Quickly I shower and get myself ready for the big day. I have been passionately waiting for the ship to come to Beirut, not only coz it is Greenpeace’s flagship, it is rather the very crucial and bold message it is touring for “Nuclear Free Middle East” It is more than anytime before that I feel so proud of being part of such a big and caring organization.

This is not the first time I step on board the Rainbow Warrior; I had the chance to get on board during the summer war for nothing more than 20 minutes. I was present among the Lebanese Greenpeace staff during the war, and I was looking forward to at least welcoming the ship in Port de Beirut after it had made four shipments of a total of 160 tons of medications for Medicine Sons Frontier.

This time is way different though, I am going to be a major part of the activities taking place on board. With complete enthusiasm, I along with volunteers and other staff members, welcome the first visitors on board, a big group of lovely school pupils, and start touring them around the ship and explaining in general each part of it, and trying as much as possible to make those young minds understand our peaceful message. In the afternoon, the crowd got even more interesting, youths and different generations, and I was nothing but eager to deliver the amazing message of the tour to those people.

After a couple of days of hard work on board, you get to think, the Rainbow Warrior is not only a symbol anymore, it is a core, a fascinating combination of spirits and beliefs from all over the world, coming together to serve the good of human beings.

Together for a better world