International & Foundation

        Committee 2010 - 2011

Convenor: John Shedden

Sarah Gloag, Alastair Anderson, Eddie Anderson, Kevin Fearn, Michael Thomson  

Shelter Box article below

The Mission of the International Service Committee is to enable Rotarians to promote world understanding and peace through World Community Service and Rotary Friendship Programmes by Rotarians and Rotary Clubs across the world, through Informing, motivating and supporting Districts and Clubs in RIBI in their efforts to: 

• support humanitarian programmes of the Rotary International and in particular, support programmes associated with the Presidential areas of emphases, including Water, Sanitation, Health concerns, Poverty reduction strategies and Literacy promotion
• promote projects between Clubs and Districts in RIBI with those in overseas countries, encouraging hands on efforts, international cooperation and fellowship
• respond to disaster relief efforts and rebuilding processes following natural disasters.
• build and sustain international friendship and service through the Rotary Fellowships and Rotarian Action Groups.
• promote International Service Projects, including those associated with the web based publication.” Opportunities to Serve”. The projects will be classified as Core projects, RIBI approved projects and Charity accredited projects
• supporting and contributing to the International Development Programmes of the UN, in partnership with Governmental Agencies such as the Department for International Development (DfID), and other NGO’s in the programmes associated with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) of the UN.
• liaising and collaborating with other programmes within the RIBI such as Membership Development, The Rotary Foundation, Youth Services, Community and Vocational Development and Communication, strategic goals, in relation to the programmes in Clubs and Districts in RIBI.
• supporting RI president and RIBI president in their aims for International Service.

“When Rotarians are confronted with problems too large to contemplate, they start small and keep going ……… build bridges that last” --- Wilfrid Wilkinson, President Rotary International 2007-08.
 

The Perth Kinnoull Rotary Club is committed to Rotary International's Campaign for the Global Eradication of Polio. Please check the international program in the links below

 http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Polio/HelpEradicatePolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx

Perth Kinnoull Rotary Club supports Pamela and Muthepandi through the Joe Homan Charity

Shelter Box

 Shelter boxes are a valuable aid at those natural or man-made disasters where, although the infrastructure is sound, there is a need for the welfare items. In an emergency, both local and international 'Relief Agencies' react with initial aid and assistance to relieve the immediate suffering and hardships. How often after this first response have we heard the Aid Agencies asking for additional help in the form of tents and sleeping bags to accommodate and protect these displaced and vulnerable people? Often they need shelter and protection for many months after the disaster until the local infrastructure is re-established and able to cope. The Rotary answer is the Shelter Box which costs £490 and provides shelter and warmth for up to 10 people for a prolonged period. It contains a high quality 10-person tent, manufactured from modern lightweight but resilient and robust materials plus 10 high quality durable sleeping bags and ancillary equipment such as a multi fuel cooker, spade and rope.

The Shelter Box Trust will purchase boxes and equipment as required. Complete boxes will be assembled, numbered and held in store to be distributed as and when called for by recognised and established international aid agencies. Organisations and individuals who make donations will be advised of the identification number of 'their box', its status and final destination. All equipment will be new and unused and has been selected for its usefulness and quality and will have a long and useful life once distributed by international aid agencies. These robust standardised multi-functional Shelter Boxes are secure, easily stored and transported and once on site can be used in many other varied and useful ways.......water, storage, baby's cot, table, etc.

Actress and campaigner Miss Joanna Lumley OBE has just become a ShelterBox Patron. She said she was keen to be associated with the charity, which she "really loves and admires".

ShelterBoxes sent to Sri Lanka

448 ShelterBoxes are being sent to Sri Lanka to provide shelter to those who have lost their homes in the current conflict. The boxes were despatched from prepositioned stock in Singapore and Dubai and arrived in the country by 7 May. ShelterBox Operations Manager Pete Sykes said “I am pleased to say that we now have permits to start operating in the field. A big thanks to local Rotarians for their help in liaising with the appropriate authorities.” The UN estimates that more than 150,000 people have been displaced in recent months as the fighting has intensified.

First consignment of aid reaches Pakistan

ShelterBox is reacting to the growing humanitarian crisis in the country as hundreds of thousands of people flee the fighting between the army and militants in the north west of the country. ShelterBox Response Team member Mark Pearson (UK) is in the country to oversee the distribution of 112 ShelterBoxes which have been prepositioned there since March and an additional 250 ShelterBoxes, 250 heavy duty tents and 380 ‘family kits’ of essential equipment arrived in the country on 22 May. Mark will also assess the need for further shipments of aid. ShelterBox is currently working there with local Rotarians, the National Rural Support Programme and other agencies. “There is clearly a great need for emergency shelter in the country,” said ShelterBox Operations Manager Pete Sykes. “The first consignment of aid is already being distributed and we are preparing to send more.” Click on the logo to the right to download a copy of the July 2009 Newsletter.

An extra 400 ShelterBoxes have been sent to Pakistan to further assist the people who have fled the fighting between the army and militants in the north of the country. The latest consignment of boxes are in addition to the boxes sent to the region in May and June to help the estimated 2.4 million people displaced by the fighting. They will provide emergency shelter for up to 4,000 people. 

Thursday 6 August 2009 - Additional aid sent to Pakistan