Syria

: How was she supposed to just sit on the beach, she wondered, when migrants fleeing Syria were coming ashore a few kilometres away "It felt a little ridiculous that I could do something but would choose not to," she said, according to CTV. Vayntrub, 29, deliberately missed her flight home so she could wrap refugee babies in blankets and make sandwiches for the new arrivals. The actress best known for her role as the chirpy, blue-shirted "Lily" in a popular series of AT&T commercials was a toddler when her parents fled Uzbekistan as refugees in 1989. Later, back in Los Angeles, she founded Cant DoNothing.org, a non-profit with a simple mission: Encourage people around the planet to do something -- anything -- to help. "I'm asking everyone to find simple ways to share your time, your money, your voice to make a difference. Her initiative, shared under the hashtag #Cant DoNothing, has unleashed a buzz on social media, with people from around the planet sharing photos and videos of their acts of kindness and solidarity. Helping can be a lot of things," Vayntrub told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.