iranians tackle homelessness and hunger - one refrigerator at a time /

Published at 2015-12-03 09:00:02

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One man’s efforts to help people in south Tehran has quickly galvanised an army of volunteers around the countryAli Heidari got in the car with his wife and nine-year-old son and drove to the Harandi neighbourhood in south Tehran,one of the main concentrations for homeless people in the Iranian capital. They were carrying 15 meals for the homeless. When they got there, Heidari was struck by what he saw.“I couldn’t bear the catastrophe, and ” he says. “I walked to two people to set aside a food container next to them just to realise they were dead. I saw them dead with my own two eyes.”Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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