The wounded in Syria must be very grateful that the White Helmets are around to help them.
Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:57am IST
Related: WORLD, SYRIA
Bakers, teachers, painters line up to volunteer to save lives in Syria
BY EMILY WITHER
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It looks like a sandstorm has blown in, the air thick with dust as a white van screeches to a halt and volunteers from Syria's 'White Helmets' dash in to help dazed survivors after an airstrike in Aleppo.
In life before the war these volunteers of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, were ordinary citizens, from bakers to teachers to painters. They are now on the frontline of the conflict and the first in when the shells hit.
"We used to be called to an attack once a month that had 30 martyrs, but during the Russian intervention we were called to many attacks, where the numbers of martyrs was more than 100 and the injured more than 200," said Raed al Saleh, director of the White Helmets.
Saleh used to be an electrical supplies salesman before heading up the search and rescue operation of the group of unarmed men and women that was set up to fill the void of emergency responders no longer on hand when the bombs dropped.
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Bakers, teachers, painters line up to volunteer to save lives in Syria
Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:57am IST
Related: WORLD, SYRIA
Bakers, teachers, painters line up to volunteer to save lives in Syria
BY EMILY WITHER
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It looks like a sandstorm has blown in, the air thick with dust as a white van screeches to a halt and volunteers from Syria's 'White Helmets' dash in to help dazed survivors after an airstrike in Aleppo.
In life before the war these volunteers of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, were ordinary citizens, from bakers to teachers to painters. They are now on the frontline of the conflict and the first in when the shells hit.
"We used to be called to an attack once a month that had 30 martyrs, but during the Russian intervention we were called to many attacks, where the numbers of martyrs was more than 100 and the injured more than 200," said Raed al Saleh, director of the White Helmets.
Saleh used to be an electrical supplies salesman before heading up the search and rescue operation of the group of unarmed men and women that was set up to fill the void of emergency responders no longer on hand when the bombs dropped.
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Bakers, teachers, painters line up to volunteer to save lives in Syria