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Nicole is a finance and HR manager currently working in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. The project in Bekaa aims to provide healthcare to some of the thousands of refugees who have fled the war in neighbouring Syria.
MSF Field Administrator Nicole Bächtold spends a night in Bekaa's (Lebanon) mother and child centre. Before she knows it, the medical uniform is on, and she finds herself assisting in delivering four newborn babies!
Nicole is working in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, an area close to the border with Syria. Her project mainly provides medical services for Lebanese and Syrian refugees in the area, and Nicole's focus is on ensuring the project has the staff and finance systems it needs to provide vital health care.
It has only been about six weeks since I came back from my backpacking trip and here I am, sitting at the airport again, leaving for a new 'adventure'.
After almost nine months I don’t feel like a ‘first missioner’ any more, even though I am technically. I feel like I have been here and breathing this air for many more months than nine.
