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Tuesday, December 16, 2008: Brazil aid assessment
ShelterBox Response Team member Shaun Halbert and Peter Leach of Truro, Cornwall have just returned from Santa Catarina,
Brazil following an assessment. ShelterBox often responds to requests for help and assistance from local Rotary clubs
worldwide and in this instance, following many days of heavy rain in the Southern state of Santa Catarina, Shaun witnessed devastation
by floods and landslides. Despite 43,000 people being forced from their homes ShelterBox relief tents were not required due to the flood levels subsiding.
ShelterBox established an important contribution to the mail camp in Kabati
where the internally displaced people (IDP’s) of Congo had fled.
Monday, December 15th, 2008: SRTs return from Congo
ShelterBox Response Team members Graham Higgins from Helston, Cornwall and Jen Pagotto from Bath return from the DRC (Congo).
Graham and Jens trained up to five different Scout groups from the Goma region in the usage of the Box and its contents.
ShelterBox often works with the Scouts worldwide sharing important information on the maintenance of the tent, essential
for it to withstand the harsh conditions where it is used. 400 tents were deployed to Kabati where 30,000 internally displaced
people fled from the conflict zones. Now the Kabati camp has to move to Mugunga III, which is about 11 miles away.
This long journey, along a lava bead of boulders, has been lined with eight separate ShelterBox tented away stations.
The SRT’s on the ground chose to put these break points in place just to elevate some of the hardships these communities
where facing. ShelterBox was able to establish an important contribution to the main processing camp working with the
United Nations High Commissions for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP).
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Congo: ShelterBox links with four different Scouts Troops in Goma to train them
in the maintenance of the relief tent.
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Congo: Peter Pearce (AUS-SRT) in the middle with the international Scouts of Goma.
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Over 6 million people in Africa are homeless or displaced. Most are women and children. Shelter Box is committed to providing humanitarian aid on an on-going basis to peoples
around the world.
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What's in a Shelterbox?
Shelterboxes are usually packed with one (sometimes two) ten-person tent(s)
(200 sq ft). Other items can include insulated sleeping mats and bags, thermal blankets,
water purification tablets, water containers/carriers,
a trenching shovel, rope, a hachet, a jack-knife, a screwdriver,
a hammer, a multi-fueled cook stove, eating utensils and plates,
and a childrens' activity kit.
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2008 in Review
2008 has been a year of milestones for ShelterBox. In November we responded to our 75th disaster
and delivered aid to our 50th country. American Sponsors funded the 5,000th US ShelterBox. This year,
10,482 boxes have been deployed, helping over 100,000 people affected by these crises:
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