BORN FROM PAIN Calls Fans into Action: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

Metal Centre previously reported German hardcore act, BORN FROM PAIN's call to action highlighting various humanatarian organizations. Previously, the group called for their fans to get active with Amnesty International. Now, with the release of their latest album “Survival,” the politically active musicians have beckoned their fans once more into action to help make this world a place worth living in. Concerning this month's call to action plea, the group had this to say:

“We have decided on a new action this month: Doctors Without Borders. Read all about the organization down below. Solidarity is the keyword once again. Stand together, stand strong. We have put links to several methods one can donate. BORN FROM PAIN will be donating their part at the end of the month from merch and show money.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontičres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care or natural disasters.

MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, to challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols.

MSF's work is based on the humanitarian principles of medical ethics and impartiality. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation. MSF operates independently of any political, military, or religious agendas. Medical teams conduct evaluations on the ground to determine a population's medical needs before opening programs. The key to MSF's ability to act independently in response to a crisis is its independent funding. Eighty-nine percent of MSF's overall funding (and 100 percent of MSF-USA's funding) comes from private sources, not governments. In 2006, MSF had more than three million individual donors and private funders worldwide.

MSF is neutral. The organization does not take sides in armed conflicts, provides care on the basis of need alone, and pushes for increased independent access to victims of conflict as required under international humanitarian law. MSF's principles of action are described in the organization's 1971 founding charter, which established a framework for its activities.

MSF medical teams often witness violence, atrocities, and neglect in the course of their work, largely in regions that receive scant international attention. At times, MSF may speak out publicly in an effort to bring a forgotten crisis to public attention, to alert the public to abuses occurring beyond the headlines, to criticize the inadequacies of the aid system, or to challenge the diversion of humanitarian aid for political interests.

Donation links:

Germany:
http://www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de/Spenden/Spendenassistent.php?id_cho=94

USA:
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate/

Rest of the World:
http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/donations/

LAST MONTH:
Amnesty International action result:

We had a lot of positive feedback and people telling us they have been joining in. I hope it made a difference! BORN FROM PAIN have donated 300 euro in money from the cd release show weekend to Amnesty International.”

http://www.myspace.com/bornfrompain