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This series tells the story of UNRRA, The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the first and largest international aid effort in human history. It's told through the eyes and letters of one of its staff, 29 year old Australian girl, Betty Souter. Few people now living have ever heard of UNRRA or the extraordinary urgent work it performed as the tide of World War 2 turned in favour of the allied nations. Millions upon countless millions of people were displaced, starving and homeless. They had no water, no power, and no hope. Interestingly, It’s a story that’s just as relevant today as our world faces its own challenges of political divisions, inequities, hunger, pandemic, and impending displacements of whole populations due to changing climate and rising sea levels.
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Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
We've tracked down a letter written by Marjorie Bloch, describing her arrival in China, meeting Betty and their wilderness adventure from Shanghai to Nanchang. She tells a great yarn. (Image: Marjorie Bloch at UNRRA House, Nanchang)
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