Supporting our global partner, Médecins Sans Frontières, in 2025
In 2024, we launched our global partnership with international humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Operating in over 70 countries around the world, MSF's network of healthcare professionals, logisticians and researchers provide vital support to communities where other organisations simply cannot, or will not, go. Entirely neutral, with no support from governments, MSF not only responds in crises, but also leads long-term projects in areas with chronic health infrastructure issues and ranging from mental health to maternity care.
To date, we're raised more than £160,000, the equivalent of three pop-up hospitals, and now we take our target higher with the aim of reaching a total of £250,000 by the end of 2025.
Most recently, ACT and Ardonagh Chairman, John Tiner, hosted ACT's annual charity golf day with proceeds going to MSF. Over the past two years, the golf day alone has raised £38,000 in aid of MSF, with a team from the charity taking part in the day.
Translating our £250,000 target into impact, this sum would...
- Build six pop-up hospitals to provide vital care in the field, or
- Provide 1,000 surgery kits to help medics deliver urgent treatment, or
- Enable the supply and construction of 220 multipurpose tents during crisis.
Get up to date on the impact MSF has in communities worldwide and learn how you can get involved in supporting them – and our fundraising target.
Hear from MSF Doctor, Lakshmi Jain
On World Health Day in April, we were privileged to be joined by Dr. Lakshmi Jain.
Lakshmi has worked as a HIV and tuberculosis programme implementer in the Manson Unit, a multi-disciplinary medical team at MSF. She started work with MSF as a doctor in 2018 while she was doing her specialist training and has spent time as a medical doctor as part of the Patna project in India with a focus on tuberculosis and remote rural communities.
In our talk, Lakshmi reflected on her experiences in India, focussing on her specialism in infectious diseases.
Give Back gets set to return as once again Ardonagh unites to make a difference
Every year, the people of Ardonagh join together for our annual charity fundraiser, Give Back. No matter where are colleagues are located, or which business they are a part of, we unite to make a difference.
Give Back 2025 will take place in early November where once again we'll rally behind MSF. In 2024, we raised £74,000 in a single day for the charity – can we go the extra mile in November and beat this figure...?
More on MSF
- Visit the charity partnerships page on the ACT website.
- Head over to MSF's website to explore their healthcare programmes and the various countries they operate in.
- Visit MSF's Missing Maps website to learn about their volunteering initiative.
