC, interested individuals, and MSF-UK

� Creating: materials for FoMSF groups to use

The Future: � Once model more developed - ability to engage with arising issues and emergencies

� Potentially - more active, public role in future MSF campaigning

We Need: � Campaigns Liaison

� Team of interested volunteers to help build this model

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Below are listed all registered groups to date, and reports from all those who submitted them before

the 2010 Annual General Meeting. The updates contain approximate establishment dates, contact

details, a very brief summary of activities and funds raised and an additional key point.

This latter is used by groups to highlight any useful bit of experience, to call for collaborations or

advice, or to suggest areas for improvement and future work.

Aberdeen University FoMSF Established: 2007

Contacts: Arran Keir - arran.d.keir.06@aberdeen.ac.uk Lisa Rennie - l.a.rennie.06@aberdeen.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � Triage Film Night / Membership(Oct)

£50

� Newsletter (Nov)

� Table cards (Nov)

� Positive Ladies Pub Quiz Night (Dec)

£180

� Christmas Party (including snow!)

(Dec) £311

� Haiti bakesale(Feb) £40

� Plans 10/11: � Bagpacking (Mar)

� Speaker / Film event (?)

� The biggest yet …

� Key Point: � MAIN EVENT INVITATION - Pimms on Pitches

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St Andrews University FoMSF Established: 2010

Contact: Ross Manson - rm574@st-andrews.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � Recently established

� In the process of becoming affiliated with the university

� Early membership numbers looking promising for a group with pending society status

� Finding active members from all degrees, however much interest shown from language,

international relations and medical science students.

� Plans - 2010-11: � MSF speaker night in association with the BMA St-Andrews- April

� Pub crawl on the same night

� Ensure the university charities society keeps MSF on their list of supported charities

� Key Point: � The only major problem that we’ve had has been the affiliation with the university, as

the volume of paperwork has been excessive, to the point of counterproductive.

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Barts FoMSF Established: 2008

Contact: barts.msf@gmail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � Launched fully at Barts with 14 sub-paying members

� Film Screening of Triage

� 2 speaker events: Susan Wright from Médecins du

Monde and Karen Bevan-Mogg MSF

� World Aids Day joint event with Medsin

� Plans - 2010-11: � New Committee

� More support from Medsin and more joint charities

events

� More publicity of our events, particularly speaker

events

� Fundraising events

� Key Point: � Publicity is really key to pulling a good crowd!

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Birmingham FoMSF Established: 200-

Contact: friendsofmsf.birmingham@gmail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � Meet and greet night

� Freshers Fayre

� ‘An evening with….’ events

� Monthly discussions hosted by committee members

� Screening of Triage

� Photo Competition and speaker- £400

� An auction of promises- £1000

� Plans - 2010-11: � Film screening, living in emergency~ October 2010

� 2 Speaker events – 1 for each term

� Band/ DJ night

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Brighton and Sussex FoMSF Established: 2007

Contact: bsms.msf@googlemail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � World AIDS day.

� Showing of ‘The Positive

Ladies Soccer Club’ film.

� Followed by short talk by

Paul Foreman

� Speaker event – ‘Témoignage’ by

Marc DuBois.

� Haiti appeal. Rose over £300.

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� Various fundraising events (e.g. running, speed archery)

� Running the Brighton half marathon: £500

� Speed archery: £350

� Plans - 2010-11: � Neglected diseases workshop

� Refreshers event – introduction evening

� Possible events: Photography competition

� Key Point: � Neglected diseases workshop: we would like to hear from anyone who has had a

successful workshop event - what worked, what didn’t?

