L’Aquila: The Deployment that Wasn’t

We went into Italy to see if the affected population needed our help, and they don’t. So there won’t be an EDV deployment in Italy.Part of me is sad, but I keep shushing that part as one hushes a child asking slightly embarrassing questions. This is the ambulance chasing, adrenaline junky that I suspect exists [...]

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Charities and Social Media

A recent article from Third Sector Daily on Charities and Social Media is a miracle of mixed reviews. The NSPCC has raised more than £10,000 through Facebook since it set up an application to allow users to make donations in 2007. “It’s a brilliant way to attract new supporters and engage with them, rather than [...]

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Italy

Unless you live under a rock, you know that there was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the Abruzzo Region of Italy. The city of L’Aquila was especially hard hit, as many of its buildings were hundreds of years old, and were obviously not up to modern, ant-seismic regulations. The figures are remarkable. Over 12,000 volunteers [...]

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