Lifebox has received £1100 donation towards the Haiti Appeal.

Rtn. Randell Eastman said, "Please accept this small gift from us to convey our thanks to Lifebox for your efforts on behalf of the Chinese people, in their time of need and to assist you with your generosity to the people of Haiti."

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Thanks to Virgin Atlantic,s generosity 159 no. Lifeboxes & 3 no. boxes containing a total of 900 no. LIFESTRAWS were flown to Miami on VS005 which left Heathrow on Monday 1st Feb.

Lifebox have patiently awaited a slot in what has been a "Log-Jammed" system and booked trans-shipment on from Miami to Laffiteau (Port Au Prince), a RORO (Roll on Roll Off) system for containerised goods.

Our boxes in a 40ft Container will be at Laffiteau (PAP) on Monday 8th Feb and will be received & distributed by Rotarian Dr. Claude Sarena and other fellow Rotarian in Haiti.

Our team at Lifebox wish to thank ALL those who have helped in filling boxes, sending much needed donations.

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LifeBox is acting to send aid to Haiti

The LifeBox coordinator liased with RC's in District 7020 and Rotary in Miami, Jamaica & Haite to work out the logistics of ensuring this shippment arrived at the right time and to the best Rotary sources for distribution.

A BIG thank you to VIRGIN ATLANTIC for their help.

DG Ken Boylett (1050) and RIBI President Ian Thomson are joined by Rotarians from Rochdale and Denton & Audenshaw Clubs to fill Lifeboxes at DHL warehouse Rochdale.

Here the boxes packed onto a Bus, organised by Nino, to transport the Boxes from the Airport in Tbilisi the Georgian capital, to Gori, a town badly damaged and looted during the conflict.

These people are refugees, either from villages, or towns, who, due to the fighting, have left their homes and have had their possessions destroyed or stolen. They need help as they have very little left, and the Life Boxes give them a chance to start again.

Here we can see a box that has a sticker on it from Chelmer Bribge R/C, Essex

50 No. LifeBoxes have been despatched from our Rochdale Warehouse via Turkish Airlines and will be landed in Tbilsi, Georgia on Monday 25th August.

The boxes are being distributed by the "Georgian Social Relief Fund". The chairman, John Corlett, is a Rotarian member of RC of Northwich Vale

We are pleased to announce that you can now track ordered boxes online.

Once you have ordered a box and following initial processing you will receive an email confirmation of your box's unique ID number. You can use this number to check on the status of your box at any time from the "Box Tracking" link in the top menu.

In addition you will receive an automated second mail advising you of the destination when your box is shipped out of our warehouse to help those in need.

[Mr Gong inspecting the boxes at the LifeBox warehouse]

The Chinese Consul General in Manchester, Mr Gong Jianzhong, visited the LifeBox warehouse where the emergency box charity operated by the Rotary Club of Denton & Audenshaw is based. Mr. Gong accepted, on behalf of the Peoples Republic of China, a consignment of 100 LifeBoxes and 1200 Lifestraws.

Unfortunately due to the continued problems with getting aid accepted into Burma and being sure that the aid would be able to get through to where it was needed, LifeBox made the decision not to send the planned consignment of 100 boxes.

LifeBox proposes to dispatch 100 no. LifeBoxes to the disaster area together with an additional 500 no. Lifestraws. This quantity will benefit a village of up to 400 people.

Over 15,000 people have lost their lives (a figure that continues to rise) and hundreds of thousands have been made homeless by this devastating cyclone.

More news to follow...