We have launched a new Disaster Aid Uk and Ireland website. All future activity will be conducted on the new site.
This site will remain active for a time for existing LifeBox tracking but will be closed at some point in the future. Please update your links.
Pam Joyce, John Steward and Mike Davies attended from Disaster Aid UK where they were able to demonstrate LifeBox which had not been seen in the US up to that time.
We were able to liaise with delegates and members of Disaster Aid Australia, US and Canada.
As well as LifeBox, Disaster Aid Family Kit, First Aid Station, Solar Power System, School for 80 children and SKYJUICE Water Filtration System were displayed on the stand.
Disaster Aid Australia, together with our international partners, Canada, USA, UK and Ireland today offered our assistance to The Hon. Foreign Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd and AusAID. Within Rotary, RI President Ray Klinginsmith and RI President Elect Kalyan Banjeree have also been contacted to enable a Rotary response to this devastating disaster.
We confirmed the availability of 1,000 humanitarian aid packs stored in Shanghai and that together with our fully trained DARTs (Disaster Aid response teams, who are on standby) could be deployed to arrive within 72 hours, if required.
All aid has been donated by Rotarians and other generous donors around the world.
In December 2010 Disaster Aid deployed 192 kits to the Juba region of Sudan. These pictures show the some of the kits deployed. This operation was supervised by DART (Disaster Aid Response Teams) sent from Australia.
In our first deployment, our DARTs are distributing 5,000 LifeStraws and LifeBoxes in Pakistan this week. A LifeBox contains 6 LifeStraws and were distributed to survivors in the Pushtoon Gari where every house had been destroyed. DART Peter Newton reports “We were introduced to a young man with eight siblings whose father had been killed in the floods; he was most grateful to receive a LifeBox.”
Photograph: Courtesy of Disaster Aid International.
A new partnership between LifeBox and Disaster Aid International is set to transform the way aid is delivered by both organisations. LifeBox is also changing its name to Disaster Aid UK to reflect its new status and position within the worldwide network. With 35 years of experience of helping disaster victims, Disaster Aid UK will help with projects in conjunction with Canada, Australia and the USA.
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The scheme was started in 1972.
More than 26,000 boxes have been sent out to more than 26 countries throughout the world.
LifeBox is now an aid product offered by Disaster Aid Uk and Ireland
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