| Save a Meal, Save a Life
ShelterBox - Home to 10,500 victims in Myanmar and 4,000 victims in Sichuan ... and thousands more homeless need your help
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To save a meal is easy; your saving of a meal can help save a life through providing the disasters victims with a rugged shelter to ten persons as their home!
The cost of a meal, be it $2, $20 or $200, is part of the daily routine. Be it for business, social, family or hunger, we consume 3 meals a day as a minimum standard of living.
You have the power to create meaningful and magical change to the life of others simply through your saving of a meal!
I appeal to you to skip a meal, have a light meal or convert the business entertainment meal as donation to save a meal that would help us to build a home to the disasters victims in Myanmar and China.
To initiate this project, Rotary Club of Bugis Junction leads the way with an initial donation of S$5,000 and seek your help to support us on this effort.
Latest Update
For the most current update about ShelterBox
http://www.shelterbox.org/news_index.htm
Myanmar - Persistence and patience is gradually paying off in Myanmar...
500 ShelterBoxes on its way to Yangon; News from SRT Leader Ian Neal and SRT Patrick Olson on the ground in Yangon. Read more...
China – immediate response of 400 ShelterBoxes …
ShelterBox Response Teams stood for a 3 minute silence in Tiananmen Square. Two SRT's Pat Prendergast (Swindon) and Tom Lay (Somerset) are now on their way from Beijing to Chengdu, Read more...
Donation Drive
Within the short span of two months, the project raised a total of S$61,557.50. We are very appreciative of the generosity by the donors to enable us to provide humanitarian aid in the form of shelter, to bring warmth and comfort to people displaced by the disasters. Name of donors in Roll of Honor .....
Without the help of these volunteers from 5Cs of SIA and UNLV who rendered their time and effort to support us, this project will not be possible. Name list of volunteers ....
Roll of Honor – without these donors, “Save A Meal Save A Life” project will not be possible. Thank you! Name list of donors ....
What is ShelterBox?
The purpose of Shelter Box is to provide victims of disaster in Myanmar and Sichuan with shelter.
As of January 2007, ShelterBox has sent aid to 31 different countries, providing shelter for approaching 500,000 people.
Why is ShelterBox appropriate?
It is very encourage noting the various humanitarian efforts by governments, organizations and individuals to help the victims.
Disasters - whatever the cause - often result in huge numbers of people left homless. The initial challenge is often to get medical aid to the injured and make sure everyone has access to water and food.
However another essential is shelter. That's because without protection from the elements survival can be a a real battle - particular for the young, old and infant.
Our focus in this humanitarian effort is to provide immediate shelter to the victims to house them during the reconstruction, which takes months or even as long as year from other disaster experience we gathered.
What is in a ShelerBox?
Each ShelterBox is a large, rugged, green plastic container that 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.
The tents have built in mosquito screens, integral groundsheets, good ventilation, internal privacy screens. It also has a heavy-duty flysheet that can prolong the life of the tent by eight to 10 months by protecting it from the UV damage caused by intense tropical sun.
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| | | | | How can I trace my donation to the ShelerBox I donated?
Every ShelterBox is individually numbered and donors of S$300 or more are advised of the identification number of their box.
How can I give money to this project?
Cheques should be made payable to “Foundation of Rotary Clubs (S) Ltd” and
marked ‘Save a meal to save a life’ at the back of the cheque and send it to
The Regent Singapore, A Four Seasons Hotel
1 Cuscaden Road
Singapore 249715
Attention : James Lee
Telephone Contact : 6725 3100
or
Rotary Family Service Centre
Blk 346 Clementi Ave 5
#01-10
Singapore 120346
Attention : Nidhi Swarup
Telephone Contact : 6779 9489
You may indicate whether you wish to designate the donation to Myanmar or China. We will divide the donation evenly if you do not indicate your preference.
Where an address is provided, we will send a receipt for all donations – unless the donor explicitly states this is not required.
What is the involvement of the various partners in this project?
The Regent Singapore, A Four Season Hotel is coordinating to organise this project.
Foundation of Rotary Clubs (S) Ltd, a Volunteer Welfare Organisation with National Council of Social Service (NCSS), is in trust to receive the cash donation to secure the purchase and delivery of ShelterBoxes to the disaster site.
Cabin Crew Club for Community Care of SIA, University of Nevada Las Vegas (Singapore Campus) and Gentle Fund Organisation (GFO) are our partners to provide private collection and volunteers
Rotary Club of Bugis Junction is raising fund at club level and also provide volunteers to manage the project.
Know more about ShelterBox.
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