<p>UNRRA Nanchang office took yesterday, 4th July off work. Bet describes a VERY big day, and a new romance. (Image: A man named Hank, pictured with his very good friend 'Jake', foreman of the Chang-Kung-tu ferry crossings. 'Neither understands a single word the other is saying'.)</p>

UNRRA Nanchang office took yesterday, 4th July off work. Bet describes a VERY big day, and a new romance. (Image: A man named Hank, pictured with his very good friend 'Jake', foreman of the Chang-Kung-tu ferry crossings. 'Neither understands a single word the other is saying'.)

Episode 21 - 5 July 1946: A man named Hank

This series tells the story of UNRRA, The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the first and largest international aid effort in human history. It's told through the eyes and letters of one of its staff, 29 year old Australian girl, Betty Souter.

Few people now living have ever heard of UNRRA or the extraordinary urgent work it performed as the tide of World War 2  turned in favour of the allied nations. Millions upon countless millions of people were displaced, starving and homeless. They had no water, no power, and no hope.

Interestingly, It’s a story that’s just as relevant today as our world faces its own challenges of political divisions, inequities, hunger, pandemic, and impending displacements of whole populations due to changing climate and rising sea levels.

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This series tells the story of UNRRA, The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the first and largest international aid effort in human history. It's told through the eyes and letters of one of its staff, 29 year old Australian girl, Betty Souter. Few people now living have ever heard of UNRRA or the extraordinary urgent work it performed as the tide of World War 2 turned in favour of the allied nations. Millions upon countless millions of people were displaced, starving and homeless. They had no water, no power, and no hope. Interestingly, It’s a story that’s just as relevant today as our world faces its own challenges of political divisions, inequities, hunger, pandemic, and impending displacements of whole populations due to changing climate and rising sea levels.

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Episode 21 - 5 July 1946: A man named Hank

Episode 21 - 5 July 1946: A man named Hank