Red Cross Youth Delegates evacuated from Lebanon
My friends Trude and Camilla, who are working as Youth Delegates this year in Lebanon Red Cross were been evacuated from Lebanon over to Syria and flown back to Norway last weekend. On the 8th of May Camilla wrote the following on her blog:
- After two months of relatively calm the situation in Lebanon has seriously worsened during the last two days, and the whole thing is now very scary.
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Now I know a little better what real stress is. It is not myself I worry the most about; I am being taken good care of by the Red Cross, and if the situation demands it I will be evacuated from the country.
From her blog post “General strike and violent demonstrations in Beirut”
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten published an interview with Trude and Camilla on the 10th of May while they were still in Syria.
[In norwegian, translation underneath]
- Vi ble utstyrt med skuddsikre vester og annet sikkerhetsutstyr, men det var ikke så skremmende. Den beste beskyttelsen man kan ha i en sånn situasjon er Røde Kors-merket, sier Helgesen til Aftenposten.no.
[Translation from norwegian]
- We were equiped with bullet proof vests and other security gear, but it wasn’t too scary. The best protection one can have in such a situation is the Red Cross emblem, says Camilla Helgesen to Aftenposten.no
From the article “Trude (23) og Camilla (27) evakuert fra Beirut” at Aftenposten.no
I am glad to know that my two friends are safe back in Norway, while I still share their concern for the situation in Lebanon.
