Jonathon Wharrad, who's from Evesham, works with Rapid UK, a non-government response team who go to disasters across the world and provide highly trained and experienced search and rescue personnel. "It’s something I stared a few years ago having been involved in outdoor pursuits and climbing - it was a move on from that to be able to use those skills to help other people. | "One of the things I look at is the positive side of the work that we do" | | Jonathon Wharrad - Rapid UK rescue worker |
"I am part of a team and it is a team effort - there were 25 of us who went out to Pakistan and we also took a number of search and rescue dogs." Jonathon told BBC Hereford and Worcester. The team were able to rescue seven people from the devastated area of Kashmir where they were working. Seeing the positive He says he was shocked by the extent of the disaster, but over the years he has developed a way of coping with the scale of such disasters, and the human suffering they cause. "One of the things I look at is the positive side of the work that we do. "When you meet the people that you’ve rescued and you are able to talk to them and see their joy in the fact that they are still with us, that’s something that gives a lot of satisfaction. "They ranged from a young child, a four year old boy, up to a 75 year old elderly lady." He hopes that people in the UK will continue to give money to support the work going on in the aftermath of the earthquake. "We were able to go out to Pakistan and with the support of the local community here in the UK who funded us we have been able to go and rescue people from several locations across the country that have been hit by the earthquake."
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