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Cambridge University FoMSF Established: 2008

Contact: friendsofmsf@cusu.cam.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � World AIDS Day panel discussion and Push

for the Pool campaign

� 3 film screenings: Condition Critical, Triage,

Positive Ladies Soccer Club

� 3 speaker events

� MSF nurse

� Careers in humanitarian medicine : non-MSF

speaker

� The Health Costs of Conflict: a closer look at

the war in Iraq

� Haiti band night and auction fundraiser -

£1640

� Cambridge photography competition book

to be published 10/2010

� Plans - 2010-11: � MSF speaker March 2010

� Street collection April 2010

� Speaker from the Global Fund April 2010

� Website and library development

� Key Point: � Productive collaborations with other societies and student groups

� Attracting more diverse audiences by touching on larger issues relevant to MSF

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Cardiff FoMSF Established: 2003

Contact: msf@cardiff.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � Freshers Film Night - Blood Diamond.

� James Kliffen (head of fundraising MSF UK) – speaking about his experiences and the

principles of MSF. £90 raised in donations.

� Pub Quiz, with bonus MSF round! £100+ raised.

� FoMSF Christmas Carol Concert, with help enlisted from healthcare choir and orchestra.

£440 raised in donations.

� Healthcare RAG week.

� Holocaust Remembrance Day – ‘genocides then and now’ presentation.

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� Welsh Open Review for Life and Development (WORLD).

� Showing of ‘The Positive Ladies Soccer Club’.

� Plans - 2010-11: � MSF Speaker Event - October 2010

� FoMSF Uni Exchange – November 2010

� Christmas Carol Concert – December 2010

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Cork FoMSF Established: February 2007

Contact: dwb@uccsocieties.ie

� Update - 2009-10: � MSF Documentary Screenings: Invisibles,

Triage, Positive Ladies Soccer Club

� Non-MSF Screenings: Shake Hands With

the Devil, Waltz With Bashir, City of

God

� Talk given by Dr. Gemma Browne on HIV

AIDS in conjunction with PLSC screening

� Fundraising update: Bake Sales, 40 Hour

Famine, Haiti Appeal, QI themed table

quiz. Total raised (as of 19th

Feb): €3850 =

~£3385

� Plans - 2010-11: � Increase involvement from all faculties not just Medicine and Health!

� Help FoMSF development in Ireland

� World AIDS day event and events to highlight MSF campaigns

� International Ball fundraiser

� Dublin City Marathon, Skydives, Street collections

� Speakers (tbc): MSF – Dr. Mary O’Brien. Non-MSF – Mr. Hugo Tighe, UNMIL

� Key Point: � Add a Campaigns subcommittee to increase awareness, involvement and activism

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Durham FoMSF Established: Feb 2010

Contact: Lucinda Wahlers - lucinda.wahlers@durham.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � New group recently established (Feb).

� Plans - 2010-11: � General MSF talk - April

� Raffle at forthcoming Medsoc Ball

� Raise awareness and to recruit some members (errr….more than 4 would be a start!)

� Key Point: � Still early days, just finalising the society with the university, hopefully securing some

funding for covering travel expenses for guest speakers.

� Basically, just want to get the group established for the forthcoming year.

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Edinburgh FoMSF Established 2009

Contact: Matthew Seah - K.T.M.Seah@sms.ed.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � Speaker events

� Fundraising club night +

burlesque night

� Social events

� Screening of “Invisibles”

at the Edinburgh World

Justice Festival

� “Spare a little” campaign

� Plans - 2010-11: � FoMSF intro night to

allow students from all

disciplines to be involved

� Charity concert and

charity auction to raise

funds for MSF

� A MSF summit where we get actual doctors who have been part of the MSF to share

their experiences with students

� Donate used medical equipments to MSF in collaboration with Med-Aid

� Have a discount card for pubs and clubs (something like Snapfax) that we can sell for

profit to raise funds

� Key Point: � FoMSF in general needs an image, especially in the University of Edinburgh. It needs to

be distinct from other similar societies such as Stop Aids, UNICEF on campus etc. We

also need to raise awareness of what MSF really does.

