Millions suffer from malnutrition every year; it’s a contributing factor in nearly half of the deaths of children under age five around the world. In 2018, MSF treated thousands of children for malnutrition, admitting more than 74,000 to inpatient feeding programs. In Sierra Leone, nurse Amanda Hooeyboer was part of a team that opened an MSF hospital specifically equipped to treat malnutrition. She remembers one of the hospital’s first patients, a 15-month-old girl.

“Over the next few days, I saw (her) healing and growing,” says Amanda. “The first time our sweet patient started clapping and singing with the staff at feeding time, I knew that we were here for a reason — that in opening this hospital we would help more children smile and grow and thrive.”

When you give any gift from the MSF Warehouse, including the three featured below, you’re helping MSF deliver humanitarian aid so more children can smile, grow and thrive.

Point-of-care ultrasound machines, also known as POCUS, are a new addition to the MSF Warehouse, but our medical teams in countries where resources are limited are already relying on them to save lives. They’re a less expensive, less bulky alternative to traditional ultrasounds and require less training. And they’re helping MSF doctors like Achai Bulabek, working in South Sudan, make bedside decisions to treat patients like the seven-year-old boy she describes below who was showing symptoms of pneumonia. Thanks to MSF supporters like you, her team had the tools they needed to save his life.