+1 on the "what can we all do to help?" question. On the VPN topic, I suspect the functionary teams will be pretty open to granting IPBE for folks editing from that region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption#Used_for_anonymou... has details if anyone needs it.
– Molly White (GorillaWarfare) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GorillaWarfare she/her