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HYMS FoMSF Established: 2009

Contact: hyms.friends.of.msf@gmail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � Combined MSF Speaker Event and Film for Worlds AIDS Day

� Fund raising bag-packing event at Morrisons: £320 raised

� Fundraising Bakesale: £70 raised

� Plans - 2010-11: � Another bag-packing event in aid of Haiti ~ March 2010

� A speaker event ~ May 2010

� Talent show ~ June/July2010

� Key Point: � As a new committee, it would be useful to know how most FoMSF committees are set

up in terms of number of members, the role of each member etc

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Imperial FoMSF Established: 2005

Contact: fomsf@imperial.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � 3 Speaker events, 1 Question

Time Event

� Triage and Positive Ladies soccer

club showing

� Nandos social to set up sub

committee

� Cake Sale at ICSM drama play -

£70 and soon the main play

� Raffle - £150

� Street Collection – £2100

� Mahiki Speaker Night - £230

� Expedition and Emergency

Medicine: Raffle, cakes,

donations - £200

� Host National AGM!

� Plans - 2010-11: � Millennium Development Goal 6 – Meeting

� Joint FoMSF run

� Key Point: � It can be really difficult to maintain high attendance at events but joint events with other

societies tend to draw in bigger crowds.

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Keele FoMSF Established: 2009

Contact: keelefomsf.globalmed@gmail.com

� AGM 2010 representatives: � Harpreet Gill (non-committee member)

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King’s College London FoMSF Established: 2006

Contact: fomsf@kcl.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � Freshers Fair 2009.

� Triage film screening.

� AIDS Week.

� Plans - 2010-11: � The Positive Ladies Soccer Club film screening.

� Speaker event - Cholera.

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� Workshop on ‘Medicine in under-resourced settings’.

� Key Point: � Campaign vs. Society to increase members.

� King’s/London Universities Global Health Forum.

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KU & SGUL FoMSF Kingston University & St George’s University London FoMSF

Established: 2010

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Leicester FoMSF Established: 2009

Contact: leicesterfomsf@gmail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � 1 Speaker event- Dr Alison

Criado-Perez MSF Uganda and

Columbia

� 1 Screening event- MSF

Invisibles

� Many cake sales and street

collections

� Fund raising Christmas Dinner

with a wealth of

entertainment

� Altogether over £400 raised!

� Plans - 2010-11: � Street collection :April 2010

� Film screening : June 2010

� 1 speaker event for upcoming term.

� Charity fun run : July

� Key Point: � FoMSF collaborations:

� We think the charity races are a great way to collaborate with other universities and

now we have been set up for more than a year officially, we would love to join in!

� FoMSF Ball/Dinner and Dance- Again this is something I hope everyone would

consider as a good fundraiser which would appeal to the wider public also!

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Manchester FoMSF Established: 2007

Contact: msfmanchester@hotmail.co.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � Introduction to MSF evening

� Plans - 2010-11: � Screening of Invisibles ~ March 2010

� HIV Evening of Talks (MSF speaker, HIV consultant and HIV+ve speaker) ~ March 2010

� Report from Haiti Talk, Prof. Tony Redmond ~ March 2010

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� Fun Run/Sports Day collaboration with other societies ~ April 2010

� Key Point: � Obstacles - transferring from medics society to whole university but bureaucracy in the

Student’s Union made registration very slow!

� More local MSF speakers to chose from so frequent speaker events

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Newcastle Friends of MSF Established: 2008

Contact: James Smith - j.d.smith3@newcastle.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � Film Screening & Speaker: ‘Occupation 101’ & Dr. Atwan, Consultant Ophthalmologist –

March 2009

� World AIDS Day Film Screening & Speakers: ‘Positive Ladies Soccer Club’ & speakers

from Body Positive, Newcastle – December 2009

� Raised £857 for MSF’s work in Haiti after the earthquake – January 2010

� Film Screening: ‘Devil Came on Horseback’ – February 2010

� Plans - 2010-11: � Speaker events: Medical Aid for Palestinians, Medair – March-May 2010

� Film screenings: ‘To Shoot an Elephant’,

� Friends of MSF Information Night: ‘Friends of MSF Explained’ – March 2010

� Frequent newsletter: event details, ‘country in focus’ information, other opportunities

(conferences etc.)

� Key Point: � A manifesto and agenda that incorporates little allowance for local activism.

� Engaging with non-medical students and the wider local community.

