Nepal Shelter Box Update

Posted by ruth kaser 
on May 11, 2015
 
Below is an update regarding the tremendous response from District 6630 for Nepal:
  • 1. 500 Shelter Boxes in partnership with NGO ACTED is in transit. Date of Arrival TBD
  • 2. 500 Shelter Boxes in partnership with IOM is in transit. Date of Arrival TBD.
  • 3. 53 Shelter Boxes for Shelter Box teams in Nepal. They have arrived.
  • 4. 500 Shelter Boxes in partnership with Handicap International are in transit. Date of Arrival TBD
  • 5. 500 (United Nations specification tents) For SB Teams have arrived and are being processed through customs.
  • 6. 500 Shelter Box Kits for Shelter Box teams have arrived in Nepal and are waiting to clear customs.
  • 7. 500 Shelter Box Kits for SB teams from Dubai are due to be sent on second chartered flight with date of arrival TBD
  • 8. 1,736 Shelter Box its in partnership with IOM from Dubai are due to be sent on third charted flight. Date of arrival TBD.
Please be reminded that the destruction is totally overwhelming and it is always a complex process getting items through customs. The SB office staff told me that they have been flooded with request for assisting those in Nepal and that they are doing everything possible to respond to Rotarians, Rotary Clubs, friends of Rotary, Corporations and others as soon as possible. In addition, our manufactures have been put on notice asking them to help respond and ramp up their activities in getting SB contents to us. Unfortunately, it is estimated that there will be a six to eight window to provide some assistance in some of the more remote regions due to the imminent threat of monsoon season, which will mean that certain targeted communities will become the priority for Shelter Box assistance. Further it is reported that 8.1 million people are reported to be in need of humanitarian assistance. with hundreds of thousands of people sleeping outdoors in makeshift shelters. Thunderstorms are in the forecast, mountain snows are melting and the monsoon season is fast approaching which lead to the growing risk of landslides and flash flooding will add to the challenges for rescue and relief teams. Currently, there are 12 Shelter Box Response Team members working in Nepal. Special thank you to Rotary District 6630 Rotarians and all Rotarians through out the world for help those in time of need. Thank you for all that you do in helping others. For further information, please feel free to contact PDG Jack A. Young, Shelter Box USA Board of Director Emeritus at 440-759-4000 or Jack1villa@aol.com as to how you can help.