RIBI International Resource Group Newsletter August 2010

 Rotary GB&I International Resource Group

Newsletter August 2010 

Since the July newsletter the phone lines and emails have been extremely busy responding to the most recent disaster in Pakistan. 

Pakistan Floods

The worst floods for 80 years have devastated large areas of Pakistan killing 2000 and affecting 20 million people who have had to flee their homes. The news from the Districts is that Rotarians have responded quickly to the request for clean water and shelter by supporting the box projects.

• Lifestraws, www.lifestraw.org.uk, initially sent 3000 straws via Lifebox and since then have sent their total stock of 11,000 which equates to 7,000,000 litre of drinking water. The straws are ideally suited to this crisis as it allows the user to take surface water, pass it through the filter and drink it.
• Water Survival Box, www.worldwaterworks.org, have been working tirelessly with their partners Humanity First UK to get much needed supplies to where it's needed most.  So far 400 Water Survival Boxes have been despatched. The following e-mail was received from Humanity First UK:

Once again, WorldWaterWorks Limited has come up trumps with its Rotary Water Survival Boxes. The devastating floods in Pakistan have left millions displaced and destitute. Your boxes are helping them to cope in difficult conditions in places such as Muzaffargarh, Dera Ismail Khan, Peshawar and Dera Ghazi Khan. The speed of your response has allowed us to get these boxes to the needy within days of the disaster. I look forward to continuing to work with your magnificent team." Fazal Ahmad, Global Marketing Director

• ShelterBox, www.shelterbox.org, have responded magnificently as always. They sent 1000 tents which will house up to 10,000 people who have lost their homes. This is in addition to the emergency goods which are contained in the Shelterbox which is almost always first to disaster areas.
• Lifebox, www.life-box.org.uk, have been transporting Life Straws.
• Aquabox, www.aquabox.org, has agreed to send