Shelter Boxes – Rakesh and Stephen presented a video about Shelter Boxes and their value . Our club usually donates 2 boxes per year. The cost is $1500 each and thus far over 100,00 boxes have been used in emergencies. The latest need is in the Phillipines.
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Article posted by Jackie St John
We’re early in the 2018-19 Rotary year and sadly there has already been significant global natural disaster and conflict. In July there were two major earthquakes in Indonesia (6.4 and 6.9 magnitude), with many deaths and more than 300,000 people displaced from their destroyed homes.
There have been nearly 600 aftershocks, some of them substantial earthquakes. ShelterBox sent a volunteer Response Team to Lombok who worked with local Rotary contacts and liaised with local government authorities to understand how we could help. Fortunately, we had some aid items pre-positioned in the region which enabled quick response. We will be providing tents and tarpaulins to help local families start to rebuild their lives. Rotary teams will be helping our volunteers to deliver aid into the hands of the families who need it, to provide people with the tools to start the process of their own recovery. This highlights that the partnership we have with Rotary is invaluable.