Donate to ShelterBox Haiti Earthquake
As we see the difficult times in Afghanistan, we are missing the news about the people who also are struggling. For some time I stepped away from writing because my hand were full of my beautiful granddaughter with CF. For some time, like from when Covid19 first shut things down, until last spring, I hunkered down with my husband and Madeline. We did remote school the whole time from the fateful spring break till just last day of school. Well, she has returned to school In Abbott’s State. It is scary for me. That said, I checked my email and saw one from ShelterBox USA asking if I would write a diary here. I have problems figuring out how to move pictures around as the site has changed several times and I lost many photos from my picture library from back then. But here goes.
The green box goes for 1,000 and has a tent that can hold ten people. It has pots and pans, tools, blankets, water purifier, and some other stuff.
ShelterBox is a Rotary International Effort in disaster relief. Rotary are those people whose signs are in every town and city all over the world where people get together to do something good. ShelterBox is centered in Cornwall, England. ShelterBox USA aids in fund raising, training and supplying ShelterBox teams that fly into disasters to determine what the needs are there. In 2010, We raised over 130,000 with the help of others who wrote diaries and counted money to see how many boxes we could buy. We bought boxes for other disasters, too. If you scroll my diaries before my granddaughter was born, (back 8 years) you will see we have done a lot.
ShelterBox is sending an assessment team to the Dominican Republic after a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti. Buildings have been flattened. Hospitals already under strain from COVID-19 are overwhelmed.
Earthquake survivors were then hit by TropicalDepression Grace, which brought with it nearly 10 in of rain that could trigger flooding and deadly mudslides. Many face these conditions with no roof over their heads. Existing rescue efforts could be severely affected.
The ShelterBox team will work with fellow humanitarians to assess damage reports, understand from communities what they need, and work on the challenging logistics of delivering aid to areas where buildings have been reduced to rubble.
This will be the first time a ShelterBox team has deployed since the coronavirus crisis severely restricted international travel in early 2020.
Early reports show that almost 80,000homes have been destroyed or damaged – but search and rescue is the priority right now, so damage reports will soar in thecoming days and weeks.
ShelterBox have responded several times to Haiti, including in the aftermath of the catastrophic 2010earthquake. The charity will be using everything it has learned, and its close partnership with Rotary International, to forge local connections and make sure the right emergency shelter reaches communities when they need it.
ShelterBox is sending an assessment team to the Dominican Republic after a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti. Buildings have been flattened. Hospitals already under strain from COVID-19 are overwhelmed.
Earthquake survivors were then hit by TropicalDepression Grace, which brought with it nearly 10 in of rain that could trigger flooding and deadly mudslides. Many face these conditions with no roof over their heads. Existing rescue efforts could be severely affected.
The ShelterBox team will work with fellow humanitarians to assess damage reports, understand from communities what they need, and work on the challenging logistics of delivering aid to areas where buildings have been reduced to rubble.
This will be the first time a ShelterBox team has deployed since the coronavirus crisis severely restricted international travel in early 2020.
Early reports show that almost 80,000homes have been destroyed or damaged – but search and rescue is the priority right now, so damage reports will soar in the coming days and weeks.
ShelterBox have responded several times to Haiti, including in the aftermath of the catastrophic 2010earthquake. The charity will be using everything it has learned, and its close partnership with Rotary International, to forge local connections and make sure the right emergency shelter reaches communities when they need it.