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Shelterboxes into Burma
Stroud Rotary are proud to tell you that among the first aid to actually
arrive in Burma following the recent cyclone disaster were Rotary
Shelterboxes. Each Shelterbox contains a 10-person tent and 10 sleeping
bags, together with equipment such as cooking and household goods for a
family who have lost everything. The box itself doubles as a large
water-tank, and comes complete with water filter and purification tablets to
provide safe drinking water for many weeks.
The boxes are filled and prepared by volunteers of the Rotary Club of
Helston Lizard, and then stockpiled around the world ready for disasters to
happen. In the Burma disaster, a team from Shelterbox were given visas and
arrived on Day 4 - by now over 1000 Shelterboxes have been distributed, with
the help of local Rotary Clubs in countries around Burma.
Thanks to Tesco's for allowing the collection to take place at short notice
The boxes are sponsored by Rotary Clubs in the Uk, and other generous
donors. Stroud Rotary have sponsored 13 boxes at a total cost of over £6000,
money raised by the generosity of local Stroud people. For example, a recent
collection at Tesco Stroud raised nearly £300, and Stroud Rotary will be
sending 2 further boxes with the help of this money and other Club
fundraising efforts. Each box costs £500, and anyone wishing to
contribute (or even sponsor a whole box) can do so by contacting Stroud
Rotary www.stroudrotary.
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The pictures show the boxes arriving, the scene of utter devastation after
the cyclone, and the collection at Tesco. (Mike Davies, Leon Sandells and
Graham Furley of Stroud Rotary Club).
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Closing date for entries 30 Nov
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Raft Regatta
Sat 6 June 2009
Stroud Rotary send Shelter boxes to Burma
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2 Million rupees!! now available
So we need your old computers and Scanners
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