Those who survived are assisting in efforts to locate others, deputy CEO said
“It’s been an ongoing effort for those who were identified quickly as being safe and well. They participated in trying to locate all of their colleagues. And it only emerged day by day really for us when we couldn’t account for someone and we would reach out to our teams on the ground in buildings, joining the search and rescue efforts.”
In some instances staff came across the remains of colleagues when helping in rescue efforts, said Ms Van Lieshout. “Every crisis is different in something like an earthquake.
“So in a crisis like this between two large earthquakes, followed by over 70 aftershocks over the course of 24 hours, people felt very unsafe about travelling to help and to even assess the needs and be able to return home or stay in buildings. It’s been a really difficult week.In spite of the heartbreak that we’re going through, we are on the ground. We’re already deeply involved in assessing food, non-food items, providing supports around shelter.
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