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Azerbaijan’s volunteers in the line of fire
When the Azerbaijani government failed to take care of the civilians staying near the front during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, it was volunteers who stepped in. Their sometimes secret work continued despite danger, injury, and personal tragedy. When the war began, Barda resident and career peacebuilder, Ulviyya Babasoy fell into a deep depression. She told OC Media she first began volunteering because she felt she had to somehow make herself feel useful. At the first, her work was sporadic