Financial and Human Resources Coordinator

Yemen: The added layer of COVID-19

For my first mission, I would not have imagined finding myself trying to look into the eyes of the worst pandemic in recent years, in a country considered to be the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

20 Aug 2020 / 16 minute read

A day in Yemen is always a day to remember

“When you’re on assignment, it’s important to maintain a number of personal routines”

06 Jul 2020 / 14 minute read

Yemen: Welcome to the humanitarian world

Welcome to the world of humanitarian aid, where the sky is way more often tinged with grey than with blue, let alone pink.

20 May 2020 / 10 minute read

On the road: from Sana'a to Hajjah

I’ll never forget this moment. It would be hard to imagine a better welcome to a place where I’ll be spending the next six months. You don’t get a second chance to make a good first impression.

24 Apr 2020 / 10 minute read

Yemen: Arriving in Sana'a and beginning my mission

Thomas Briand highlights arriving in Sana'a and the procedures being taken before he starts his first MSF mission. He will be working in Human Resources and Finance in the northern part of Yemen.

08 Apr 2020 / 9 minute read

Diving into the unknown: How I became a field HR manager for MSF

When Canadian finance and HR manager, Thomas, meets an MSFer in Montréal, his dream of working in the humanitarian sector begins to take shape. He takes us on his journey – from that chance meeting to the start of his first mission in Yemen – to provide valuable insight into the MSF recruitment process.

01 Apr 2020 / 23 minute read

Lebanon: Meeting refugees from Syria

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.

16 Nov 2016 / 7 minute read

Babies in Bekaa

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!

21 Oct 2016 / 9 minute read

Nicole Bachtold and the MSF team in the car

Half time - At the midpoint of my assignment in Lebanon

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.

30 Sep 2016 / 4 minute read

Behind the scenes in Bekaa

"Time passes very quickly and I realised that it’s been a month already since I arrived in Lebanon."

06 Jul 2016 / 5 minute read