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BWNS: Youth in Beirut Create Disaster Recovery Network
October 18, 2020, in Videos > News, by Sonjel VreelandThis video from the Baha’i World News Service (BWNS) describes how, in the days after the explosion that rocked Beirut in August, a group of youth engaged in Baha’i community-building efforts quickly met to make plans for assisting with relief and recovery. They created a volunteer network called the “Helping Hub” to coordinate the actions of people around them, an initiative that has evolved in subsequent months to respond to ongoing needs.
You can read the full Baha’i World News Service article here: Youth in Beirut create disaster recovery network
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Sonjel Vreeland
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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