Bolivia Flooding 2014
MONITORING: Bolivia Flooding
In the first weeks of February more than 190 mm of rain, the expected monthly total, fell in the span of 24 hours in Bolivia. Bolivia’s rainy season falls between November and April and this season’s relentless rain has caused major flooding and landslides. Officials expect that at least 50,000 people in seven of the country’s nine districts have been left without a home.
ShelterBox has been monitoring the situation and has sent a ShelterBox Response Team to assess the damage and need for ShelterBox aid. Our ShelterBox team aims to investigate areas that may have been affected by flooding but may have been overlooked.
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worked in Bolivia before, providing shelter to families after four other disasters. The latest response was in 2014 when tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes across the northwest of the land-locked Latin American country by widespread flooding. ShelterBox worked to provide families with ShelterBox tents and other aid items so families could begin rebuilding their lives.
While ShelterBox has a team assessing the need in Bolivia we are also working to support families in Madagascar, Bangladesh, Dominica, Barbuda, Antigua, Dominican Republic, the Syrian Region, Iraq, Somaliland, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. Thanks to the continued support of individual Rotarians and Rotary Clubs across Canada, ShelterBox is able to respond at a moments notice, assisting families in 13 countries around the world.
STUDENT CHALLENGE: Off the Grid
When disasters and power lines go down, families are left vulnerable, wretched away from comfort, light and electricity. Off the Grid challenges students to go without power for 12 hours to understand some of the impacts of disasters on families around the world.
Off the Grid is a friendly competition between Canadian schools, student groups and Interact clubs to raise funds to ensure no family goes without shelter. The top fundraising school will receive a visit from Survivorman, Les Stroud.
This challenge is a great opportunity for Interact Clubs and Youth Exchange students to understand some of the impacts of disasters all while supporting a Rotary Project Partner. If your Youth Exchange Students or Interact club are interested in taking the challenge please contact Tess Widdifield, Rotary and Community Fundraising Manager at tesswiddifield@shelterboxcanada.org
Is your club interested in having a ShelterBox Presentation at an upcoming meeting? Let us know at support@shelterboxcanada.org
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ShelterBox and Rotary are official project partners in international disaster relief. ShelterBox is a registered charity independent of Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation