Lääkärit Ilman Rajoja

Founded in 1971, Lääkärit Ilman Rajoja is a non-governmental organisation based in Helsinki, Finland working on health, humanitarian aid & disaster relief.

Lääkärit Ilman Rajoja is the Finnish association of Médecins Sans Frontières, the international humanitarian medical organisation. It provides medical care to people affected by armed conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters and other crises, and to people who otherwise lack access to healthcare, in more than 70 countries. The organisation states that it provides neutral, impartial and independent aid, and that it selects projects based on need. It also speaks out about the humanitarian situations it witnesses and advocates for affordable medicines. Its Finnish office, opened in 2018 in Helsinki, supports the international work by raising private donations, sharing information about humanitarian crises, and recruiting aid workers. The organisation is funded mainly by private donors, with a stated 98% of funds coming from private sources. It was founded in 1971 by a group of French doctors and journalists and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.