Though misunderstood at first, Doctors Without Borders’ bold decision to stop accepting tsunami-relief donation could help revive public trust in nonprofits.

By Paul Barbagallo

“We talked about malaria in one country, meningitis in another, measles in another,” Walsh says. “The next month we talked about what was then just starting to be a problem in Sudan and Chad. We try to make our direct mail geographically diverse and current to what we’re doing and seeing on the ground.”