24,
October 2016 The White
Helmets
In
the midst of the horrors of the Syrian civil war, a group of activists are
trying to bring desperately needed help to the afflicted.
The Syrian Civil Defense, or the White
Helmets (known for the color of the hard hats they wear) comprising some 3,000
volunteers has been credited with saving over 60,000 people from the rubble of
buildings in war-torn Syria. They are made up of ordinary Syrian civilians.
They are teachers, builders, carpenters, students – just ordinary folk who
decided not to pick up a gun or flee Syria, but instead decided to wake up
every morning and risk their lives to save complete strangers. Their actions
are incredibly inspiring which brings new hope to a war ravaged country where
the international community has failed to bring an end to the hostilities. It’s
a story which resonates with people around the world, an effort to halt the
madness of war and offer the people of Syria new hope. The work is extremely
dangerous, one in six have been killed or badly wounded. Last month the group
won a Right Livelihood Award, known as the Alternative Nobel Prize. Their
motto, "To save a life is to save all of humanity." They were
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize but sadly did not get it. To broaden their appeal
and inject much needed sanity into the ongoing conflict, the founders of the
movement have just released a new Netflix documentary, “The White Helmets (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wj4ncIEDxw
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