Hello
Some of you may remember this thread, in which we asked for Mumsnetter volunteers to go along to an event giving insight into the work of the Disasters Emergency Committee - an umbrella organisation that steps in when there's a big international emergency. Recent examples include the earthquake in Nepal in April 2015, the typhoon in the Philippines in November 2013, and the emergence of ebola as a healthcare crisis in 2014.
Four MNers are poised to go along to the events over the next couple of days, and this thread is for them to let us know what it was like - and of course for anyone else who's interested to jump in too. The perfect distraction from biting your nails over the US Presidential election!
The first event takes place this morning (Tuesday) so we should start to hear what our MNers made of it all later on today.
Thanks
MNHQ