50 Scouts from the West Department International Scouts d' Haiti work alongside the 82nd Airborne and set up 70 tents in four hours for the displaced earthquake survivors in the Palace East, central Port Au Prince
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Scouts Help in Haiti
50 Scouts from the West Department International Scouts d' Haiti work alongside the 82nd Airborne and set up 70 tents in four hours for the displaced earthquake survivors in the Palace East, central Port Au Prince
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tents Erected in Jacmel
A Haitian woman cooking outside her tent in Jacmel where two hundred and fifty ShelterBox tents have been erected.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Latest Video from Haiti
The latest video from Haiti featuring the head of ShelterBox France, John Diksa, who is also an SRT, is now on YouTube. It gives some idea of the complicated logistics of establishing a ShelterBox "village". We are not simply throwing tents up and wishing them well; we take care to ensure a viable and workable community has been established.
Here’s the link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GtGcr9OLAU
Here’s the link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GtGcr9OLAU
Friday, February 12, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Excellent Video from Haiti
If you need to know what we are doing in Haiti and how much it is appreciated - click on this link or copy and paste it into your browser:
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,64921944001_1960407,00.html
Tells you what we are all about. While the government's "matching" deadline is this Friday Feb 12, our efforts must continue and the fundraising will go on.
We have never had such enormous response as this. In Canada will be at 3000 boxes by next week and still support is coming in. This will mean more boxes into Haiti from Canada.
However after the 12th we cannot guarantee that a donation will indeed end up in Haiti. We will ship to them as long as aid is available and needed but there are other disasters happening and reserves to be rebuilt. Rest assured that the donations will still be utilized to save lives and assist in disaster relief.
We just moved 200 boxes from our prepositioned container into Egypt yesterday due to disastrous floods that wiped out an area. None of these were Canadian so all of our donations are still going to Haiti.
Keep up the great work and thanks to all of you for above and beyond service to your fellow human beings.
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,64921944001_1960407,00.html
Tells you what we are all about. While the government's "matching" deadline is this Friday Feb 12, our efforts must continue and the fundraising will go on.
We have never had such enormous response as this. In Canada will be at 3000 boxes by next week and still support is coming in. This will mean more boxes into Haiti from Canada.
However after the 12th we cannot guarantee that a donation will indeed end up in Haiti. We will ship to them as long as aid is available and needed but there are other disasters happening and reserves to be rebuilt. Rest assured that the donations will still be utilized to save lives and assist in disaster relief.
We just moved 200 boxes from our prepositioned container into Egypt yesterday due to disastrous floods that wiped out an area. None of these were Canadian so all of our donations are still going to Haiti.
Keep up the great work and thanks to all of you for above and beyond service to your fellow human beings.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
7000 ShelterBoxes to Haiti
Thousands of people left homeless by the devastating Haiti earthquake are due to start moving into a camp with hundreds of ShelterBox tents this week.
Situated near to the US Embassy in Port au Prince, the encampment named Congress Camp will house thousands of refugees from the centre of the city allowing them to stay close to their communities and carry on with their daily lives.
ShelterBox’s Response Team (SRT) in Port au Prince has been working around the clock to help set up the camp with hundreds of disaster relief tents, each of which can house an extended family of up to 10 people. The team has worked closely with the French aid agency ACTED and IOM (International Organisation for Migration) to create the tent village which is also equipped with showers and latrines.
John Leach, ShelterBox’s Head of Operations, said: ‘This is an urban camp which means people can carry on with their daily lives and won’t be forced to locations outside of Port au Prince.
‘We have a huge number of tents here which will provide shelter to thousands of people and give them a chance to start rebuilding their lives. But we also have tent encampments set up in several other locations in and around Port au Prince and thousands more ShelterBoxes on their way to the city.’
In another camp in Delmas, a suburb of Port au Prince, work is continuing to provide emergency shelter to families with newborn babies and pregnant women. Additional tents have been set up with the help of the US Military’s 82nd Airborne Division.
