After disaster
Tara Bloom takes a closer look at the support and humanity displayed as a result of tragedy
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Shutterstock.com What would you do if you were caught in a disaster? What would you do if you couldn’t return home? If you’d lost your friends and family? Where would you go and how would you rebuild your life?
This is a situation more and more people around the world find themselves in every day. The number of natural disasters has increased dramatically over the last century – ranging from earthquakes to volcanoes, floods, storms and heatwaves. There are also many people displaced by manmade disasters such as war and persecution.
Being forced to leave home is incredibly difficult, especially for those who need to leave their country as well. Many have been removed from everything they know and will need to build new lives in a place they know little about. Although they may be with their family and others from their country, they have been transplanted and will need support and compassion to grow.