This week’s guest is Cyrine Farhat (@positiveonglucose_diabetes on Instagram)
Rob and Eritrea are back on the intro and we discuss ONE YEAR of “Doing Things Day” takeovers from people with Diabetes from across the world. It’s especially relevant for this episode, because Cyrine was the first takeover in our series, only days after the horrible events of the Beirut Blast. It was those events that inspired Rob and Eritrea to send as much insulin as they could get their hands on to the Diabetes Community in Beirut.
After the intro, Rob, Eritrea and Cyrine discuss:
The Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon
Living with Diabetes during a crisis
The difficulties accessing insulin in Lebanon
The power of community
And much more!
In the episode, Cyrine mentions a few resources and articles, we’ve linked them below:
Fundraiser: Donate for Glu-cause
https://ihjoz.com/events/6159?utm_medium=social&utm_source=heylink.me
Blog post from T1international explaining the situation
https://www.t1international.com/blog/2021/08/31/global-advocacy-success-series-cyrine-lebanon/
BBC video report explaining the situation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMkx4MEEnB0
Reuters report explaining medication situation:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/bitter-pill-lebanons-medical-crisis-set-get-even-worse-2021-06-02/
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