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Really Rewarding, Health Care Australia Volunteers

Disaster Relief Australia | April 2022

corporate volunteering in disaster relief

Today was really rewarding and a big eye-opener seeing how much was destroyed in the floods. It’s one thing hearing about it – but seeing it is completely different!

When we first arrived at a homeowner’s house, we thought “this is a huge job, how are we going to do this?” But we achieved so much and walked away knowing that we’d made a real difference.

The Disaster Relief Australia environment was awesome, and the team on the ground were really informative and supportive. It’s been a really positive experience, despite it not being a positive situation. We would 100% get involved again, DRA is really well organised and it’s been really eye-opening to see how much work goes in behind the scenes.

Really Rewarding, Health Care Australia Volunteers

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