Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages 160-167Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.10.010
Keywords
Canterbury; earthquake; leadership; refugee; volunteering; wellbeing; youth
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The paper argues that volunteering has proven a critical source of wellbeing, belonging and leadership for refugee background youth in Canterbury, New Zealand, following the earthquakes of 2010-2011. In support of this claim, the paper considers the voluntary participation of refugee youth in two post earthquake youth-created and-driven initiatives. The first initiative is the Student Volunteer Army, which mobilised thousands of volunteers to assist residents with the immediate-post-disaster clean-up following each of the major earthquakes in Canterbury. The Summerz End Youth Fest, which in April 2014 brought young people together for a day of celebration and fun, constitutes the second initiative. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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