Four of Canterbury's All Blacks, including captain Richie McCaw, have been enlisted for a campaign advertising where those traumatised by the earthquake can get help.
McCaw, Brad Thorn, Kieran Read and Corey Flynn, who are all in Sydney preparing for New Zealand's Tri-Nations test against Australia on Saturday, had agreed to Health Minister Tony Ryall's request to help out with the campaign, the minister in charge of the earthquake recovery, Gerry Brownlee, told media today.
They would be involved in an ad campaign to tell people who are suffering from trauma in the aftermath of the earthquake there is a phone number they can call and people who can help them.
"No one should be in any way reticent in coming forward," Mr Brownlee said. "This has been a very fearful experience for a lot of people and I think all of us have been stopped in our tracks one way or another."
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