Racha Doumit

Humanitarian Engineer | Risk, Disaster and Resilience | @cheveningfcdo Scholar

[Racha Doumit @RachaDoumit]

Beirut is resilient. Just this year, it witnessed protests, a global pandemic, an economic crisis and a bombing. Yet, Lebanon still woke up today determined to rebuild it. We are in survival mode. We’ve been for decades. Point is: How many times can a Phoenix rise from the ashes?

[IOM Mauritius & Seychelles @IOM_Mauritius]

During his visit to Seychelles, IOM Regional Director for East, Horn and Southern Africa, Frantz Celestin, met with Hon. James Conrad Jean Camille, Minister for Homeland Security and Civil Affairs.

[IOM Mauritius & Seychelles @IOM_Mauritius]

.@IOM_EHSA Regional Director, @CelestinFranz, met Hon. @BarryFaure, Seychelles' Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, to reaffirm IOM's partnership with the Government of Seychelles.

[IOM Mauritius & Seychelles @IOM_Mauritius]

Today, IOM Mauritius and Seychelles proudly celebrated 20 years of partnership with the Government of Mauritius, marking two decades of collaboration to strengthen migration governance and maximize the benefits of migration for sustainable development.

[IOM South Sudan @IOMSouthSudan]

Rebuilding futures in Malakal, #SouthSudan!

IOM & @UNHCRSouthSudan, with @EUinSouthSudan support, handed over a fully rehabilitated vocational training centre & primary school – expanding access to employment & education for displaced communities.

Read👉https://t.co/t3oevEeT0j

[UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction @UCLRDR]

👏Congratulations to recent MSc student @RachaDoumit for winning the UCL MAPS 2023 Postgraduate (MSc) Innovation & Enterprise Competition with "Reimagining the #Beirut blast, a counterfactual analysis assessing disaster risk management (DRM) policies".
https://t.co/M07wTrBHUS

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

US vetoes Security Council resolution that would have called for “humanitarian pauses” to deliver lifesaving aid to millions in Gaza

Favor: 12 (Albania, Brazil, China, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland,UAE)
Against: 1 (US)
Abstain: 2 Russia, UK

[UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction @UCLRDR]

On the 3rd anniversary of the 2020 #BeirutExplosion, the #IRDR #blog features a moving piece from master's student @RachaDoumit.

Read "Beirut Blast: from trauma to purpose" here: https://t.co/KkxK5PZN37

[Racha Doumit @RachaDoumit]

Traffic in Edinburgh

[Racha Doumit @RachaDoumit]

2. There are #NoNaturalDisasters. Disasters result from interactions between hazards, vulnerability, and exposure. While hazards may be natural, vulnerability and exposure are engineered by human decisions.
Natural hazards turn into disasters with poor planning and management.

[Racha Doumit @RachaDoumit]

Main takeaways from my Master’s degree at @UCLIRDR (A thread)

1. #EmergencyPlanning is not about eliminating Uncertainty from Disaster Response. It is about reducing unplanned improvisation to a necessary minimum.

[UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction @UCLRDR]

Congratulations to the winners of this year's best MSc poster!

Will Nolan: “Using observed earthquake damage to estimate building code non-compliance in Turkey.”

Racha Doumit: “Reimaging the Beirut blast: a counterfactual analysis to assess Disaster Risk Management policies.”

[Jeremy Smith @jezzsmith]

Just received this video from @RedCrossLebanon rescuing people in the snowy conditions in #Turkiye in partnership with @RedCrescent. Amazing to still see people being #rescued from under the rubble! Please donate to @BritishRedCross appeal to support. #lebanon #turkey #syria

[Racha Doumit @RachaDoumit]

A Get-Together with HE Danny Faure, former president of the Seychelles, who discussed how personal experiences, values, and accountability were pivotal to the separation of powers and the rule of law.
Big thanks to @commonwealthsec for hosting us!
#MyCheveningJourney

[Racha Doumit @RachaDoumit]

Saw some pages of Emilie Gossiaux’s notebook. As she was going blind, she gave her Crayolas evocative names to remain able to create art.

Ever since, I haven’t stopped thinking of the colours I associate with my fondest memories, favorite people or most treasured belongings

[PreventionWeb @PreventionWeb]

The greatest single driver of disaster risk is weak governance and lack of political commitment to invest in disaster prevention. Good governance means good DRR strategy.

#ItsAllAboutGovernance https://t.co/2f1LzAaOs8

[Racha Doumit @RachaDoumit]

Representing Lebanon
#IAmChevening #ChosenForChevening

[Racha Doumit @RachaDoumit]

@ForensicArchi bringing some much needed scientific insight on the #BeirutExplosion
State negligence cannot go unnoticed, unaccountable or forgotten.

https://t.co/NcfZA4woiF

[Hamish Cowell @HamishCowell]

Delighted to meet the 2022/23 class of #Chevening scholars from across 🇱🇧

Congratulations for being #ChosenForChevening to pursue Masters degrees at 🇬🇧's top universities, as well as the @CloreLeadership Fellowship.

Mabrouk! 👏

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

“This tragedy marked one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in recent memory, yet the world has done nothing to find out why it happened. On the second anniversary of the blast, we are disheartened that people in #Lebanon 🇱🇧 still await justice." -- @UN_SPExperts
#BeirutBlast

[Pour un réveil écologique @ReveilEcolo]

Sans action écologique ambitieuse, ce meme va ressortir chaque été.