Friends of MSF Belfast

Hello,

We hope this finds you well.

We are kindly posting to inform that we will be having our Annual General Meeting on Sunday, June 18th at 3:00 PM on Zoom. It is here where we will be discussing our past events, announcing the new 2023-24 committee and officially handing over to them.

We invite everyone to attend, and we would love to see you there!

Best wishes for a wonderful summer!

Kind regards,
QUB FriendsofMSF Committee

Abderrahmane El Guernaoui is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: QUB FriendsofMSF AGM
Time: Jun 18, 2023 03:00 PM London

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Hi everyone,

We hope this email finds you well!

We are kindly writing to inform that our Committee Elections for 2023-24 are still open, and we encourage you all to apply!

The vacant positions are as follows: President, Secretary, Treasurer, Public Relations and Event Coordinator.

If you are interested in standing for any position, we kindly ask that you register and declare your candidacy on the SU website. This can be done through the following link: https://home.q-su.org/clubssocieties/friendsofmsf/

Elections will officially be open from May 29th - June 2nd. We will be in touch again later to announce the new committee members and to confirm the date for our Annual General Meeting for the handover.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Thank you,

QUB FriendsofMSF

Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières Friends of MSF QUB is a student-run university society dedicated to supporting Médicins Sans Frontiéres, also known as Doctors Without Borders. Médicins Sans Frontiéres works in over 60 countries, sending doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to areas affected by armed conflict, epidem...

Applications are now open to join our 2023/24 QUB FriendsofMSF Committee!

Applications close at Midnight on Friday May 12th, 2023.

We encourage everyone to apply!
https://forms.office.com/e/bQ9rUiqsYE

Best of luck with your applications!

Join us for our first QUB Friends of MSF Language Workshop at the SU Drawing Room, Thursday March 16th @ 4:30 PM! Hope to see you all there :)

Entry is FREE! Click on the link to reserve your spot!

https://fixr.co/event/arabic-french-language-workshop-tickets-463861473

Hi everyone!

What are your plans after graduation? Straight from F2 to specialty training? F3 in Australia? Moving abroad? Leaving medicine? LET US KNOW!

The AIMS study is a national, multi-institution, cross-sectional study of all UK medical students. Our primary outcome is to determine current medical students’ career intentions after graduation. We also want to know your thoughts on several aspects of working in the NHS!

As well as giving you the opportunity to take part in important research, you can win £300! It’ll take you 5 minutes ✅💰

Thank you

AIMS Team

https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cx55RTspDLTIzWK

MEDICAL STUDENTS - What are your plans after graduation?

The AIMS study is a national, multi-institution, cross-sectional study of all UK medical students. It will be administered via an online questionnaire and disseminated through a collaborative network recruited for this purpose. Our primary outcome is to determine current medical students’ career intentions after graduation. 📝

The study is now live and can be accessed at https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cx55RTspDLTIzWK or by scanning the QR code below.

❗️ All participants will enter a prize draw for a £50 Amazon voucher! Will take you 5-7 minutes to complete!

Hello everyone, Friends of MSF (doctors without borders) are having their first event this Friday at 7pm in Elmwood Hall (opposite the new SU).

It’s going to be a games night and the committee will share some information about FriendsofMSF (events that we are doing this year)!

Hope you can all make it- entrance is £2 (free food and drinks available) and of course the fee goes towards fundraising for doctors without borders.

Hope to see you all there, the sign up link is the following: https://fixr.co/event/friendsofmsf-games-night-tickets-607956927

We are now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 committee!!!

The following roles are available:
-President
-Secretary
-Treasurer
-2 Event coordinators
-Social media coordinator

If you are interested in any of these roles please email [email protected] with your name, student number, the position you are applying for and a short paragraph about why you would suit the role.

The deadline is 5pm on the 10th June. The new committee will be announced at the AGM on the 17th of June at 3pm. The link for the AGM can be found below:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTc3YmZiMTMtYjIxZi00NTRkLWI0NDYtNGJlZmVlNzgxMWI0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eaab77ea-b4a5-49e3-a1e8-d6dd23a1f286%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d2f18439-b12d-4d45-bdb5-5fd8875e99e7%22%7d

✨Event✨

Join FoMSF online on Monday the 7th of March to hear from Dr Edwina Hegarty, an Infectious Diseases doctor, about tropical diseases!!

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3a5h9_OVuCw1nRAtt5REtLKUnkWLesurRLdFy26aAR-ek1%40thread.tacv2/General?groupId=4a9a0b2b-7d9a-4158-aab8-0b7546c1aed5&tenantId=eaab77ea-b4a5-49e3-a1e8-d6dd23a1f286

Join us tomorrow at 7pm, as we hear from Dr Morrison the steps needed to qualify for MSF and her experiences working for MSF in Sierra Leone and South Sudan.

