By Michael Whetton | Project Leader
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*** Aquabox - Gift of Life ***
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Table of Contents.
1-- General Comments.
2-- ELEVENTH Aquabox shipment to YEMEN August 2024
is now delivered to the Yemen port.
3-- Next shipment to YEMEN, the TWELFTH shipment,
awaits completion of planning.
4-- Total shipments to YEMEN to date.
5-- Other Aquabox shipments and deliveries since May.
6-- Alternative video link.
7-- Search 'Aquabox' on GlobalGiving to list all associated projects.
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1-- General Comments.
The repeated deliveries tend to give rise to some repeated comments.
Many thanks to donors for the funds already accumulated, which are received from GlobalGiving monthly and transferred to Aquabox in full within two working days.
This includes non-targeted donations which are thankfully allocated to this project by GlobalGiving. The crisis in Yemen continues and your donations have been and continue to be much needed. Apart from one part time administrator Aquabox is staffed entirely by volunteers.
This project raises funds specifically for the benefit of the needy in Yemen. There are other and newer disasters around the globe, sometimes appearing to suppress news of an ongoing crisis such as the Yemen conflict. Unfortunately, there is still a great need for the support of those caught up in this dreadful conflict.
Aquabox have now increased the number of filters produced each week by adopting new bespoke tools in the assembly shop.
Consignment contents –
There are 2 categories of shipped units.
-- Water filters to provide clean drinking water. This is the chief requirement for many disaster targets. There are 2 types of filter, the Family Filter and the Community Filter. An Aqua12 is a box containing 12 Family Filters.
-- Gold Boxes which contain a Family Filter plus items classed as essential aids, with the latter having some variation according to the requested needs of the targeted people.
Please note that Aquabox decided to rename the Gold Boxes to Aqua-Aid because the boxes were coloured blue and not gold, also to define more accurately the content as consisting of Aqua-Filters & Humanitarian Aid. However, the original name is used in this GlobalGiving project for consistency.
2-- ELEVENTH Aquabox shipment delivered to Yemen.
250 Gold Boxes were again loaded into the container and sent to partner JOY for them to add medical equipment prior to shipment to Yemen. The boxes contained humanitarian aid packs designed to meet all of the basic needs for shelter building, cooking, education needs for the families to rebuild their lives. Each Gold Box also includes a family filter that will provide water for 6-10 people.
Cost to Aquabox of eleventh shipment to Yemen (excluding delivery).
250 gold boxes @ £150 per box = £ 37,500, with each box including a Family Filter.
Plus 480 Family filters @ £25 (original 2019 rate used) = £12,000
This shipment will provide 360 million litres of clean water.
The ELEVENTH shipment took avoided the current dangers to ships in the Red Sea. It has now passed through the Yemen customs.
3-- Next shipment to Yemen, the TWELFTH shipment.
The next shipment to Yemen is awaiting planning, but will again transfer to J.O.Y. who will add medical equipment to the 12-metre container.
4-- Total shipments to Yemen to date.
2024/5 – Next shipment to be planned.
2024 - 250 Gold Boxesshipped in August
2024 – Also 480 Family filters shipped in August
2023 - 250 Gold Boxesshipped in December
2023 - 250 Gold Boxesshipped in June
2022 - 250 Gold Boxes shipped in October
2022 - 300 Gold Boxes shipped in April
2021 - 400 Gold Boxes
2020 - 500 Gold Boxes
2020 - 5 Community Filters
2020 - 120 Family Filters
2019 - 270 Gold Boxes
2018 - 60 Gold Boxes (trial shipment)
Each of the 2530 Gold Boxes (Aqua Aid Boxes) contains a Family Filter.
The total of 3130 Family Filters and 5 Community Filters delivered or being prepared for Yemen can produce over 1400 million litres of clean drinking water over the working lives of the filters.
The total cost to Aquabox of Yemen aid above exceeds £400,000, as calculated using the original 2019 costs which have since increased.
5-- Other Aquabox shipments and deliveries since May 2024.
5.1 Syria – dispatched 25 July
Another consignment of 250 Gold boxes plus 240 family filters and 20 community filters.
5.2 Ukraine – dispatched 21 August
240 Family Filters and 20 Community Filters were dispatched to Ukraine on 21 August 2024.
6-- Alternative video link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-MOkxFGlU
This 8-minute YouTube video is the original video. Some people prefer this to the newer video which is accessible from the main project page. Filters have been improved since the original video was created.
7-- Search 'Aquabox' on GlobalGiving.
This will list all Aquabox projects which may soon exist.
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By Michael Whetton | Project Leader
By Michael Whetton | Project Leader
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