Loïc Nervi, a baker with a big heart. Photo courtesy of Nervi.
It’s the last batch of the day, and Loïc Nervi is busy in his bakery in Lorgues, his hometown in southern France. His thoughts, however, are 4,000 kilometers away in Lebanon, a country he has never visited but is about to discover. That evening, the 40-something baker will leave his family — his wife, his daughters, ages 7 and 9, his sisters — and his employees for a two-week humanitarian mission. From Marseille airport, he’ll fly to Beirut, not as a tourist but as a volunteer. “I’m not going to show off, take pictures, or stroll around,” he says firmly.The decision came after seeing footage of Israel’s bombings in Lebanon last summer. “I watched those horrible videos — bombs falling on homes, destroyed buildings, people in the streets, the injured, all in distress — and I told myself, my place is there,” Nervi recalls. “I’m going to...
It’s the last batch of the day, and Loïc Nervi is busy in his bakery in Lorgues, his hometown in southern France. His thoughts, however, are 4,000 kilometers away in Lebanon, a country he has never visited but is about to discover. That evening, the 40-something baker will leave his family — his wife, his daughters, ages 7 and 9, his sisters — and his employees for a two-week humanitarian mission. From Marseille airport, he’ll fly to Beirut, not as a tourist but as a volunteer. “I’m not going to show off, take pictures, or stroll around,” he says firmly.The decision came after seeing footage of Israel’s bombings in Lebanon last summer. “I watched those horrible videos — bombs falling on homes, destroyed buildings, people in the streets, the injured, all in distress — and I told myself, my place is there,” Nervi...
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