Episode 179 - Cyrine Farhat- T1D, Diabetes Advocate, Discussing Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon

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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