Music for Syria

White Helmets are volunteers in Syria

White Helmets are volunteers in Syria Photo: White Helmets

„There's not much we can do to stop that conflict, but we can do something to help the victims of it - we can support the rescue teams!” Say organizers of a benefit concert for White Helmets, unarmed volunteers who risk their lives to help in Syria.

The concert is on Friday night at Gaukurinn and starts at 22:00. Performing: Elín Helena, GlerAkur and dj. flugvél og geimskip, all of them acclaimed musicians in Iceland. An opportunity to enjoy hip, local music and support some of the good in the world in the meantime.

White Helmets

As the conflict in Syria worsens, ordinary people are paying the highest price. More than 50 bombs and mortars a day land on some neighbourhoods in Syria. Many are rusty barrels filled with nails and explosives, rolled out the back of government helicopters -- bakeries and markets are the most commonly hit targets. When this happens the White Helmets rush in to search for life in the rubble - fully aware that more bombs may fall on the same site. These volunteers have saved 78,529 lives - and this number is growing daily.

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