It's not just the weather which is changing. Bet notes the relationship between UNRRA staff and the local chinese is not as it was. She muses that the political difficulties in China are deteriorating and that a full-blown civil war may indeed come to pass. She's keen to head for home, after some last minute shopping of course. (Image: Her favourite former Nanchang boss, Bill Duncan, and his wife Molly)

It's not just the weather which is changing. Bet notes the relationship between UNRRA staff and the local chinese is not as it was. She muses that the political difficulties in China are deteriorating and that a full-blown civil war may indeed come to pass. She's keen to head for home, after some last minute shopping of course. (Image: Her favourite former Nanchang boss, Bill Duncan, and his wife Molly)

It's not just the weather which is changing. Bet notes the relationship between UNRRA staff and the local chinese is not as it was. She muses that the political difficulties in China are deteriorating and that a full-blown civil war may indeed come to pass. She's keen to head for home, after some last minute shopping of course. (Image: Her favourite former Nanchang boss, Bill Duncan, and his wife Molly)
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Episode 48 - 9 December 1946: Change is in the air

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 48 - 9 December 1946: Change is in the air

Episode 48 - 9 December 1946: Change is in the air