The event is free and the Teams link is:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3aQNdytE4WJaB4Zwom8yOPG3WihKSulGth8bTeXIFDSbU1%40thread.tacv2/General?groupId=9e6c068c-9334-4f0a-ac9a-5893bbbfaae4&tenantId=eaab77ea-b4a5-49e3-a1e8-d6dd23a1f286

Ever wondered what working for MSF is like? Join us on Wednesday, 17th November, to hear from Dr Hazel Morrison as she talks about her experiences working in Sierra Leone and South Sudan! Link to follow soon!

Ever wondered what working for MSF is like? Join us on Wednesday, 17th November, to hear from Dr Hazel Morrison as she talks about her experiences working in Sierra Leone and South Sudan! Link to follow soon!

🎉Competition 🎉

From the 1st Nov - 20th Dec FoMSF will be competing against 16 other UK and Ireland universities in a Stravathon and would love you to join!! All you have to do is run, walk, swim or cycle and record it on Strava using the link - https://www.strava.com/clubs/994883. 🚴‍♂️🏊‍♀️🚣

We’ll also be giving away a £20 Nike voucher and MSF t-shirt to the person who records the furthest distance in Queens so get your sports gear on and join FoMSF!

This competition is all in support of the work MSF does around the world so all donations are greatly appreciated, link below!
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/friends-of-msf-qub

✨To get the year started join FoMSF’s welcome event next week Wednesday to hear exciting plans for the year✨!!

Just follow the link to join -
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzkwMDQ5ZWUtZDBmNy00YmRhLWFkZGYtZDZmY2Q5ZWM4OTlk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eaab77ea-b4a5-49e3-a1e8-d6dd23a1f286%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d2f18439-b12d-4d45-bdb5-5fd8875e99e7%22%7d

🎉🎉 Sign up to Friends of MSF for the year and stand chance to win a Domino’s voucher and some FoMSF merch 🎉🎉! Click the link to sign up ~ https://forms.office.com/r/yk9b8gCQuQ

Voting for our committee is OPEN!
Head to this link to cast your vote!
https://home.qubsu.org/clubssocieties/friendsofmsf

Voting closes at 4pm on THURSDAY 29/4/21.
Results will be announced at our AGM on Friday 30/4/21!
Link to AGM here: https://www.facebook.com/events/3911257932293723/

We are looking for committee members for 21/22!

We have 3 positions open:
President
Secretary
Treasurer

Nominations are open until 12:00 midday 23rd April.

It only takes a minute to nominate yourself and then you can add any additional info/manifestos later!

To nominate yourself, click on the link and navigate to the 'elections' tab.

Don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] or to send us a message on Facebook. :)

Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières Friends of MSF QUB is a student-run university society dedicated to supporting Médicins Sans Frontiéres, also known as Doctors Without Borders. Médicins Sans Frontiéres works in over 60 countries, sending doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to areas affected by armed conflict, epidem...

Introducing our guest speaker...
Ian Atkinson

Ian works as a logistician for Medecin sans Frontier (MSF). He began working for MSF in this role in 2005 during a 9-month overseas post to Burundi, in East Africa. Since then he has done 9 more projects ranging from 3 months to 3 weeks in length, working in a variety of logistic roles including water and sanitation, distribution, construction, and as an all-round logistician. Of the 10 projects, he has done with MSF, 4 involved natural disasters: Pakistan (flood in 2010), Nepal (earthquake in 2015), Mozambique (hurricane in March 2019), and South Sudan (flood in 2020).

When not actively on duty with MSF, Ian spends his time working in England as a self-employed forester and builder.

Read about Ian’s work in this article he wrote: “A Fear of Home” - https://blogs.msf.org/bloggers/ian/fear-home

Join us on Thursday 18th February at 7pm for an engaging talk that explores how natural disasters influence the ways in which a medical/healthcare worker must approach their work, and how MSF uses logistics and purposeful decision making to better apparent circumstances.

Complete this form to receive the Zoom link:
https://forms.gle/53GvotRcCjQoLG4E9

Keep up to date with the event:
https://fb.me/e/13Q7Pt335

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

We recieved a lot of comments following our “Maternal and Infant Care During Conflicts” event in connection to future events.

The majority of responses indicated that our audience/followers would like for us to organise an event on how to join Médecins Sans Frontières? ‼️

If this is something that would interest you please leave a like or comment below! 💫

Many thanks,
Friends of MSF Belfast Committee

Thank you for a wonderful turnout at tonight's event. We hope you found it to be both an educational and informative event, and we really appreciated your participation and enthusiasm to learn.

