NORTHERN ALEPPO COUNTRYSIDE — In the Syrian province of Idlib, where hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Syrians struggle to make a living, a new initiative has revived the communal spirit, through a much-needed clothing drive.

In the first stage, Oct. 10-Nov. 10, campaign organizers placed five collection and distribution boxes in various parts of Saraqeb, a small town 12 miles southeast of the city of Idlib. The haul was then organized for distribution to the needy before the harsh winter sets in.

The campaign, Think of Others, is the brainchild of Saraqeb Youth, a group established in 2014 by young people eager to volunteer. The group had previously organized a number of educational activities, such as producing plays for children and conducting photography courses, in attempts to try to normalize life in Saraqeb, which made international headlines when Syrian government helicopters dropped chlorine gas on it on Feb. 11.

The 20 volunteers for the clothing drive obtained permission from local councils to set up boxes around town, after which they conducted an awareness campaign to inform residents of the location of the boxes and what to put (and what not to put) in them: no summer clothes or items that are so old or so tattered as to be unusable.