American Express has always been an active partner in community relations.  The organisation, on a global basis, spends millions of dollars annually on charity, scholarships, donations and sponsorships to people and organisations in all walks of life, from NGO's to arts societies.

In the BeLux, American Express Business Travel has for many years been a loyal sponsor of the United Fund for Belgium.
We've also reserved a special place in our hearts for Médecins sans Frontières-Artsen zonder Grenzen.  An organisation with a strong Belgian input that does a truly remarkable job in helping the most needy.

Few international charitable organisations are better known than MsF/AzG.
This in origin French institute now has affiliates in many countries, the largest base of operations being Belgium.

MsF/AzG works internationally on all continents, in about 80 different countries.  Annually, more than 2,000 MsF/AzG expats are sent on international aid missions.
About 60% of them are medical staff.  The remaining 40% are administrative staff, engineers, etc.
Less known perhaps, is the fact that MsF/AzG also has some 10 aid programmes in Belgium itself, helping out the homeless, refugees and all other fellow citizens in dire need of assistance.
For more info on MsF/AzG, click [here], or click [here] for our 2004 Charity Week results.