From City worker to relief worker in Japan

1 January 2012 Last updated at 05:20 ET Help

One British man, Jamie El Banna, has described how he set up a relief centre in Japan following the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

London-born Jamie, 26, moved to Japan in 2008 after becoming bored of working in the City, and had never done any volunteer work in his life before.

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