The recording of the event is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qdfyWUZoAAS3xGGJoG0EhbMNr3RW22af/view?usp=sharing

****E-Portfolio Certificates have been distributed. Please email [email protected] if you have not received your certificate via email.

Friends of MSF Event Recording.mp4

Check out this upcoming event held by Students for Global Health QUB. 💫🌟

Want to learn more about Human Trafficking in NI? Join us on our next event on; 🌟Wednesday 10th February 🌟

What is Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking is Modern day slavery. Due to recent news events, we believe this issue must be raised and addressed.

Why would this topic be relevant to you?
Medical professionals are in a key role to identify these victims, care for them and lead them to safety yet. We believe education in this area is therefore crucial to work towards dressing this issue.

This session will equip you with insight into the issue and practical knowledge on how to identify, care for and help trafficking victims. Invisible traffic, a local advocate for change and educator of spotting trafficking victims will be joining us to explain what we can all do to help. Hope to see you there!

Introducing our guest speaker...
Mary-Flowa Houldsworth

Mary simply wanted to make difference, not knowing that her journey with MSF would lead her to be held at gunpoint, contract malaria, almost die from typhoid, survive in conflict-zones and see unspeakable human suffering. She is a true hero who is ready to share her experience with us!

"My mission with MSF, working as a nurse/midwife, began during the conflicts in Liberia, South Sudan, and Afghanistan. I took unpaid leave from the NHS to join teams working in conflict zones, treating displaced people who had walked for days to bring their severely ill relatives to the only healthcare facilities available. In a further mission, I worked in Ethiopia where the famine in the north of the country affected both adults and children.

When the outbreak of Ebola occurred in West Africa I undertook missions in Liberia at the height of the outbreak, and Sierra Leone as a health promoter. For two months in 2018 I joined the emergency team in Ethiopia where we assessed and treated thousands of internally displaced people.

When I’m not working overseas, my free time is spent giving talks for MSF, rowing with gig crews on the river Torridge, kayaking, and excavating local archaeological sites."

Read more about how Mary spent six weeks working with Ebola victims in Liberia – and then was ostracised when she got home.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/dec/09/devon-midwife-shunned-fighting-ebola

Join us on Thursday 4th February at 7pm for an engaging talk on how the conflicts in South Sudan and Afghanistan have interrupted access to and the quality of maternal and infant healthcare. 👩‍👧‍👦

💻 To register your interest:
https://forms.gle/iDiJxQiNRjfEChcU6

⏰ To keep up to date with the event:
https://fb.me/e/18xHkWkqC
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

‼️EXCITING OPPORTUNITY‼️

The “MDT on the Frontline” Conference held by Friends of David Nott Foundation Manchester is scheduled for Feb 6th at 7pm! The event is themed around exploring the role of different healthcare professionals in humanitarian medicine.

They have recruited some very exciting speakers and workshop hosts including:

👨🏻‍⚕️David Nott, author of ‘War Doctor’ and founder of the David Nott Foundation

👨🏻‍⚕️Dr Aala El-Khani, UN Consultant and humanitarian psychologist

👨🏻‍⚕️Brendan Lane, a nurse who has worked extensively on humanitarian missions around the world

👨🏻‍⚕️Jon Barden, head of logistics for the David Nott Foundation; the Syrian American Medical Society, Syrian British Medical Society, Kitrinos Healthcare

👨🏻‍⚕️Ammar Darwish, surgeon

👨🏻‍⚕️Nick Maynard, surgeon

💻 For further information see https://www.facebook.com/events/2838799069690076/)

🎫 Ticket sales are closing January 31st so be QUICK!:All proceeds from tickets will be going to the David Nott Foundation, a charity that aims to train doctors in conflict and other zones (you can find out more about them by visiting their website: www.davidnottfoundation.com).

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INTERESTED IN PAEDS/OBGYN 👶🏼 OR WANT TO VOLUNTEER ABROAD? 🌍

Join us on Thursday 4th February at 7pm to discuss how the conflicts in South Sudan 🇸🇸 and Afghanistan 🇦🇫 have interrupted access to and the quality of maternal and infant healthcare. 👩‍👧‍👦

We have a wonderful speaker lined up who has worked as a midwife 👩🏻‍⚕️ in the developing world for Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) 💫 Her experience will make for an insightful and informative talk! We will share her biography with you all shortly so keep an eye out!! 📖

💻 To register your interest:
https://forms.gle/iDiJxQiNRjfEChcU6

⏰ To keep up to date with the event:
https://fb.me/e/18xHkWkqC

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

*This event is hosted by QUB Friends of MSF and open to both healthcare and non-healthcare students across the UK.