Hidden cameras in Oslo, Norway captured a series of emotional moments when strangers offered their coats, scarves and gloves to a shivering 11-year-old boy who was sitting on a bench at a bus stop, without a jacket.
SOS Children鈥檚 Villages International in Norway filmed the social experiment as part of a campaign to provide children in Syria with warm jackets and blankets.
鈥淎re you a person who would act when you see someone who needs help?鈥� The charity asks in the video. 鈥淭he children in Syria are freezing.鈥�
The organization hopes to raise awareness about the thousands of children suffering in the war-torn country, and urges people to show compassion to Syrian children, just as they did toward the young Norwegian boy.
The video, which has amassed almost 2 million views since being posted to YouTube on Feb. 19, is the latest in a series of emotional campaigns.
Meanwhile, UN Women, the UN鈥檚 branch dedicated to gender equality and empowering women around the world, has created a video targeted towards men, asking them to 鈥減ut yourself in (a woman鈥檚) shoes, instead of finding ways to blame her.鈥�
The 65-second video, posted to YouTube on Feb. 19, provides men with a glimpse of life as a woman, encountering sexual harassment in the streets in Egypt.
In a commercial for the Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation, viewers are shown how therapy dogs can help veterans cope with war-related trauma. 鈥淲e not only help people who cannot see but also those who have seen too much,鈥� the ad says.The video was posted to YouTube on Jan. 10 and has gone viral, garnering more than 1 million views.
