“This takes on particular significance today, when our independence from public funding is proving more essential than ever. On the other hand, the drastic cuts in global humanitarian aid, particularly through programmes such as USAID, are a source of deep concern. We are frequently asked about the possibility of making up for the withdrawal of other organisations, but the needs are so immense that it is absolutely impossible for us to fill the current and future gaps in international aid”, notes MSF Luxembourg’s director general, Thomas Kauffmann, on the occasion of the publication of MSF Luxembourg’s 2024 annual report.

7.6 million euros were raised last year, and more than 98% of these funds came from private donations, paid by nearly 24,000 active donors, and 8,941 regular donors - a figure up 6%, and the amount of these donations totalled 2.3 million euros. “Thanks to an unprecedented level of generosity, regular donors now account for a third of our total donations”, the organisation boasts. Above all, 98% of the country’s communes have at least one donor.

130 major donors

“MSF receives no public funding. This is a choice guided by our concern for independence and an unshakeable ethical commitment. In the field, we are sometimes the last, or even the only, to provide emergency medical aid, as in Sudan, the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis”, adds Esther Leick, Director of Communications and Fundraising. 130 major donors collectively contributed 801,143 euros. In Luxembourg, MSF employs 35 people and has 80 volunteers.

According to the latest figures published in August to mark World Humanitarian Day, Luxembourg has so far provided humanitarian aid in 24 countries, including Syria, the occupied Palestinian territories, Ethiopia, Mali and Afghanistan, for a total amount of almost 31 million euros, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This figure is down from 55.4 million euros for the same period in 2024. In 2022, Luxembourg came second in the Global Humanitarian Assistance Report rankings, in proportion to its Gross National Product (GNP), having devoted 0.22% of its GNP to humanitarian action, or 65 million euros.