Beirut Explosion Disaster August 2020 (RARF)
(From Rotary Down Under)
On 4th August, 2020, a catastrophic blast took out the commercial port of Beirut, causing 191 deaths, 6500 injuries, $USA 15 billion in property damage and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. Please donate to The Rotary Beirut Explosion Disaster Fund HERE.
Summary: To provide funds for humanitarian programs to assist the people in Beirut recover from the disaster.
Challenge: Numerous public facilities and hospitals where destroyed and assistance is needed to re-build.
Solution: Funds will be allocated to projects that will assist re-building and equipping the public facilities destroyed.
Long term impact: The aim is to get Beirut back into operation so that their public services can perform the tasks required look after their community needs.
Sponsored by: RAWCS National
OTHER DETAILS
Project number: | 19 of 2020-21 |
Manager: | PDG Michael Perkins (H) 03 6257 1774 (M) 0418 391 932 Email: lmperkins@bigpond.com |
Deputy manager: | PDG Merv Williams (M) 0439 534 791 Email: mervcris@bigpond.com |