Shelterbox for the victims of Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar (Burma) May 2008
ShelterBox allowed into myanmar
At the present time the media are painting a rather grim picture of disaster relief activities in Burma, indicating that many charities are unable to get access to the country and much relief aid is either not entering the country or is being taken by Burma's military authorities.
Whatever the situation affecting other charities, this is not true of ShelterBox.
Tom Henderson (left) founder of the ShelterBox Trust, says that four members of his team have visas and entered Burma on Thursday. A working relationship has been established with the authorities and many of the initial consignment of 640 boxes dispatched from overseas storage points and Water-ma-Trout itself are already in the country, the remainder expected shortly. If all goes according to plan and the funds are available a plane containing a further 1000 boxes will leave Birmingham for Burma early next week. 
The ShelterBox Trust
The ShelterBox Trust is a registered UK charity that provides emergency aid for victims of natural and other disasters anywhere in the world. Since operations began in January 2001, the Trust has helped an estimated 500,000 people and worked in more than 40 countries - responding to earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, wars, volcanoes etc.
ShelterBox was set up by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard and all aid is distributed from their base in Cornwall. The charity is supported by international affiliates set up by Rotary clubs in various other countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand and the USA.
The charity's President is HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. For details of recent deployments and other events, please visit the latest news pages.
DONATING TO SHELTERBOX
You can donate now, directly to ShelterBox by going to the ShelterBox website's donation page.
If you change your gas or electricity supplier though uSwitch.com you might be able to afford an even more generous donation. And Win Scutt will make a donation of £1 for every energy switch made via this link *.
The Disasters Emergency Committee
If you would like to donate to the official appeal by the Disasters Emergency Committee:
- Donate online now.
- Send a Cheque made payable to 'DEC Myanmar Cyclone' to: DEC Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Appeal, PO BOX 232, Melksham, SN12 6WF
- Download a Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Donation by post form
- Go to any High Street Bank or Post Office quoting Freepay number: 1643
- Call the automated donation line 0870 60 60 900 (24 hours a day)
* as long as the commission does not fall below £1 per switch
