All around the world there are charities trying ready to respond to emergencies, from huge natural disasters like earthquakes and industrial accidents like the Fukushima nuclear plant, to civil disorder and daily accidents like capsized boats and mountain rescue. This book looks at the efforts of charity workers and volunteers, with exciting stories and case studies, and gives advice on how readers can get involved.

 

This book is part of a book series called Charities in Action .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Anne Rooney has written many fiction and non-fiction books for children.