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Disasters  Earthquake in Java – how would you survive?

Disasters Other disasters – caused by Tsunami, Hurricane, Drought or Widespread Flooding

Disasters Imagine being left with no home, no safe water to drink, and none of your belongings

Water-Survival Box – what is it?  Its main purpose is to filter water to make it fit to drink and prevent people from dying of thirst or water-borne diseases

Water-Survival Box – what’s in it?  Survival equipment: filter pack for clean water; items for eating and drinking; health and hygiene; shelter and tools; household items; but no food and no clothing (provided by others)

Water-Survival Box – what’s it cost?  £105 – includes box, lid, filtration pack, all contents, warehousing and transportation  Less than the cost of most IPODs or MP3 Players or MP3 Players

Tsunami India Sri Lanka Indonesia Millions left homeless, without safe water, and lost all belongings England and Europe Red Sea Africa

Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge District 1200  The Water-Survival Box was developed after the tsunami in the Indian Ocean when we sent 3,200 waterboxes to India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia  But that operation took us 6 months!  We realised that in the case of most disasters aid needs to arrive as soon as possible after disaster strikes

Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge District 1200  Indonesia is about 10,000 miles away from England  Sending Water-Survival Boxes by sea takes from 4 to 6 weeks from leaving England to arriving in Indonesia  They then have to be taken by plane or lorry to the disaster area - this can take another week or two  Is this the only solution?  and what use is it to survivors?

Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge District 1200  We realised that help also needs to be available as soon as possible after disaster strikes  Pack the boxes in advance and replace that picture of a ship with the picture of a plane?

Typhoons in the Philippines, December, 2006 Indonesia 18 villages were swept away by mudslides and widespread flooding - 80,000 people were left homeless, 1.5 million without safe water, and most lost all their belongings Philippines China Australia Africa England and Europe

Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge District 1200  We already had 60 boxes packed  We sent them by air  It took them just 4 days to arrive in the Philippines  Obviously it cost more to send by air  We still had to arrange transport from Manila airport to the disaster zone

Jenny Baldarana and her family lost everything in the Philippines typhoon disaster  we helped them  Photo courtesy of the ShelterBox Trust

Family with Water-Survival Box – after the devastating typhoons in the Philippines  we helped them too

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Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge District 1200  Since the tsunami we estimate we have helped more than 17,000 people in terms of providing them with a safe drinking water supply for 4 months each  That’s equivalent to 10% of the population of B&NES or 170% of the capacity of the Recreation Ground!  We have also provided them with all the other essential survival items

Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge District 1200 It has been achieved by working with:  Wirksworth Rotary Club (Aquabox)  Rotary Clubs throughout District 1200  Other Rotary Clubs  The community

Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge District 1200 Going forward we seek to:  To develop a strong brand to complement the ‘ShelterBox’ in the provision of immediate relief  To be as professional as ‘ShelterBox’  To work with all Rotary Clubs in the raising of necessary funds  Support thousands more victims of disaster

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