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University of Nottingham FoMSF Established: 2009

Contact: msf.nottsuni@gmail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � Film Screening – The Positive Ladies Soccer Club ~ December 2009

� Fully formed committee ~ Established February 2010

� Guest Speaker Event (MSF). Raised £40.00 ~ February 2010

� Plans - 2010-11: � Fundraising Party ~ March/April 2010

� Film screening ~ March/April 2010

� Speaker event ~ October 2010

� Charity Calendar 2011 ~ November 2010

� Key Point: Charity Calendar

� Issues: Cost, Funding, Theme/Design & Layout, Copyright, Promotion

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Oxford FoMSF Established:

Contact: msf@oxfordghg.co.uk

� Update - 2009-10:

� Speaker Events:

� “Health and Human Rights (or how I learned to love

the Junta and stop worrying)” Dr Chris Van Tulleken

� “Belleh Woman, Go de Right Side - helping with

maternity care in Sierra Leone since 1992” Richard

Kerr-Wilson consultant obstetrician and

gynaecologist.

� "Extreme Skin Medicine: Problems, Opportunities

and Achievements in Five Continents". Prof

Terence J Ryan

� Tropical First Aid: A framework for treatment and

travel in developing countries - Andy Haynes and

Joe Piper

� Fundraising:

� ‘Médecins sans Vêtements’ Calendar - raised

over £300

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Sheffield FoMSF Established: 2005

Contact: sheffield.msf.soc@gmail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � Invisibles screening Nov 2009- raised £140

� Newsletters detailing recent MSF work

� Money collection for Haiti- raised £129

� Speaker event February 25th

� Plans - 2010-11: � “10 Hour Challenge” Fundraiser with Medsin- 13

th March

� Northern Fun Run- September 2010?

� Key Point: � “10 Hour Challenge”

� 10 hours. Various tasks. Points. Prizes

� Fundraising potential

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Southampton Uni FoMSF Established: 2004

Contact: southampton_msf@yahoo.co.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � The Way to a Healthier World Conference – major health and development conference

in association with Medsin and Southampton Hub.

� Screening of the MSF Film – The Invisibles

� Fund raising Christmas bucket collection, £50 raised

� Plans - 2010-11: � Cake sale – March 2010

� Film screening of Positive Ladies Soccer Club- 2010

� 2 Speaker events – 1 for each term

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� Key Point: � The Way To A Healthier World –

Health and Development in

perspective,

� Speakers including Nobel Prize

Winner Benny Dembitzer,

� Aubrey Meyer – Founder of the

Global Commons Institute

� Firoze Manji – Founder of Fahamu

� Topics including, The Dangers of

Nuclear Weapons

� Search and Rescue in Haiti

� Attack on World Poverty, and many

more...

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Swansea FoMSF Established: February 2010

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TCD FoMSF Trinity College Dublin

Established: 2009

Contact: Ariella Abramovitch - ariella.abram@gmail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � 1 Speaker event, 1MSF Speaker

� Documentary film, ‘The Invisibles’ shown, meal provided

� 400 euro raised

� Plans - 2010-11: � Information evening for Google Ireland ~ April 2010

� Speaker from Haiti and Trivia night ~ October 2010

� Create a constitution for FoMSF and presentation to the CSC Executive

� Key Point: � Create a constitution for TCD FoMSF and presentation to the CSC (Central Societies’

Committee) Executive to become an official TCD society

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UCL FoMSF Established: 2007 (Became UCLU Society 2009)

Contact: uclmsf@gmail.com

� Update - 2009-10: � Fun Run 2009 - £5,235.59

� Introductory event – screening of ‘Triage’

� Speaker events – Electives Forum; Careers Fayre; Humanitarian Aid in Sri Lanka; ‘Positive

Ladies’ Soccer Club’; Migrants and Humanitarian Aid

� Participated in the UCLU Darfur Week collaborating with 11 other societies - £502.22

