Bobbie

Senior Technical Officer (Shelter & WASH) at UNHCR Lebanon. All views expressed are my own.

[UNHCR Lebanon @UNHCRLebanon]

As you read this, refugees are:

🩺Caring for the sick

🏥 Serving on front lines to fight coronavirus

💙Saving lives

[UNHCR Lebanon @UNHCRLebanon]

UPDATE: UNHCR’s support to hospitals in #Lebanon 🇱🇧 starts!

🛠 Temporary #COVID19 units are being built to increase the capacity of Tripoli Govt Hospital by 44 beds for Lebanese & refugee patients

UNHCR will expand 5 govt hospitals as part of the National Response Plan

[UNHCR Lebanon @UNHCRLebanon]

Can you imagine life without hope?

In these difficult times, we choose hope, love, and generosity. #EveryGiftCounts

[UNHCR Lebanon @UNHCRLebanon]

UN family, government & partners, we are all working together under #Lebanon’s National Response Plan to fight #COVID19.
Watch our Representative @UNHCRGirard explain UNHCR’s isolation plan for refugees living in crowded settings in 🇱🇧

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

"We cannot let Syrian families go deeper into destitution and cannot let their children be part of a lost generation."

Our Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller @RedHourBen testified before Congress to remind the 🌎 that Syrian refugees still need support.

[Bobbie @BobbieFBaker]

"Politicians must acknowledge our environment is unwell. There must be collaboration between authorities, private sector, & our citizens. We need environmental awareness in schools/universities. This will happen." Fady Jreisetti, Minister for Environment, Beirut Enviro Conf, 2019

[Bobbie @BobbieFBaker]

"We, the UN, stand with Lebanon in facing its environmental challenges", Mireille Girard, Lebanon's Prospects, Beirut Environment Conference, May 3, 2019. #unhcrlebanon

[UNHCR Lebanon @UNHCRLebanon]

All children have the right to learn & play! 👧👦👩‍🏫🎾🧸

In Lebanon, UNHCR supports services for children w/ specific needs, including for autistic children at the Maharat Centre in the Bekaa, thanks to funding from our donors.
@UNHCRgov

[Bobbie @BobbieFBaker]

Empowering refugees to identify & refer real problems, to the right actor, through the right means, at the right time, difficult. Haidar does it effortlessly, working hand in hand with outreach volunteers to ensure problems are identified & addressed (Saffar Apr19) #unhcrlebanon

[Bobbie @BobbieFBaker]

Working with, and building the capacity of, local partners is absolutely necessary to sustain response to a protracted crisis. UNHCR developed a strong partnership with Sawa Group in Bekaa, Lebanon providing water, sanitation & hygiene services to Syrian refugees #unhcrlebanon

[Bobbie @BobbieFBaker]

Private sector participation in real humanitarian issues. Super happy to be working with @lifebuoysoap in the development and implementation of the UNHCR Unilever hygiene programme partnership. Real issues, real solutions #unhcrlebanon

[UNHCR Lebanon @UNHCRLebanon]

Looking forward to partnering with @Unilever & @lifebuoysoap to instill handwashing with soap as a habit among Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
#WithRefugees 🤝🇱🇧

[Paul Polman @PaulPolman]

Delighted to announce @Unilever’s @lifebuoysoap partnership with UNHCR @Refugees to help improve hygiene for 50,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Critical that we help all live a dignified life. It’s good for society & it’s good for biz. #hacr5 #WithRefugees https://t.co/F4akwfSJOY

[Ben Stiller @BenStiller]

#WithRefugees

[Bobbie @BobbieFBaker]

Every drop costs, every drop counts. UNHCR, implementing 'The Drop' self cleansing self closing tap in refugee settings. Increasing access to, and instilling hand washing with soap as a habit to reduce diarrheal disease (Temnine El Faouqa, H El Saffar, April 2019).

[American University of Beirut @AUB_Lebanon]

IBDAA 13th edition: Rethinking Plastic on April 12 from 2 to 6 pm at #AUB Agriculture square!

IBDAA calls for undergraduate students to pool in their innovation and creativity to come up with eco-friendly solutions to solve our problem with plastic and reduce its impact on Earth

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

"The first thing that struck me was how green it is. Every shade of green.”

A Syrian refugee's first impression of Ireland 🇮🇪🍀

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

Meeting Prime Minister @saadhariri with @UN_Lebanon country team. Coordinated strategic #Dialogue for 2030 national vision to ensure inclusive & #sustainable growth #TheLebanonWeWant #SDGs

[Bobbie @BobbieFBaker]

Excellent discussions today between His Excellency Minister Fady Jreissati (Minister for Environment), his advisor, the Environmental Taskforce, and UNHCR with regard to how UNHCR can strongly support the priorities of the Ministry in 2019. #StrongerTogether #UNHCRLebanon

[UNHCR Lebanon @UNHCRLebanon]

Learn the difference between a refugee and a migrant.

[Bobbie @BobbieFBaker]

Clean water. We take it for granted. Close your eyes and imagine, just for a moment, a day/ week/ month with out it.
How would its value change?
UNHCR, providing Syrian refugees with clean water in informal settlements in Lebanon (Temnine El Faouqa, H El Saffar, March 2019).