ShelterBox Program For Haiti..EH Rotary
Posted by Patricia Gilchrest
on Feb 02, 2010
East Hampton Rotary Participates in International ShelterBox Program For Haiti
The East Hampton Rotary Club responded immediately to the crisis in Haiti. According to Rotary Club's President, Rob Norrby, a $1,000 donation was sent to ShelterBox USA for a ShelterBox. Rotary clubs worldwide are responding to the dire needs in Haiti by supporting the Shelterbox program.
The East Hampton Rotary Club responded immediately to the crisis in Haiti. According to Rotary Club's President, Rob Norrby, a $1,000 donation was sent to ShelterBox USA for a ShelterBox. Rotary clubs worldwide are responding to the dire needs in Haiti by supporting the Shelterbox program.
East Hampton Rotary recently also sent a donation for a ShelterBox to be sent to Sri Lanka in response to needs in that part of the world
What is a ShelterBox? Supported by Rotary International, ShelterBoxes are big green boxes that are self-contained emergency shelter units, usually packed with one (sometimes two) ten-person tent(s). Other items can include insulated sleeping mats and thermal blankets, water purification kits, water containers/carriers, a trenching shovel, a multi-fueled cook stove, eating utensils and plates, a children's' activity kit and other essential items. water purifier containers/carriers, a trenching shovel, multi-fueled cook stove, eating utensils and plates, a children's activity kit and other essential items. Each box is numbered and the donor has the ability to track the final destination of the box.
ShelterBox has established three separate operational centers in and around Haiti to help distribute assistance to the estimated one million left homeless by the devastating January 12 earthquake. The three-person ShelterBox Response Team(SRT) in Haiti has set up an operations base in the capital, Port au Prince, with the assistance of local Rotarians to coordinate the delivery of aid in the country. They are working with the French aid agency ACTED to determine the areas in most need of assistance and are training personnel to put up tents ahead of their arrival into the devastated country.
The Haiti operation is being supported by logistical hubs set up in Miami and the Dominican Republic capital, Santa Domingo.
Shelter-Box Head of Operations, John Leach stated, "This is the largest, quickest and most complex deployment in our history. We are now very well organized across four countries to get ShelterBoxes to the people of Haiti quickly. We are set up to channel aid to those in need efficiently and effectively in the days and weeks to come. This is a long term commitment from ShelterBox and we have to sustain our initial push."
More than 3,300 ShelterBoxes have been committed so far, enough to help up to 33,000 people. Given the enormity of the disaster, more boxes are being packed ready to be sent to the Caribbean county.
For more information on this Rotary International-supported ShelterBox program and to donate to the program, visit Shelterboxusa.org.
What is a ShelterBox? Supported by Rotary International, ShelterBoxes are big green boxes that are self-contained emergency shelter units, usually packed with one (sometimes two) ten-person tent(s). Other items can include insulated sleeping mats and thermal blankets, water purification kits, water containers/carriers, a trenching shovel, a multi-fueled cook stove, eating utensils and plates, a children's' activity kit and other essential items. water purifier containers/carriers, a trenching shovel, multi-fueled cook stove, eating utensils and plates, a children's activity kit and other essential items. Each box is numbered and the donor has the ability to track the final destination of the box.
ShelterBox has established three separate operational centers in and around Haiti to help distribute assistance to the estimated one million left homeless by the devastating January 12 earthquake. The three-person ShelterBox Response Team(SRT) in Haiti has set up an operations base in the capital, Port au Prince, with the assistance of local Rotarians to coordinate the delivery of aid in the country. They are working with the French aid agency ACTED to determine the areas in most need of assistance and are training personnel to put up tents ahead of their arrival into the devastated country.
The Haiti operation is being supported by logistical hubs set up in Miami and the Dominican Republic capital, Santa Domingo.
Shelter-Box Head of Operations, John Leach stated, "This is the largest, quickest and most complex deployment in our history. We are now very well organized across four countries to get ShelterBoxes to the people of Haiti quickly. We are set up to channel aid to those in need efficiently and effectively in the days and weeks to come. This is a long term commitment from ShelterBox and we have to sustain our initial push."
More than 3,300 ShelterBoxes have been committed so far, enough to help up to 33,000 people. Given the enormity of the disaster, more boxes are being packed ready to be sent to the Caribbean county.
For more information on this Rotary International-supported ShelterBox program and to donate to the program, visit Shelterboxusa.org.