Muslims Without Borders

Muslims Without Borders

Muslims Without Borders (MWB) is an international relief agency and aid organization. [1] They cite themselves as the first entirely student-based development organization.[1] MWB began in George Mason University in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[1] MWB was the first international NGO to enter Libya after the 2011 Libyan civil war broke out when they entered the country in a medical convoy on February 23rd, 2011.[2][3] [4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c "About Us". http://mwbrelief.org/?page_id=534. Retrieved 07-28-2011. 
  2. ^ [1] Muslims Without Borders American medical convoy just reached Libya
  3. ^ [2] Things you can do to help the Libyan people
  4. ^ "Libya aid partners". http://www.libyaaid.org/partners/. Retrieved 07-28-2011. 

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