‘When disaster strikes, you have to help’: the volunteers in a global crisis
by Philip Oltermann, Vincent Ni, Gabrielle Canon and from on (#5MK8Z)
From Syrians helping in Germany's floods to Russian CrossFitters fighting fires, ordinary people helping to tackle the climate crisis
When Anas Alakkad, a Saarland-based translator and paramedic from Damascus, saw pictures of the flooded German towns on his Facebook feed on Sunday night, he fired off messages to Syrian friends around Germany.
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