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An obscure blog has kick-started a massive fundraising campaign that resulted in donations of almost £50,000 for international disaster relief charity, ShelterBox.
Today is the 3 month mark, since the fault slipped. Here's today's report from ShelterBox :
ShelterBox has now delivered over 13,000 ShelterBoxes to families who lost everything in the 7.3-magnitude quake, with each box containing a disaster relief tent to house a family of up to 10 and other items essential for survival.
As the world marks the three-month anniversary of the disaster, ShelterBox is preparing to send another 5,000 boxes of aid – enough for a further 50,000 people – with thousands more ShelterBoxes due to arrive in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, during the coming months.
Hello,
Your JustGiving page has been an unbelievable success and £38,000 is truly amazing! We are incredibly grateful for the support of you and everyone who has donated on your page. Your page has raised enough money for 80 boxes which will provide shelter, warmth and dignity for up to 800 people which is fantastic - if you could pass on our thanks to the people you know that have donated, I would be very grateful.
The way that JustGiving works is that once a page has been created, we will receive payments from them each week. You should receive a receipt with your first batch of box numbers soon. I hope this helps and once again, thank you so much for your fantastic efforts - they will make a huge difference to people who have lost everything.
James
Please note: The Track Your Box section of the ShelterBox website is currently undergoing essential maintenance and as a result the Track Your Box feature is currently unavailable.Track Your Box
Families with newborn babies and pregnant women have been given emergency shelter by the ShelterBox Response Team operating in Haiti.
The Response Team have set up a ShelterBox camp for up to 1,000 people on the Henfrasa sports field in Delmas, Port au Prince, Haiti, providing emergency shelter for the most in need and the most vulnerable.
ShelterBox Response Team member and General Manager Lasse Petersen said: ‘We agreed with the local community that the initial tent allocation would be for families with pregnant women and families with newborns.
‘We’re prioritising women and children, providing disaster relief tents, blankets, water containers, children’s packs and kitchenware, basically enough to set up families who have lost everything.
‘The Dutch marines have been very helpful for us in providing storage at Port au Prince airport as well as providing security to our team during the distribution of aid. There are hundreds of thousands of people left homeless but this is the first of our deliveries with
many thousands more to come.’
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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall is visiting ShelterBox HQ in Helston, Cornwall, next week.
‘Our staff and volunteers have been working tirelessly to send close to 10,000 ShelterBoxes to people who lost their homes during this tragic earthquake. This is a long-term commitment for ShelterBox and in the coming weeks and months we’ll be sending thousands more ShelterBoxes.’
The Duchess of Cornwall to visit ShelterBox
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Looks like our friends in Helston have the bit between their teeth.