CRASH - Fondation Médecins Sans Frontières

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François Jean (1956-1999) contributed enormously in the field and at headquarters to the evolution and direction of Médecins Sans Frontières for nearly two decades. After joining MSF in 1982 to establish medical and surgical projects in war-torn Lebanon, he went to oversee emergency medical interventions in a variety of countries including Chad, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan and Chechnya. Throughout his time with MSF, he wrote prolifically about the difficulties and challenges face by humanitarian aid workers in a shifting political landscape. He helped create and edit the series Populations in Danger, a collection of essys that wrestled with defining the scope and limits of humanitarian action.