| Rebel Without Borders
Frontline Missions in Africa and the Gulf
Marc Vachon with François Bugingo
Translated by Charles Phillips
ECW Press
Copyright © Marc Vachon, 2008
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Published originally by Les Éditions du Boréal, 2005.
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library and archives canada cataloguing in publication
Vachon, Marc, 1963–
Rebel without borders: frontline missions in Africa and the Gulf /
Marc Vachon with François Bugingo; translated by Charles Philips.
Translation of: Rebelle sans frontières.
isbn-13: 978-1-55022-786-4
1. Vachon, Marc, 1963–. 2. Humanitarian assistance. 3. Doctors Without Borders (Association).
I. Bugingo, François, 1974– II. Phillips Charles (Charles H.) III. Title.
jz6369.v3213 2008 341.5'84 c2007-906565-1
Cover and Text Design: Tania Craan
Cover Image (Front Top): Brian Raisbeck / iStockphoto
All other images courtesy of Marc Vachon
Typesetting: Mary Bowness
Production: Rachel Brooks
Printing: Transcontinental
This book is set in Spectrum and printed on paper that is 100% post consumer recycled.
The publication of Rebel Without Borders has been generously supported by the
Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout
Canada, by the Ontario Arts Council, by the OMDC Book Fund, an initiative of the Ontario Media
Development Corporation, and by the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry
Development Program (bpidp).
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