SRT member Mark Pearson (UK) said: ‘Forty additional ShelterBoxes were dropped here to replenish the camp and now more than 200 families are living in this camp. We could not operate without the full support of the US military and state department in this area.’
ShelterBox has also worked with the women’s charity V-Day in providing 40 ShelterBoxes to vulnerable women in Port au Prince. In addition, 50 ShelterBoxes have been given to the French association, Enfants de la Rue, to help house children caught up in the quake.
Meanwhile the aid operation continues. Another 1,800 ShelterBoxes are set to be flown from Stansted Airport to Santa Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on Friday,February 5th where they will be transported overland to Port au Prince. It will bring the total number of ShelterBoxes deployed in Haiti to more than 7,000 boxes, providing emergency shelter to more than 70,000 people.
ShelterBox Founder and CEO, Tom Henderson, added: ‘None of this would have been possible without the fantastic fundraising efforts from ShelterBox supporters around the world. The need is huge but the response is matching it. By the sheer grit and determination of our staff, volunteers and donors we’ve been able to respond in record time, preparing more ShelterBoxes in two weeks than we’ve ever done before. We’re in this for the long haul and I know our supporters will keep on going, keep on fundraising and keep on helping us make a difference.’
Situated near to the US Embassy in Port au Prince, the encampment named Congress Camp will house thousands of refugees from the centre of the city allowing them to stay close to their communities and carry on with their daily lives.
ShelterBox’s Response Team (SRT) in Port au Prince has been working around the clock to help set up the camp with hundreds of disaster relief tents, each of which can house an extended family of up to 10 people. The team has worked closely with the French aid agency ACTED and IOM (International Organisation for Migration) to create the tent village which is also equipped with showers and latrines.
John Leach, ShelterBox’s Head of Operations, said: ‘This is an urban camp which means people can carry on with their daily lives and won’t be forced to locations outside of Port au Prince.
‘We have a huge number of tents here which will provide shelter to thousands of people and give them a chance to start rebuilding their lives. But we also have tent encampments set up in several other locations in and around Port au Prince and thousands more ShelterBoxes on their way to the city.’
In another camp in Delmas, a suburb of Port au Prince, work is continuing to provide emergency shelter to families with newborn babies and pregnant women. Additional tents have been set up with the help of the US Military’s 82nd Airborne Division.
SRT member Mark Pearson (UK) said: ‘Forty additional ShelterBoxes were dropped here to replenish the camp and now more than 200 families are living in this camp. We could not operate without the full support of the US military and state department in this area.’
ShelterBox has also worked with the women’s charity V-Day in providing 40 ShelterBoxes to vulnerable women in Port au Prince. In addition, 50 ShelterBoxes have been given to the French association, Enfants de la Rue, to help house children caught up in the quake.
Meanwhile the aid operation continues. Another 1,800 ShelterBoxes are set to be flown from Stansted Airport to Santa Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on Friday,February 5th where they will be transported overland to Port au Prince. It will bring the total number of ShelterBoxes deployed in Haiti to more than 7,000 boxes, providing emergency shelter to more than 70,000 people.
ShelterBox Founder and CEO, Tom Henderson, added: ‘None of this would have been possible without the fantastic fundraising efforts from ShelterBox supporters around the world. The need is huge but the response is matching it. By the sheer grit and determination of our staff, volunteers and donors we’ve been able to respond in record time, preparing more ShelterBoxes in two weeks than we’ve ever done before. We’re in this for the long haul and I know our supporters will keep on going, keep on fundraising and keep on helping us make a difference.’
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Canadian Boxes to Haiti -Just the Beginning!
Here are some box numbers and donors that have gone to Haiti already. If you are not on the list yet bear with us - paperwork is taking longer than usual in these unusual circumstances. Lots of volunteers are helping out and we are trying our best to catch up with the administrivia.
