# Theresa May pays tribute to life-saving rescue group working in ‘horrendous’ conditions and will look at boost in British support.
Members of the White Helmets rescue children after an airstrike in Aleppo. The group’s 3,000 volunteers work in rebel-held areas where Syria’s official emergency services do not venture. Photograph: Sultan Kitaz/Reuters.
Since 2011, the UK has provided £2.71bn in aid to the Syrian humanitarian effort. Of this, £38.4m went through the conflict, stability and security fund to the White Helmets, a freedom of information request revealed this month.
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