Beirut, Lebanon: Unconfirmed numbers of Lebanese have been displaced by the on-going assault between the Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Israeli army. But what is known is that caring for the refugees have largely fallen on volunteers.  Read article

Volunteers from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society are working round the clock near crossing points at the Lebanon-Syria border to help thousands of people fleeing the fighting in Lebanon.  Read article

Beirut, Lebanon: With their supplies of food and medicine being quickly consumed, volunteers tending to the thousands of displaced Lebanese welcomed United States' promise of US$30 million in humanitarian aid yesterday. But what they'd really like from the Bush administration is pressure on Israel for a ceasefire.  Read article

Monteverde, Lebanon: Animal welfare volunteers rescued over 200 abandoned pets in Beirut and moved them eastwards, away from airstrikes against Hezbollah strongholds in the south. Foreign embassies told evacuees fleeing Israeli bombardment that pets are not allowed on ships and helicopters transporting them to countries such as Syria and Cyprus.   Read article

Haifa, Israel: Hundreds of volunteers have been steadily streaming towards north of Jerusalem since the daily shelling between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah group started two weeks ago. Volunteers are leaving their jobs, studies and families to help beleaguered residents of Nahariya, Safed and Kiryat Shmona.  Read article

The Lebanese Red Cross has mobilized 2,400 emergency rescue and first aid volunteers, as well as some 200 ambulances to evacuate and provide emergency relief to people wounded or displaced in the bombings by Israeli army.  Read article