Syria Civil Defense called the White Helmets, a volunteer non-governmental organization operating in rebel-controlled Syria. When the bombs fly and civilians are endangered, in need of protection and aid they rush in to help. Today one of them, Raed Al Saleh, in a poignant plea in The Guardian is desperately asking for help in getting civilians out of danger “ As a White Helmet I ask for one thing: safe passage for those in Aleppo “.
Aleppo’s humanitarians are calling for safe passage for all civilians, and those that serve them, out of Aleppo. Yesterday we learned about a deal to get all 100,000 civilians across the four kilometres to Western Aleppo and into some sort of safety: with a few dozen buses and lorries they could all be evacuated in 24 hours. However, this has not happened. We need the international community to pressure those who have blocked the deal. Can any one country really say it has done everything in its power to stop these massacres?
The countryside around Aleppo where they would be sent is still not “safe”: Russian and regime bombs drop daily. But at least there is no siege there, and parents are not watching their children being killed in front of them.
Help in any way you can by calling, writing, facebooking, tweeting by adding information on ways that you know of that we in the community can help! Word needs to get out to help the civilians with safe passage!