Collection for Nepal earthquake disaster

Wed, May 13th 2015 at 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Aldi, Quedgeley

A huge thank you to customers, and to Aldo, for allowing us to collect a total of £1196. Thank you also to BBC Radio Gloucestershire for thie support and publicity for the collection.

This will allow us to puchase 2 Shelterboxes.

Along with our previous collection at Tesco, Stroud, and other donations, we have been able to cover the cost of 4 Shelterboxes, and to make a cash donation to the DEC ppeal.

ShelterBox currently has several response teams working in the country to provide shelter for the people who were made homeless by the first quake - including one member from Nailsworth Rotary. Before the second quake, their response teams succeeded in providing shelter to almost 1,000 people in remote communities in the mountainous district of Sindhupalchok, despite almost impassible roads and heavy storms. They have also given tents to several hospitals in Kathmandu to provide safe spaces for people injured by the earthquakes to be treated.

This is still continuing of course.

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