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Previous updates covering disasters in Malawi, Kerala, Somalia, Caribbean etc, from 2016 - 2019
Cyclone Idai -
Cyclone
Idai - Malawi
We have, with help from Khalsa Aid International
[KAI] ,already delivered 200 boxes into
Malawi and a further 300 are being
distributed , also by KAI.
23 February 2019 - 200 boxes en route
to Syria and arrangements being made for another 200 to go
to Malawi after floods.
From
Kerala, South West India.
200
families displaced by monsoon floods in Kerala, India were
supplied with a Water-Survival Box to protect them from
water-borne diseases and other essential survival items
with which to help rebuild their lives. Thanks to our
newest partner – Khalsa Aid International – who were
responsible for the distribution – see detailed....
Final Report Kerala
2018 – JUNE – 200 WSBs are en route to
Somalia: Following flash floods in which
thousands lost their homes and no longer had access to
safe drinking water. World Vision International will be
responsible for distribution to those families most in
need.
2018 – APRIL – 200 WSBs were provided to the Argentine
Red Cross Society for families that had been displaced
by extensive floods in Salta Province in the North East
of ARGENTINA. An excellent report supplemented by
photographs and a video where recipient families were
interviewed can be seen here
LINK
to MULTIMEDIA:
Final Report
The attachment is the Final Report received from the
Argentine Red Cross in respect of the distribution of
200 WSBs to families affected by severe floods in the
north-west of the country. The following link contains a
number of photographs and a short video with interviews
of some of the recipients.
2018 – JANUARY – 100 Water-Survival Boxes were sent to
SYRIA for distribution to families that had been forced
to flee from the Al Ghouta suburb of Damascus following
the escalation of the on-going conflict in that country.
2017 – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER – Hurricane Irma, followed two
weeks later by Hurricane Maria, devastated most of the
islands in the Caribbean. The extent of the damage
affected virtually everyone – most losing their homes
and access to safe drinking water. A total of 400 WSBs
was sent for distribution by the local Rotary District
and Clubs on the British Virgin Islands; St Martin
(French) and Sint Maarten (Dutch); and Anguilla
(British). Extensive damage to the infrastructure,
almost total loss of communications and limited
availability of shipping support were major challenges
for our Rotary colleagues on the ground. However,
despite the delays our aid was distributed to families
in need as they began the task of rebuilding their
homes.
2017 – SEPTEMBER – WATER-SURVIVAL BOX- SWITZERLAND –
this new Rotary charity was launched on the shores of
Lake Lucerne and is the initiative of Rotarian Bernhard
Etienne and other members of the Rotary Club of Luzern
Wasserturm. Having first been informed of our ‘pure’
Rotary charity by a visiting Danish Rotarian and
following detailed enquiries the Swiss charity was
formed to provide an opportunity for Rotary Clubs
throughout Switzerland to donate funds to be used to
increase the number of WSBs that we can supply when
responding to disasters worldwide. On each
subsequent deployment WSB-SWITZERLAND has agreed to
cover the cost of half of each consignment.
1st photo
shows Rtn Beni Etienne, Chairman of WSB-Switzerland,
District 2000 (East Switzerland) Governor Markus Hauser and
Hugo Pike. The cheque for 15,000 Swiss francs from Markus
Hauser paid for 75 Water-Survival Boxes since sent out to
the Caribbean.
2nd photo features local Rotarian who presented a cheque to pay for 25 more boxes – raised by friends and family in celebration of her 50th birthday.
