 (ShelterBox) ShelterBox plans to send 200 boxes of aid overland from the UK to the Ukraine, containing essentials such as ten-man tents, blankets, cooking equipment, tools and water purification kits.
ShelterBox Responds in Ukraine
Press Release, ShelterBox
AUGUST 19, 2008UKRAINEShelterBox responded to news of severe flooding in Central and Eastern Europe by sending much-needed aid for the estimated 30,000 people who have been displaced by the disaster.
ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) members Shaun and Carol Halbert, from Truro, Cornwall, flew to Budapest in Hungary this week and are travelling into the disaster zone to carry out an assessment of the need for aid in the affected areas.
ShelterBox plans to send 200 boxes of aid overland from the UK to the Ukraine, containing essentials such as ten-man tents, blankets, cooking equipment, tools and water purification kits.
Shaun Halbert, ShelterBox Response Team, said: “We are currently in Rakhiv in the Ukraine, which is close to the Romanian border. Here, around 85 homes have been destroyed or severely damaged in flooding and resulting landslides. Next, we will travel further into the disaster zone to the more remote villages, to assess their situation and need for aid."
Each box is 23.7” (570mm) wide by 33.2” (842mm) long by 22.4” (602mm) deep – giving a capacity of 40.7gallons (185 litres). Fully packed, a box generally weighs between 110lbs and 130lbs (50 to 60kg).
Each box costs ShelterBox an average of £490 – including all materials, packing, storage and distribution to individual recipients worldwide. Based on six months use only – this equates to 27pence per person per day.
Each ShelterBox normally holds a 10-person tent and a range of other equipment, such as:
• Thermal blankets, insulated ground sheets & insecticide treated mosquito nets
• A wood burning stove, or
• A multi-fuel stove that can burn anything from diesel to old paint!
• Cooking pans, utensils, bowls and mugs
• Collapsible water containers and water purification tablets
• Basic tool kit –hammer, axe, saw, pliers, hoe head, trenching shovel, rope etc
• A small, children’s pack containing drawing books, crayons, pens etc.
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