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June 2010
Days of torrential downpours, raging flood waters and whole towns ‘wiped off’ the map. These are the reports from north eastern Brazil where up to 100,000 people are feared to have lost their homes.
The state of Alagoas has been the worst affected. The River Mundau burst its banks in the town of Uniao dos Palmares and the town of Quebrangulo was nearly completely submerged in flood waters.
On Wednesday, June 23 a two-person ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) was mobilised and will arrive in Recife, Brazil on Friday afternoon. SRT members Pat Prendergast (UK) and Phil Duloy (UK) are heading up the initial response.
Phil had just returned to the UK from Haiti and was at the airport when he received the call asking him to fly to South America. He will have a 48 hour turn around before heading off again.
‘I’m really looking forward to getting out there and cracking on with the job,’ he said. ‘You can see from the pictures on the TV just how clear the need is.
‘This deployment will be just as challenging as my time in Haiti but the objective is the same; get emergency shelter to families most in need as quickly as we can.’
Rotarian support
The team will be working with Brazilian Rotarian and ShelterBox supporter Conrado Orsatti who they will meet when they arrive in the country.
The three of them will be doing everything in their power to establish where ShelterBox is most needed and to clear the logistical pathway for aid to arrive.
ShelterBox Head of Operations, John Leach, said: ‘Historically, it’s been incredibly difficult for ShelterBox to get aid into Brazil even when there has been a clear need.
‘There is a definite need in Brazil right now and we’ll be doing everything within our power, both here in the UK and with our Rotary contacts in Brazil, to clear the red tape and get emergency shelter to families in desperate need.’
This area of Brazil is prone to flooding and in May last year floods of a similar magnitude displaced an estimated 380,000 people.
$1200 will allow a survivor family shelter with dignity.
District ShelterBox Enquiries to Roger Fasken (RC Kew) ph 9802 4308 or fasken@bigpond.net.au
Rotary Club of Kew International ShelterBox Committee names and contact details are:-
Roger Fasken, Chairman Phone H. 03 9802 4308,
Email fasken@bigpond.net.au
Bob Crozier Phone H. 03 9509 7443,
Email bob_crozier@hotmail.com
Michael DeVincentis Phone W. 9815 2266,
Email Michael@mdv-archetects.com
Dennis McDonald Phone H. 03 9836 2710,
Email dennmac@tpg.com.au