Syria's White Helmets win 'alternative Nobel Prize'

[Sally]

Hopefully this is the prelude to their getting the Nobel Prize.



Syria's White Helmets win 'alternative Nobel Prize'



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Syria's White Helmets win 'alternative Nobel Prize'
The White Helmets are reported to have saved around 60,000 people in Syria [AFP]

Date of publication: 22 September, 2016

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The Syrian humanitarian organisation have been lauded by the Sweden based Right Livelihood Award Foundation for 'outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians'.


The Syrian Civil Defence - popularly known as the "White Helmets" - were named as joint-winners on Thursday of the Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm, often called "the alternative Nobel prize".
The White Helmets received a sum of $88,000 and shared the award with other civil society groups and individuals.

This included Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina, founder of the Civic Assistance Committee that offers legal aid and education to migrants and refugees, Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, which has been at the forefront of Turkey's struggle for a free press.

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[aris2chat]

One of the latest videos of them saving a baby, the white helmet in the van is sobbing, praying and singing seeing the baby move in his arms, while the others are putting betadine on the baby's face and a bandage over a gash on it's head.
I pity when at some point when this calms down many will literally collapse both physically and mentally, BTDT. The emotions now are like small earth tremors releasing the tensions to delay or prevent a major 7.0 mega earthquake.
They need all the joy can find. They also need to express enough sadness to get through the days or they will crack and be unable to do what they do and become the victims.

There is war and there is the hell of war.

Then there is just hell

and even for those who question god and religion have to admit there are real human angels

 

[aris2chat]

why there is so much death and suffering......

The Islamic State and Assad: Two sides of the same coin

 

[aris2chat]

This is what the white helmets are up against

An obscene array of weapons is turning Aleppo into a slaughter house

 

[aris2chat]

The Syrian Trauma

 

[aris2chat]

One of the latest videos of them saving a baby, the white helmet in the van is sobbing, praying and singing seeing the baby move in his arms, while the others are putting betadine on the baby's face and a bandage over a gash on it's head.
I pity when at some point when this calms down many will literally collapse both physically and mentally, BTDT. The emotions now are like small earth tremors releasing the tensions to delay or prevent a major 7.0 mega earthquake.
They need all the joy can find. They also need to express enough sadness to get through the days or they will crack and be unable to do what they do and become the victims.

There is war and there is the hell of war.

Then there is just hell

and even for those who question god and religion have to admit there are real human angels

https://t.co/NqdzBKxgXL

 

[Bleipriester]