In late1990 I met with these three guys and we started MSF Canada in 1991. Richard Heinzl started the ball rolling in 1989 as a recently graduated medical doctor and he visited our MSF projects in Mozambique while I worked there. Jim Lane was a school friend of Richard in Hamilton and had recently finished his law studies in 1990. James Orbinski did medical school at McMasters University together with Richard. James worked in MSF projects in Peru, Somalia and Rwanda (during the 1994 genocide there) and was the International President of the MSF movement in 1999 when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to MSF. James gave the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in December 1999 in Oslo, Norway. Last week we attended the house warming reception of MSF Canada in their new offices (see the previous post).
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