On assignment in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon for Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders.
Serving as Head of Nursing Activities for 4 Primary Health Care Clinics and 2 Maternal & Child Centers.
To catch up from the last posts...I returned from my summer in France and passed my French assessment to qualify for a French speaking mission. I was promptly assigned to an emergency team in the Katanga Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project was to work on a Vaccination campaign in response to a Measles epidemic. However, before I could leave for the project, my mission was cancelled due to the fact that the epidemic was winding down.
I was then reassigned to a long-term project in Lebanon, providing health care to Syrian Refugees. I arrived in mid January and am due to stay on until early July.
After that, I plan to make another stop in France to top off my French skills again, because alas, I ended up in an English speaking mission...and, you know, if you don't use it, you lose it!
~Cheers!