Rotary Club of Niagara Falls, 1807/08/09
Rotary Club of Saskatoon Nutana, 1810/11
MacGillivray Family, 1812
Margot Harrison, 1813/14/15/16
Rotary Club of West Ottawa, 1817/18/19/20
Rotary Club of Kentville, 1821/22/23/24
Rotary Club of Calgary Millennium, 1825/26/27/28
Rotary Club of Kelowna Ogopogo, 1829/30/31/32
Rotary Club of Kenora, 1833/34/35/36
Rotary Club of Victoria Harbourside, 1837/38/39/40/41/42
Rotary Club of Toronto Foundation, 1843/44/45/46/47/48/49/50
Rotary Club of Quesnel Sunrise 2000, 1852
Rotary Club of Yarmouth, 1853
James & Alison Leamy, 1854
Victoria Grabb, 1855
Rick Offord - Century 21 Offord Realty, 1856
Don Bumstead, 1857
Rotary Club of Wiarton, 1858
Downes Family, 1859
Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha, 1860
Donna and Henry Neufeld, 1861
Rotary Club of Spruce Grove, 1862
Interact Club of Cowichan Secondary School & Citizens of Canada, 1863
Rotary Club of Ottawa & Citizens of Canada, 1864
Donald & Lynda Sales, 1865
Lorne & Patricia Larson & citizens of Canada, 1866
Robert & Marion McLaren Family, 1867
Rotary District 5370 & Citizens of Canada, 1868
Rotary Club of Grand Manan, 1869
Glenn & Joan Johnson, 1870
Rotary Club of St. John's East, 1871
Rotary Club of Bowmanville, 1872
Rotary Club of Richmond Sunrise, 1873
Don Luke Family, 1874
Lyle & Norine Miller, 1875
D. Kent Fraser, 1876
Art & Dianne Joyce, 1877
Cathy & Rene Proulx, 1878
Rotary Club of Edmonton Avenue of Nations, 1879
Rotary Club of Simcoe, 1880
Dave & Daisy Lowdon in memory of Claude Thibault, 1881
Wilson & Terry Muir, 1882
Denton Muir & Nicole Porter, 1883
Joan and Ted Bowles family, 1884
Doug Champ, 1885
Robert & Janet Balfour, 1886
Rotary Club of St.Catharines Lakeshore, 1887
Rotary Club of Thompson, 1888
Marianne Muir, 1889
Rotary Club of Cranbrook Sunrise & Citizens of Canada, 1890
Joan Firkins, 1891
Rick & Vi Chappell, 1892
Dr. Ken Muth (Rotary Club of Nelson), 1893
Rotary Club of Fort St. John Sunrise , 1894
Sprigge and Harper Families, 1895
Grant Kvemshagen, 1896
Rotary Club of Chatham, 1897
Herbert & Margaret Leroy, 1898
Rotary Club of Edson, 1899
Rotary Club of Cornwall Sunrise, 1900
Rotary Club of Duncan, 1901
Mr.Raul Marquez (Rotary Club of San Salvador Sur), 1902
John & Judy Taylor, 1903
Malcolm Davies, 1904
Susan Ross, 1905
Laurence Begley, 1906
Agrium Clavet Social Club, 1907
Jim & Nancy Campbell & Citizens of Canada, 1908
Robert Malcolm , 1909
Don & Anne Ohlgren , 1910
Percy & Sharon Butler, 1911/1912
Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty, 1913/1914
Rotary Club of High River, 1915/1916
Rotary Club of Kingston, 1917/1918
Rotary Club of Meaford, 1919/1920/1921
John & Donna Core/Joseph & Patricia Longo, 1922
John Tarrel/Duncan MacArthur/Felicity O'Caroll, 1923
Audrey Wickham and McIvor Family, 1924
Crossman Family & Gilles Durand, 1925
Norma Brown & Wayne Rodway/Rick & Lynda Anderson/Kim Caine, 1926
Reymer/Perry/Stillaway Families, 1927
