AndyT posted a great diary on ShelterBoxes this morning -- see 100 ShelterBoxes By Sundown! Less Than 14 Boxes to Go! but unfortunately it's just slipped of the Rec list. Please help keep this on the list by adding your Rec.
This photo taken by Mark Pearson shows four year-old Carlos who had his leg amputated on Wednesday. He is now recovering in a ShelterBox tent and is pictured using one of the children’s packs sent in the boxes.
Hundreds of ShelterBox tents are providing emergency shelter in and around Port au Prince and hundreds more boxes are set to arrive today.
ShelterBoxes have been distributed at Bernard Mews hospital in Freres, a suburb of Port au Prince and at a second hospital in the capital. ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) member and General Manager, Lasse Petersen (UK), says the use of the tents by hospitals is already helping save lives.
SRT members Lasse, David Eby (US), Wayne Robinson (US), Mark Pearson (UK) have now been joined by Ian Neal (UK) and John Mackie (UK) on the ground in Port au Prince.
Mark Pearson said: ‘We’ve been working really hard the past few days setting up tents in two separate hospitals that are having an immediate impact and saving lives. As soon as the tents are up at the hospitals there are patients moving into them.’
Please Rec AndyT's diary 100 ShelterBoxes By Sundown! Less Than 14 Boxes to Go! to keep this important project in the forefront.