ShelterBox is active in delivering aid into Pakistan.

Greetings from Mosgiel

As everyone will be aware Pakistan is 1/5th under water and up to 7 million people are homeless----mind boggling statistics!!

The focus at this stage is Pakistan, and therefore our key priority, is emergency shelter and water purification. ShelterBox has already distributed 1,800 pre-positioned tents; 624 ShelterBoxes, 10,000 family-sized LifeStraws and 5,000 water containers are currently being distributed in the flood-hit country. A further 1,000 ShelterBoxes are en route along with an additional 10,000 LifeStraws and 5,000 water containers that will be dispatched this week. 2,600 tents are being sent directly from China and we are currently looking at other freight options and capacity for further deliveries.

We have been working with long-standing partner National Rural Support Program (NRSP) to distribute aid to those in need. Mark Pearson (UK) worked with NRSP in June and July to plan distribution procedures in advance of the monsoon season which has wreaked such havoc. At present however the security situation is considered extremely fragile so Mark will not return to the country until a safe deployment plan has been approved. The operations team is receiving high level security reports daily and will review the situation on an ongoing basis.




Mark has worked extensively with NRSP and is confident that aid is reaching the most vulnerable in the quickest time frame possible. NRSP were our main partners for a year following the 2005 earthquake; and with their help we were able to put 25,000 people in our tents in June 2009. NRSP are attending the daily shelter cluster meetings so every tent they have deployed in all affected areas of Pakistan has been processed through the IOM-led shelter cluster. We are getting regular reports and images from NRSP detailing their operations and Mark will continue to manage the programme.

We are also working closely with Rotarian Faiz Kidwai, PDG for District 3270, Chairman of the Rotary Foundation in the District and ShelterBox representative in Pakistan. Faiz has been instrumental in various deployments including the earthquakes of 2005 and 2008, Cyclone Phet in 2010, and many more. Faiz is working on the distribution of 10,000 LifeStraws and 5,000 water carriers; has distributed 800 tents from the pre-positioning stock to Sindh last week; and will assist with further tent distribution as stock arrives in-country. Faiz works closely with the Secretary General of the PRCS (Pakistan Red Crescent Society).


We will continue to assess the level of need and our capacity to respond based on availability of appropriate stock and logistics on the ground.

We would appreciate it if your supporters can give an indication of their financial support we can manage our response accordingly.

(Becky Maynard - ShelterBox-- Head of Fundraising--Helston, England).

Please contact your NZ ShelterBox District Representative or phone NZ 021 452 340 and advise of any likely Rotary Club support so we can update the UK of further support from New Zealand.

To support the ShelterBox effort please forward your cheques using the attached Donation Form, or by depositing your donations into the NZ National Bank Shelterbox Trust Account 060 939 0071143 02.


THANK YOU for your continuing support of ShelterBox

Graham Beach
Trustee/co-ordinator
ShelterBox New Zealand Charitable Trust

info@shelterbox.org.nz