In the event of an international disaster, it’ll be easier for Manx residents to offer help.
A number of leading charities in the Isle of Man are coming together to form what’s called a rapid response network.
It means for a period of two days, the aid organisations will set up collection points across the Island in the main shopping streets.
A trial has already been run after the Niger famine appeal and ?4,000 was raised.
Co-ordinator for the One World Centre, Cheryl Cousins, says Manx people DO want to give:
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