Typhoon Odette hit the Philippines
The Typhoon left hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands of families homeless. Initial reports showed devastation across many areas of the impacted regions, but it is only over the subsequent weeks that the full scale of damage has come to light. Initial assessments only hinted at the scale of destruction – nearly 1.7 million houses damaged or destroyed, massive damage to infrastructure, agricultural land, fishing communities and livelihoods across a vast geographic area of the country. In total, the Typhoon severely affected an estimated 9.9 million people across the six worst hit regions, leaving about 2.4 million people in need of assistance.
July 2022 - Mission completed.
In May 2022, ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency Philippines) received 200 water survival boxes from the Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge and with the aid of local partners began distributing them. A total of 200 households received a water survival box. This assistance provided the family beneficiaries with access to safe water, hygiene, dignity and shelter supplies addressing the identified needs of the displaced families. Broken down this relates to bringing much needed aid to 853 individuals in the Region/Provinces of ; VI/ Iloilo and Capiz, - CARAGA Region/ Surigao del Norte: - Region VII/ Bohol, - Region 8/ Southern Leyte. Without your generous financial help, none of this would have been possible. Thank you
Friday April 22nd. 2022 -
The long awaited shipment of 200 Water Survival Boxes destined for Manila to aid those effected by the aftermath of Typhoon Odette leaves our warehouse in Midsomer Norton (UK) today. The shipment being transported by air is scheduled to arrive in the Philippines on Friday the 29th of April. With thousands of families still in dire need of aid, this shipment will bring much needed help to many people. Thank you for your financial support which has helped make this shipment a reality. Please follow this page for news of its arrival
January 2021 - Typhoon Rolly
Our onsite partners, Upskills + Foundation and Purple Community Fund have been busy over the holiday delivering the boxes from our consignment to those in most need due to the effects caused by Typhoon Rolly and Ulysses. Grateful recipients express their gratitude “We were so very grateful to receive this disaster aid from Water Survival Box. The box contained everything that you would need in an emergency situation” This now marks the conclusion of this Storyline. Once again thank you for your support. Without it this could not have taken place.
December 12 2020
Finally the mammoth job of loading 200 boxes onto their trucks has taken place. The Upskills Foundation volunteers have now collected the boxes from the holding area and can start the process of redistribution. This much needed aid relief from Water Survival Box will go to those families which have been most affected following the recent typhoons. A spokesmen from the Upskills Foundation said “The generosity they have shown us at this time is most valued, it will help 200 families get through this difficult time.
(Images courtesy of the Upskills + Foundation/Purple Community Fund)
December 1st 2020 - 200 Water Survival Boxes
200 Water Survival Boxes left our Depot in Westfield Industrial Estate, Midsomer Norton on route to the Philippines. The aid is scheduled to be airfreighted on Thursday the 3rd from Heathrow airport on its way to Manila, where our partners in this relief project, Jane Walker (Purple Community Fund - formerly the Philippines Children’s Fund) will supervise collection and distribution of the boxes.
