Shelterbox
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This year our club has $1000 budgeted to purchase a Shelterbox. We have helped purchase Shelterboxes for the past 10 years.
See the information below for a better understanding of what a shelter box is and how it has helped those in need...
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ShelterBox actively monitoring multiple disasters
ShelterBox has been busy this summer responding to disasters around the world - many that never get publicity in the international media. Flooding in Sri Lanka, a typhoon in Fiji, an earthquake in Ecuador, and the ongoing conflict in Syria are just a few of the 2016 deployments. New disasters are always on the horizon and ShelterBox remains ever vigilant. Here are situations that the Operations Team is currently monitoring: • Louisiana, USA - Flooding - At least 40,000 homes damaged, thousands displaced and 11 people killed in some of the worst flooding in Louisiana history.
• California, USA - Wildfire - The 18,000-acre Blue Cut fire has burned through rural communities in California, triggering evacuation orders for more than 82,000 residents as 700 firefighters battle the blaze. • Arequipa, Peru - Earthquake - A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck in the Caylloma province of Peru damaging houses, schools and highways. The quake struck a day before the anniversary of a 2007 earthquake in Peru that that left more than 500 people dead, 1,300 injured and around 200,000 homeless. • Mosul, Iraq - Conflict - It is likely that up to one million people could be displaced from Mosul as an expected offensive begins this month. ShelterBox is looking into how to best support refugee camps outside the city that are already overstretched.
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