Humanitarian disaster response team in place by Autumn

A new crack team of humanitarian experts will be ready to be deployed to a disaster zone by the Autumn, the Government said today.

Humanitarian disaster response team in place by Autumn
Mon, 02 Jul, 2007 - 15:41

A new crack team of humanitarian experts will be ready to be deployed to a disaster zone by the Autumn, the Government said today.

A national recruitment campaign to assemble the Rapid Response Corps has so far attracted 64 big-hearted volunteers including engineers, medics and IT experts.

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