� UCLU Battle of the Bands 2010 with UCL Live Music Society

� ‘How can YOU help?’ – joint speaker event with Engineers Without Borders on non-

medic humanitarian aid

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� FoMSF Fun Run 2010 – bigger and better than

ever before, in collaboration with other

universities in and around London. 245

runners, Regents Park, 14th

March

� Plans - 2010-11: � Fashion Show with UCLU MODO Fashion

Society

� More film screenings and speaker events,

particularly with other societies

� Event to be planned with UCL Debating Society

� Key Point: � Core theme of this year: working in

collaboration with other societies at UCL and

FoMSF groups at other universities

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UEA FoMSF University of East Anglia FoMSF

Established: February 2010

Contact: Emma Nash - emma.nash@uea.ac.uk

� Plans - 2010-11: � Establishment: involving every different health care professional & members of other

faculties

� Great interest

� Bake Sale~ April 2010

� Street collection ~ May 2010

� Speaker events: currently in the process of organising a speaker event

� Key Point: � We hope to make our FoMSF as successful as the rest of the groups that have been set

up and to take away a lot of new ideas to feed back to the rest of our members at our

next meeting today!

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Warwick FoMSF Established: Summer 2009

Contact: Sarah Owen - Sarah.Owen@warwick.ac.uk

� Update - 2009-10: � September 2009:

� An Introduction to MSF: an exciting evening talk with speaker Katherine Galliano

� November 2009:

� Into Africa: hearing of the trials and triumphs in setting up a medical school in

Mozambique

� Plans - 2010-11: � Psychological effects of war: Joint event with WMS Psychiatry society

� Key Point: Book speakers early! We’ve had some interesting times, including events that did not in the end

materialise, due to not planning enough in advance.

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Available Resources 2009/10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Friends of MSF Aims 1) Raise awareness of MSF and of humanitarian issues in general

2) Encourage students to think about working for organisations such as MSF

in the future

3) To raise funds for MSF

All resources are geared towards supporting our three core aims.

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Talk to some People…

National Committee – www.msf.org.uk/nationalcommittee.friend Descriptions of the roles of the new positions are available on page 10 of this report. Full details for

all positions are available online.

President - president.fomsf@gmail.com

Speaker Liaison - speakerliaison.fomsf@gmail.com

Events Liaison - eventscoordinator.fomsf@gmail.com

New Groups Officer - newgroups.fomsf@gmail.com

Communications Liaison - commsliaison.fomsf@gmail.com

Campaigns Liaison - campaignsliaison.fomsf@gmail.com

Web Liaison - webliaison.fomsf@gmail.com

MSF Resources To enquire about things like collecting tins, posters, t-shirts, dvds etc please contact…

FoMSF Events Liaison - eventscoordinator.fomsf@gmail.com

MSF-UK FoMSF Liaison - friends@london.msf.org

Forum

- Currently Google Group – http://groups.google.com/group/fomsf-forum?hl=en-GB - Probably a new forum to be created – more user-friendly

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Facebook – www.facebook.com/fomsf National Friends of MSF Facebook fanpage

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Request to talk to some

people…

Speaker Database –

www.msf.org.uk/fomsf_speakers

People with experience of working for MSF

and other organisations in the humanitarian

sphere

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Let other people find out about you…

Your Own Website Page – www.msf.org.uk/friends

Your home page

– can list

upcoming and

past events,

committee

contacts, group

emphases and

plans etc

Events - www.msf.org.uk/fomsf_events Publicity

- Joint Events - The 2010 Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières Charity Run

- Group Events - on the National FoMSF fanpage - www.facebook.com/fomsf

Event Templates There are many very

original and successful

events going on, Event

Templates are a way to

help replicate such

events across the

movement.

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- International Christmas Dinner

- Raffle Without Borders

- Triage Film Screening

- Christmas Carol Concert

- Working around the world with MSF

- Launch Party

Friends of MSF e-

Newsletter

www.msf.org.uk/fomsf_resources

All groups have the opportunity to submit updates to the tri-annual national newsletter. This also

contains exclusive interviews, nationally relevant news, updates from the FoMSF National

Committee, news from MSF’s field operations, a ‘focus on…’ section and events section.