Pat and Jean Miskiman and Family , 1928
Rotary Club of Kimberley , 1929
Gil Adams, 1930
Jim,May,Art Dalton & Lorraine Russel, 1931
Beatrice Fulton, 1932
Begley Overhead Doors, 1933
Sonntag Family, 1934
Bill & Rhonda Armstrong, 1935
Bork Family, 1936
Brenda Sorley Family, 1937
Cook Engineering ShelterBox Club, 1938
Crane Steel Structures & Staff, 1939
Darlene Cocks, 1940
David Knutson, 1941
Dianne & Phil Mamchur, 1942
Donna Webb, 1943
Doug & Gwen Milton, 1944
Ean & Jane Gower, 1945
Frederick Bieber, 1946
George & Maria Tietjen, 1947
Honeywood Veterinary Hospital, 1948
In memory of our son Glen (Bruce & Beryl Bays), 1949
Isabell Anderson for James&Judith Anderson&Family, 1950
Jeffrey Rayman, 1951
John & Carol MacLeod & Family, 1952
John & Joyce MacRae, 1953
John Daisley, 1954
Jon & Marguerite Toogood, 1955
Jones/Gunn Families, 1956
June & Frank Shoemaker, 1957
Keith & Joanne Tatton, 1958
Ken Carnes & Family, 1959
Ken Lane, 1960
Kevin Kennedy Family, 1961
Kim & Vince Marcotte, 1962
King Family & Friends, Winnipeg, 1963
Larry Kanters, 1964
Lindsay,Rachel,Kristen,Benjamin Price from Betty Elworthy, 1965
Manufacturing & Technology (Howard Humphrey), 1966
McGregor & Janzen Family, 1967
Midge Behnke, 1968
Mike McKone, 1969
Muriel Essery, 1970
Murray Family, 1971
Natalie Zigarlick, 1972
Rotary Club of Chilliwack Mount Cheam, 1973
Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial, 1974
Rotary Club of Kamloops West, 1975
Rotary Club of Limestone , 1976
Rotary Club of Montague, 1977
Rotary Club of Montreal Lakeshore, 1978
Rotary Club of Oshawa, 1979
Rotary Club of Parksville, 1980
Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise, 1981
Rotary Club of Simcoe, 1982
Rotary Club of St.Catharines AM, 1983
Rotary Club of Washago & Area, 1984
Richard McMullen, 1985
Robert & Adele Smith, 1986
Royal London Wax Museum,Victoria, 1987
Sean Hogan, 1988
Seguin,Curtin, & Wilkinson Families, 1989
St.Anthony's CWL & Hudolin Family of Thunder Bay, 1990
St.Mary High School - Prince Albert, 1991
Susan Knowling (Rotary Club of Minnedosa), 1992
Henry & Telio Families, 1993
Mewis Family, 1994
Tim Koepke, 1995
Tony & Val Wright for family and friends, 1996
Top of Victoria Leads Club , 1997
Vacuum Doctor, 1998
Waldy & Gloria Loewen, 1999
For William Gaskell's 95th Birthday, 2000
Walker Family-Kimberley, 2001
Peter Dicken, 2002
Rotary Club of Pembroke, 2003
Leanne Sargent/John Degroot, 2004
Allan Colborne, 2005/2006
Rotary Club of Abbotsford-Sumas, 2007/2008
Rotary Club of Melfort , 2009/2010
Rotary Club of Thornbury & Clarksburg, 2011/2012
Tami Wetmore, 2013/2014
Rotary Club of Chilliwack, 2015/2016/2017
Rotary Club of Toronto Twilight, 2018/2019/2020
Citizens of Canada, 2021/2022/2023
Rotary Club of Calgary Chinook, 2024/2025/2026/2027
Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise, 2028/2029/2030/2031
Maunders McNeil Foundation, 2032-2046
Rotary Club of Niagara Falls, 1807/08/09
