Nepal Update : 14 May 2015
Australian and UK DARTs now in Kathmandu
And the Victorian Government donates equipment for us to use in Nepal
Dave Tuzewski from South Australia has now landed in Kathmandu. He is currently
settling in and will be joined by UK DART Peter Hazell at the weekend. They have
two Australian SkyHydrant™ water filtration systems to deploy, with more to
follow. Reports from Dave and Peter are expected soon, including aspects of the
latest, massive earthquake in Nepal.
Victoria's Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning heard of our
efforts and generously provided 400 tents and stretchers from its stocks. They will be
delivered by DARTs, local Rotarians and others as a part of our work in Nepal.
Other Disaster Aid relief items being shipped include:
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200 tents from India;
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200 tents from our warehouse in China;
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200 Sawyer water filters1 flown in from USA (1we also used these in Vanuatu);
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220 Disaster Aid International tents scheduled to be delivered by end of May.
Our Rotarian contacts in Nepal have advised blankets are available to purchase
locally. We intend allocating funds for that and similar purposes.
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