I went to the Doctors Without Borders/Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) campsite on the coldest and cloudiest day of the week and I was impressed with the people who stood in line and braved the Golden Gate winds for 1.5 hours of the outdoor walking tour. I’m glad the MSF camped in San Francisco's backyard, although its ironic the Marina backyard is known for its yachts, yuppy cars and ginormous apartment rentals . Dolores Park would have been more appropriate or in front of City Hall where they recently had a vegetable garden display. MSF is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides humanitarian assistance (medical treatment, disease prevention, sanitation treatment, counseling, food and shelter) to the 42 million refugees and displaced persons in more than 60 countries. Instead of reading the statistics or watching the brief TV news reports (if any), MSF setup the site to showcase real life situations of a refugee. M...
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