Rotary Club of Saskatoon Nutana, 1810/11
MacGillivray Family, 1812
Margot Harrison, 1813/14/15/16
Rotary Club of West Ottawa, 1817/18/19/20
Rotary Club of Kentville, 1821/22/23/24
Rotary Club of Calgary Millennium, 1825/26/27/28
Rotary Club of Kelowna Ogopogo, 1829/30/31/32
Rotary Club of Kenora, 1833/34/35/36
Rotary Club of Victoria Harbourside, 1837/38/39/40/41/42
Rotary Club of Toronto Foundation, 1843/44/45/46/47/48/49/50
Rotary Club of Quesnel Sunrise 2000, 1852
Rotary Club of Yarmouth, 1853
James & Alison Leamy, 1854
Victoria Grabb, 1855
Rick Offord - Century 21 Offord Realty, 1856
Don Bumstead, 1857
Rotary Club of Wiarton, 1858
Downes Family, 1859
Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha, 1860
Donna and Henry Neufeld, 1861
Rotary Club of Spruce Grove, 1862
Interact Club of Cowichan Secondary School & Citizens of Canada, 1863
Rotary Club of Ottawa & Citizens of Canada, 1864
Donald & Lynda Sales, 1865
Lorne & Patricia Larson & citizens of Canada, 1866
Robert & Marion McLaren Family, 1867
Rotary District 5370 & Citizens of Canada, 1868
Rotary Club of Grand Manan, 1869
Glenn & Joan Johnson, 1870
Rotary Club of St. John's East, 1871
Rotary Club of Bowmanville, 1872
Rotary Club of Richmond Sunrise, 1873
Don Luke Family, 1874
Lyle & Norine Miller, 1875
D. Kent Fraser, 1876
Art & Dianne Joyce, 1877
Cathy & Rene Proulx, 1878
Rotary Club of Edmonton Avenue of Nations, 1879
Rotary Club of Simcoe, 1880
Dave & Daisy Lowdon in memory of Claude Thibault, 1881
Wilson & Terry Muir, 1882
Denton Muir & Nicole Porter, 1883
Joan and Ted Bowles family, 1884
Doug Champ, 1885
Robert & Janet Balfour, 1886
Rotary Club of St.Catharines Lakeshore, 1887
Rotary Club of Thompson, 1888
Marianne Muir, 1889
Rotary Club of Cranbrook Sunrise & Citizens of Canada, 1890
Joan Firkins, 1891
Rick & Vi Chappell, 1892
Dr. Ken Muth (Rotary Club of Nelson), 1893
Rotary Club of Fort St. John Sunrise , 1894
Sprigge and Harper Families, 1895
Grant Kvemshagen, 1896
Rotary Club of Chatham, 1897
Herbert & Margaret Leroy, 1898
Rotary Club of Edson, 1899
Rotary Club of Cornwall Sunrise, 1900
Rotary Club of Duncan, 1901
Mr.Raul Marquez (Rotary Club of San Salvador Sur), 1902
John & Judy Taylor, 1903
Malcolm Davies, 1904
Susan Ross, 1905
Laurence Begley, 1906
Agrium Clavet Social Club, 1907
Jim & Nancy Campbell & Citizens of Canada, 1908
Robert Malcolm , 1909
Don & Anne Ohlgren , 1910
Percy & Sharon Butler, 1911/1912
Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty, 1913/1914
Rotary Club of High River, 1915/1916
Rotary Club of Kingston, 1917/1918
Rotary Club of Meaford, 1919/1920/1921
John & Donna Core/Joseph & Patricia Longo, 1922
John Tarrel/Duncan MacArthur/Felicity O'Caroll, 1923
Audrey Wickham and McIvor Family, 1924
Crossman Family & Gilles Durand, 1925
Norma Brown & Wayne Rodway/Rick & Lynda Anderson/Kim Caine, 1926
Reymer/Perry/Stillaway Families, 1927
