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ShelterBox in Canada Update: August 2010
ShelterBox is busy responding to the recent flooding in Pakistan and Brazil in addition to our ongoing relief efforts in Haiti. We also have supporters going to great lengths and heights to raise awareness and funds for ShelterBox! For a report on the work being done in Pakistan and how to donate, please scroll down below the world-wide updates.
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 Pakistan
To help with the Pakistan flooding earlier this week, 406 boxes have already been distributed and another 600 will be distributed by Wednesday. These boxes were pre-positioned by Mark Pearson on his last deployment to Pakistan. We are working with local agency, NRSP (National Rural Support Programme), who we have worked with in Pakistan for the past five years, to distribute the boxes.
http://www.shelterboxcanada.org/news.php?id=393
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 Haiti Relief Continues
ShelterBox continues to provide aid in Haiti. A new Response Team headed by Yi Shun Lai (US) has arrived to coordinate continuing effort with other relief organizations including the Fench Red Cross, ACTED, and Sustainable Aid Supporting Haiti. Six months later, 22,192 ShelterBoxes have been delivered in Haiti, enough aid for more than 220,000 people. More than 50 highly trained SRT members, from all walks of life, have now worked in Haiti for ShelterBox.
http://www.shelterboxcanada.org/news.php?id=376
A New Zealand aid worker in Haiti has hailed the iconic ShelterBox as a 'lifesaver' for providing patients who leave her field hospital with shelter, warmth and dignity. Lisa Carnie is a physiotherapist voluntarily working in Carrefour La Mort, north of Port Au Prince, with UK-based charity, the Haiti Hospital Appeal.
http://www.shelterboxcanada.org/news.php?id=387
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 Brazil
Canadian donations paid for 40 of the boxes sent to support the flood relief efforts in Brazil. As a new affiliate country,the first ShelterBox paid for by donations from Brazil has now been delivered to a Brazilian family in the flood-hit region of Alagoas. It's a wonderful story! For all the details click here http://www.shelterboxcanada.org/news.php?id=383
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 Canadian SRT joins team climbing Kilimanjaro
Canadian SRT member Dave Achtemichuk is a member of an international team marking the 10th anniversary of ShelterBox by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. A group of SRTs and ShelterBox supporters set off for Tanzania on Thursday, July 22 to begin the climb. The team consists of nine individuals from UK, two Americans and Dave Achtemichuk from Vancouver. You can follow the team's progress on their blog.
http://kiliteam2010.blogspot.com/
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 Global Cycle Challenge Starts in Canada
Tandem riders Huw and Carolyn Thomas from Cornwall, England are using Vancouver as the launch point for a journey that will take them 10,000 miles around the world - all in aid of the disaster relief charity ShelterBox. Canadian SRTs Jen Kormendy and Dave Achtemichuk along with several Rotarians in the Vancouver area are helping Huw and Carolyn with the logistics of their kick-off. The couple begins their epic ride on Sunday 8th August from the Vancouver Art Gallery, where local volunteers will be staging a display about ShelterBox. To read more visit their blog at
http://tandem10.wordpress.com.
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UPDATE ON PAKISTAN: August 2010 | ShelterBox partners in Pakistan have already distributed 1000 tents to survivors of the devastating floods that continue to ravage the country. Rotary Karachi and the NDMA (National Disaster Management Agency) are now distributing the tents in the Sindh province in south east Pakistan, the latest area to be affected by the spreading floodwater.
The tents were taken from prepositioned stock that was sent to southern Pakistan in June. ShelterBox is continuing to move aid into the region.
The need for aid in Pakistan is worsening by the day and it is now imperative that we employ the fastest and most efficient way of getting shelter to those who need it most. To ensure this happens we continue to work closely with our partners in Pakistan to get our equipment distributed in the flood-hit regions.
This disaster is still evolving as the flood water moves further south towards the Arabian Sea displacing thousands more people as it spreads. Our hearts go out to everyone caught up in the disaster.
Your ongoing support is needed.
While we are in the process of applying for permanent charitable tax status, the World Community Service Foundation of District 5550, a registered charity in Canada, is carrying on the program and accepting donations. Cheques are to be made payable to: District 5550 WCS Foundation Cheques are to be mailed to: District 5550 WCS Foundation Box 3541, Melfort, SK S0E 1A0 Donations can also be made on line at our website: www.shelterboxcanada.org Click on this link to download donation form.
ShelterBox - Pakistan Khyber Pukhtunkhwa - Floods - August 2010
Pictures from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in North Western Pakistan. Pictures courtesy of NRSP
Moving Forward
It continues to be business as usual for ShelterBox in Canada with support from Rotarians across Canada and our partnership with the District 5550 World Community Services Foundation .
Our volunteer working group is running daily operations, our ambassadors are carrying on with fundraising projects and our Canadian ShelterBox Response Team (SRTs) will continue to deliver emergency disaster relief to desperate people around the world.
The strong connection between ShelterBox and Rotary will continue. More than 7,000 rotary clubs worldwide have supported ShelterBox since it was launched ten years ago.
Your support lets ShelterBox send life saving relief to disaster victims - thank you on behalf of the families you help save.
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