ROTARY SHELTER BOX

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  THE clubs International Chairman P.P. Robert Fenton told of the special ShelterBox training day he attended, it was to encourage potential speakers to spread the gospel.  Founder, Tom Henderson OBE, saw the humanitarian response in most disasters was in the form of food and medicine. Little or no assistance was being given in terms of safe, secure shelter to help families survive the first days, weeks and months as they try to rebuild their lives. ShelterBox was created to fill this vuid.                                                                                                                                   

  Since its inception in 2000, they have responded to earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, typhoons and conflict, delivering emergency humanitarian aid to families in need on every continent.                                                                                                      

  They provide emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies for families around the world who are affected by disasters at the time when they need it the most.   From the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, we have responded to some of the largest disasters the modern world has ever known. Alongside this, we have also helped many thousands of people affected by disasters that you do not see in the media. Simply put, if there is an unmet need for emergency shelter, we will do everything we can to meet it.                               

  The ShelterBox solution in disaster response is as simple as it is effective; delivering the essentials a family needs to survive in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Each large, green ShelterBox is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, water storage and purification equipment, cooking utensils, a stove, a basic tool kit, a children's activity pack and other vital items.   Now firmly established at the forefront of disaster relief and their work constantly earns the respect of outside agencies. If there is one thing that ShelterBox have learnt, it is that the next disaster is just around the corner.      

  Since 2006 the Oldham club has purchased eleven boxes plus extra water purification tablets totalling