Pat and Jean Miskiman and Family , 1928
Rotary Club of Kimberley , 1929
Gil Adams, 1930
Jim,May,Art Dalton & Lorraine Russel, 1931
Beatrice Fulton, 1932
Begley Overhead Doors, 1933
Sonntag Family, 1934
Bill & Rhonda Armstrong, 1935
Bork Family, 1936
Brenda Sorley Family, 1937
Cook Engineering ShelterBox Club, 1938
Crane Steel Structures & Staff, 1939
Darlene Cocks, 1940
David Knutson, 1941
Dianne & Phil Mamchur, 1942
Donna Webb, 1943
Doug & Gwen Milton, 1944
Ean & Jane Gower, 1945
Frederick Bieber, 1946
George & Maria Tietjen, 1947
Honeywood Veterinary Hospital, 1948
In memory of our son Glen (Bruce & Beryl Bays), 1949
Isabell Anderson for James&Judith Anderson&Family, 1950
Jeffrey Rayman, 1951
John & Carol MacLeod & Family, 1952
John & Joyce MacRae, 1953
John Daisley, 1954
Jon & Marguerite Toogood, 1955
Jones/Gunn Families, 1956
June & Frank Shoemaker, 1957
Keith & Joanne Tatton, 1958
Ken Carnes & Family, 1959
Ken Lane, 1960
Kevin Kennedy Family, 1961
Kim & Vince Marcotte, 1962
King Family & Friends, Winnipeg, 1963
Larry Kanters, 1964
Lindsay,Rachel,Kristen,Benjamin Price from Betty Elworthy, 1965
Manufacturing & Technology (Howard Humphrey), 1966
McGregor & Janzen Family, 1967
Midge Behnke, 1968
Mike McKone, 1969
Muriel Essery, 1970
Murray Family, 1971
Natalie Zigarlick, 1972
Rotary Club of Chilliwack Mount Cheam, 1973
Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial, 1974
Rotary Club of Kamloops West, 1975
Rotary Club of Limestone , 1976
Rotary Club of Montague, 1977
Rotary Club of Montreal Lakeshore, 1978
Rotary Club of Oshawa, 1979
Rotary Club of Parksville, 1980
Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise, 1981
Rotary Club of Simcoe, 1982
Rotary Club of St.Catharines AM, 1983
Rotary Club of Washago & Area, 1984
Richard McMullen, 1985
Robert & Adele Smith, 1986
Royal London Wax Museum,Victoria, 1987
Sean Hogan, 1988
Seguin,Curtin, & Wilkinson Families, 1989
St.Anthony's CWL & Hudolin Family of Thunder Bay, 1990
St.Mary High School - Prince Albert, 1991
Susan Knowling (Rotary Club of Minnedosa), 1992
Henry & Telio Families, 1993
Mewis Family, 1994
Tim Koepke, 1995
Tony & Val Wright for family and friends, 1996
Top of Victoria Leads Club , 1997
Vacuum Doctor, 1998
Waldy & Gloria Loewen, 1999
For William Gaskell's 95th Birthday, 2000
Walker Family-Kimberley, 2001
Peter Dicken, 2002
Rotary Club of Pembroke, 2003
Leanne Sargent/John Degroot, 2004
Allan Colborne, 2005/2006
Rotary Club of Abbotsford-Sumas, 2007/2008
Rotary Club of Melfort , 2009/2010
Rotary Club of Thornbury & Clarksburg, 2011/2012
Tami Wetmore, 2013/2014
Rotary Club of Chilliwack, 2015/2016/2017
Rotary Club of Toronto Twilight, 2018/2019/2020
Citizens of Canada, 2021/2022/2023
Rotary Club of Calgary Chinook, 2024/2025/2026/2027
Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise, 2028/2029/2030/2031
Maunders McNeil Foundation, 2032-2046
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