District 1270 quickly responded to the recent disasters in both Burma and China in raising funds for much needed shelterboxes for both these countries.

The target of 10 shelterboxes has been exceeded significantly.  District 1270 have donated 17 boxes at a cost of £9,500

Thank you to all the clubs who have supported this humanitarian project when it has been most needed. 

More are still needed - any Rotarian wanting to respond to this need please contact Rotary Club of Cleethorpes direct.   Any non Rotarian organisation or individual who would like to support this project please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Update from Shelterbox follows:

As at 22 June: 

May was a £1.2 million month, some time since that was achieved!!! Now for the latest information
Myanmar 2194 boxes distributed + 378 tents = shelter for about 25,000
China, 800 boxes distributed +  3630 tents = shelter for about 44,300 people.
Also personnel is on the ground in both locations who continue distributing and gathering information.
We now estimate that since 2004 shelter has been provided for 500,000 people in 46 countries a total of 42,500 boxes has been sent as aid, including boxes.

Paid for with funds from:
UK * USA * AUSTRALIA * CANADA * GERMANY * DANMARK * SOUTH EAST ASIA * NORWAY * NEW ZEALAND* LUXEMBURG
 
MAJOR EMERGENCIES:
The number of people estimated to have been helped by shelterbox includes:-
 
2004 Boxing Day Tsunami                      227,000
2005 Hurricane Katrina                           13,200
2005 Kashmir Earthquake                       138,000
2006 Java quake & tsunami                    16,000
2007 Floods Pakistan & Nepal                19,150
2008 Cyclone Nagris Myanmar                23,720
2008 China Earthquake                          23,800
Ongoing Aid To Africa                             52,000
 
COST:- Each box costs £490 – including all materials, packing, storage and Distribution to individual recipients worldwide.
            Based on six months use this equates to 25 pence per person per day