Students vs. the machine / Sam Johnson

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Title

Students vs. the machine / Sam Johnson

Content partner

National Library of New Zealand

Collection

Index New Zealand

Description

Relates the experiences of Sam Johnson in helping with disaster relief in the aftermath of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and his work in organising student volunteers to help with clean up in communities. Notes that Johnson discovered there were no existing plans to organise large numbers of volunteers for disasters and that there were difficulties in overcoming bureaucratic resistance to their efforts. Outlines how Johnson used social media to recruit volunteers and how the organisation hel...

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Format

Journal

Date created

Nov 2012

Creator

Johnson, Sam

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/31803966

Related subjects

Young volunteers / College students / Disaster relief -- Citizen participation / New Zealand -- Christchurch / Canterbury Earthquake (N.Z. : 2010) / Christchurch Earthquake (N.Z. : 2011)

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