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Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees

Published 9:15 AM EST, Thu February 6, 2014
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Syrian refugee Hala had been on the road for two days when she arrived in Jordan.  She smiles at Sweaters for Syria volunteers handing out winter clothes.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees —
Syrian refugee Hala had been on the road for two days when she arrived in Jordan. She smiles at Sweaters for Syria volunteers handing out winter clothes.
Sweaters for Syria
Ranya Alkadamani, who founded Sweaters for Syria, holds a Syrian refugee after he and his family just crossed the border into Jordan.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees —
Ranya Alkadamani, who founded Sweaters for Syria, holds a Syrian refugee after he and his family just crossed the border into Jordan.
Sweaters for Syria
Sweaters for Syria volunteers distribute sweaters to Syrian refugees who have just crossed into Jordan.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees —
Sweaters for Syria volunteers distribute sweaters to Syrian refugees who have just crossed into Jordan.
Sweaters for Syria
Australian volunteers help pack the Sweaters for Syria into containers. The woman behind movement,  Ranya Alkadamani,  is in the foreground.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees —
Australian volunteers help pack the Sweaters for Syria into containers. The woman behind movement, Ranya Alkadamani, is in the foreground.
Sweaters for Syria
Syrian refugees in Akkar and the Bekaa Valley are living in camps that are overwhelmed and often undersupplied.  Grassroots efforts are trying to help in large and small ways.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees —
Syrian refugees in Akkar and the Bekaa Valley are living in camps that are overwhelmed and often undersupplied. Grassroots efforts are trying to help in large and small ways.
Teun Voeten
Donations collected by the Lebanese group I AM NOT A TOURIST in Beirut were distributed to Syrian refugees in Akkar and the Bekaa Valley.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees —
Donations collected by the Lebanese group I AM NOT A TOURIST in Beirut were distributed to Syrian refugees in Akkar and the Bekaa Valley.
Teun Voeten
Thousands of bags of donated winter clothing and blankets for Syrian refugees collected by I AM NOT A TOURIST in Beirut, Lebanon.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees —
Thousands of bags of donated winter clothing and blankets for Syrian refugees collected by I AM NOT A TOURIST in Beirut, Lebanon.
Nader Nakib
Tanya Khalil says she refuses to be a neutral observer. Her country, Lebanon, has taken in nearly 900,000 Syrian Refugees.  She led an effort to collect 10,200 "bags of love" for Syrian Refugees.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian Refugees —
Tanya Khalil says she refuses to be a neutral observer. Her country, Lebanon, has taken in nearly 900,000 Syrian Refugees. She led an effort to collect 10,200 "bags of love" for Syrian Refugees.
Nader Nakib
I AM NOT A TOURIST volunteers in Beirut, Lebanon form a human chain to load truck full of donated goods for Syrian refugees.
Grassroots efforts to help Syrian refugees —
I AM NOT A TOURIST volunteers in Beirut, Lebanon form a human chain to load truck full of donated goods for Syrian refugees.
Nadir Nakib

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