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Facebook SOS: Nepal earthquake volunteers found on social media

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In what is left of Kathmandu’s Durbar Square, local and foreign volunteers have been helping soldiers and aid workers clear rubble from around an ancient temple.<br /><br /> They are working together to get the job done with whatever means they have – pickaxes, shovels or their bare hands.<br /><br /> Kathmandu’s Durbar Square after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. #Photos by PrakashMathema pic.twitter.com/7GpqAHbLA0— Agence France-Presse (AFP) April 25, 2015<br /><br /> Yet amid the ruins of treasures of a bygone age, that most modern means of communication – Facebook – has been used by local resident Sabin Dhozzossi to recruit willing helpers.<br /><br /> “I’ve been calling, on Facebook, to all the young guys helping us – cleaning up all the stuff from here,” he said.<br /><br /> The search for survivors goes on but every passing hour lessens the chance of anyone being found alive beneath the rubble.<br /><br /> Nepal has told aid agencies that it does not need any more foreign rescuers to come because its government and military

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