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Last year, I had the amazing opportunity to work with many other volunteers in a large post-disaster recovery operation.   The disaster itself was a major event which affected a significant proportion of a town and its residents in northern Canada.   My role was to assist in the early days of the recovery effort once the situation had been stabilised and attention could be focussed on the longer term. I’ll probably write more about my experience as I found it quite fascinating and it has led me to do quite a bit of thinking about disaster response in general.   However, in this posting, I want to focus on the power of … Continue reading →