Norfolk Rotary Charities has made a donation of ShelterBox USA in response to the Nepal earthquake disaster.

 

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25 killing an estimated 8,000 and injuring over 16,000.  The immediate needs of the hundreds of thousands earthquake victims are for shelter, clean water and food.

 

ShelterBox was adopted by the Rotary Club Helton-Lizard in Cornwall, England in 2000 as its millennial project.  Since then, it has aided more than 1,000,000 people in more than 240 disasters and humanitarian crises throughout the world.  The ShelterBox is a self-contained unit which provides for essential daily living needs.  Although customized for the region, it includes a tent large enough to house a family, thermal blankets and groundsheets, water storage and purification, solar lamps, cooking utensils, a basic tool kit, mosquito netting and children’s activity packs. 

 

To date, ShelterBox has aided more than 5,000 in Nepal. 

 

Thank you for your contributions to the Norfolk Rotary Foundation.  Your generosity has made this outreach to the people of Nepal possible.