Disaster Volunteers

Recruiting and Managing People Who Want to Help

Phillips
Elsevier S&T
208 pages
ISBN-13: 9780128138465
January 2020

Volunteer work can make a difference to those harmed by natural, technological, and human-induced disasters if it is done well. Disaster Volunteers provides readers with information on why people volunteer, the benefits gained by volunteers and recipients, and how to leverage such good will. Learning from a variety of past disasters, readers will gain realistic insights into the challenges of disaster contexts.