Anyone can sign-up at www.msf.org.uk/fomsf_resources

F oMSF Publicity Leaflet – http://issuu.com/fomsf/docs/fomsf_leaflet

Anyone can use this help raise awareness of what Friends of MSF is really all about. It is intended to

be useful for things like Freshers Fairs.

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Further engaging with our 3 aims - www.msf.org.uk/fomsf_resources

Discussion Sets

- A set of questions and sample answers, designed to be used without the need for specialist

expertise to help structure a small group discussion.

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Hopefully it should be an interesting and stimulating way to start thinking about what

humanitarianism is actually all about.

In the future, more of these may be produced on different topics.

- "What is Humanitarianism Anyway?"

http://issuu.com/fomsf/docs/fomsf_discussionset_humanitari anism

FoMSF Library - Essays from 2009-10 FoMSF Essay Competition

General Medical Press Review - A digest produced by the medical editors at MSF UK of research and

discussion articles in the general medical/scientific journals of

possible interest

- Email president.fomsf@gmail.com if you would like to receive this.

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“Self Awareness”

Handover Guide

http://issuu.com/fomsf/docs/fo

msf_handoverguide

To help retain local knowledge

and experience, and to try and

help handover to be as smooth

as possible.

Reports - Annual Report 2008|09

- National AGM Report 2009

- Annual Report 2009|10

- Forthcoming National AGM Report 2010

Handbook - http://issuu.com/fomsf/docs/fomsf_2008-

9handbook

Guide to setting up and running a Friends of MSF group,

including copies of the Memorandum of Understanding,

Constitution, a guide to holding a speaker event and more.

Photos - Facebook Fanpage

www.facebook.com/fomsf

- Please upload yours!

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FoMSF Group Contacts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Accurate at the time of the AGM – March 6th

2010

Group President Group Email

Aberdeen Arran Keir, Lisa Rennie arran.d.keir.06@aberdeen.ac.uk

l.a.rennie.06@aberdeen.ac.uk

St Andrews Ross Manson rm574@st-andrews.ac.uk

Bart's & the

London

Samira Green, Lisa Gow,

Alice.Unwin

barts.msf@googlemail.com

Birmingham Niamh Sweeney friendsofmsf.birmingham@googlemail.com

Brighton & Sussex Berkin Hack bsms.msf@googlemail.com

Cambridge Grace Collard friendsofmsf@cusu.cam.ac.uk

Cardiff James Barnacle

Charlotte Morris

msf@cardiff.ac.uk

Cork Alan Quinn dwb@uccsocieties.ie

Durham Lucinda Wahlers lucinda.wahlers@durham.ac.uk

Edinburgh Matt Seah K.T.M.Seah@sms.ed.ac.uk

Hull & York Emma Lewis hyms.friends.of.msf@gmail.com

Imperial Kelly Ameneshoa fomsf@imperial.ac.uk

Keele Harriet Thorpe keelefomsf.globalmed@gmail.com

KCL Tom Conway fomsf@kcl.ac.uk

KU & SGUL Sharjeel Hussain sharjeelhussain55@gmail.com

Leeds Katie Newman leeds.friends.of.msf@gmail.com

Leicester Almas Janjua leicesterfomsf@gmail.com

Manchester Prudence Jarrett msfmanchester@hotmail.co.uk

Newcastle James Smith j.d.smith3@newcastle.ac.uk

Nottingham Marios Zertalis msf.nottsuni@googlemail.com

Oxford Anna Kaleva msf@oxfordghg.co.uk

Sheffield Christopher Yao sheffield.msf.soc@gmail.com

Southampton Chris Arrowsmith southampton_msf@yahoo.co.uk

Swansea Anna Woodman 550177@swansea.ac.uk

Trinity, Dublin Ariella Abramovitch ariella.abram@gmail.com

UCL Joel Cunningham uclmsf@gmail.com

UEA Emma Nash emma.nash@uea.ac.uk

Warwick Sarah Owen sarah.owen@warwick.ac.uk