Disasters Emergency Committee formed in Ealing
Good luck to the Councillor attempting Mount Everest and raising money for DEC. Readers may be interested to know that the idea and forming of DEC way back 1963 came from Ealing. When War on Want was based in Madeley Rd W5 run by Frank Harcourt-Munning from his home. DEC came about for a fund re Skopje(Macedonia) with the loss of 1600 lives and mass destruction earthquake in 1963.The other charities came together the first TV national appeal and all the idea of Frank who raised considerable sums for the needy of the World. The charity continues in Madeley Rd under the name of the Marr Munning Trust working on overseas Education and Employment/Training projects. We are proud of the heritage and Ealing's role when hundreds of volunteers came together collecting money and medicine working from Ealing Green Church Hall. That is now history and a story to be told. Glen Barnham Chair Marr Munning Trust.
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