All Else Failed
eBook - ePub

All Else Failed

The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid Crisis

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

All Else Failed

The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid Crisis

About this book

In 2015, increasing numbers of refugees and migrants, most of them fleeing war-torn homelands, arrived by boat on the shores of Greece, setting off the greatest human displacement in Europe since WWII. As journalists reported horrific mass drownings, an ill-prepared and seemingly indifferent world looked on. Those who reached land needed food, clothing, medicine and shelter, but the international aid system broke down completely.In a way that no one could have anticipated, volunteers arrived to help. Dana Sachs's compelling eyewitness account weaves together the lives of seven individuals and their families - including a British coal miner's daughter, a Syrian mother of six, and a jill-of-all-trades from New Zealand - who became part of this extraordinary effort. The story of their successes, and failures, is unforgettable and inspiring, and a clarion call for resilience and hope in the face of despair.War had shattered people's lives. This is what happened next.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Also by Dana Sachs
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Individuals
  9. Map
  10. Prologue
  11. Part One: Lost
  12. Part Two: Foreign Land
  13. Part Three: Volunteers
  14. Part Four: Waiting
  15. Part Five: When the Sun Rises
  16. Epilogue
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Author’s Note