Provide clean water and humanitarian aid to Yemen

Aquabox rely entirely on the donations and fundraising activities of their supporters in order to purchase filter components and items which are supplied in the aid boxes. Without the generosity of our supporters, they would not be able to continue this work. The production capacity could be expanded, with the key limit of current capacity being the amount of donations received.

Please help support a fourth shipment of aid to Yemen. We are most grateful for the donations already received and transferred to Aquabox each month.

Cost to Aquabox of third shipment to Yemen ---

---   250 gold boxes @ £150 per box   £ 37,500

---   120 Family Filters @ £25                £ 3,000

---       5 Community Filters @ £250      £ 1,250

1. Yemen status summary.

The terrible situation in Yemen is the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time. People there are trapped in a dreadful cycle of conflict, starvation and sickness. Access to safe drinking water is extremely limited or non-existent.

It is estimated that 17 million people are currently at risk (including 11 million children). There have been over 85,000 child deaths since the conflict began. Water supplies and sanitation systems have been decimated - in some cases deliberately targeted. Cholera is at epidemic levels as a result.

Aquabox have acted to support and empower the people in this dreadful environment. Together with a partner charity JOY (Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire), Aquabox have delivered and successfully distributed three humanitarian aid packages to the country over the past two years. This has been accomplished despite the intrinsic danger to those acting on our behalf.

The joint consignments contain the Aquabox family water filters and other items of humanitarian aid, together with much needed dried food and medical supplies and equipment from JOY. Over 5000 people have been supported by this aid, many in small family groups, but much more is needed.

1. Aquabox shipment reaches Yemen for the 3^rd time in 3 years.

Since the last report #4 the third and latest shipment described therein has reached Yemen by way of Southampton and Aden. The Aquabox aid was finally distributed to local groups in March 2020. We were so pleased to receive the photographs displayed in the detail pdf report.

A detail pdf report with photographs can be accessed using the link specified below.

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Report #5  Table of Contents for the detail report.

1. Yemen status summary
2. Aquabox shipment reaches Yemen for the 3^rd time in 3 years.
3. News of other Aquabox shipments.
4. Aquabox Family Filter Mark 3.
5. Aquabox aid en route to India after Cyclone Amphan.
6. Aquabox aid to Syrian refugees.
7. Reducing child illness in Gambia.
8. COVID-19: A ticking time bomb for refugee camps?

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With many thanks and much appreciation for your valued support,

Michael Whetton
Project Leader

• GG_Yemen_Report_5_June_2020.pdf (PDF)
  

 Since its formation in 1992, Aquabox has distributed more than 110,000 boxes to communities suffering from natural disasters or man-made conflicts, helping hundreds of thousands of people in more than 50 countries around the world. In Yemen, the latest estimates suggest 3.3 million people are now displaced, and a child dies every 10 minutes.

Innovative AquaFilter technology produces safe and clean drinking water instantly and reliably without the need for chemicals. The AquaFilter Family and Community units are based on sub-micron filters which are impenetrable to bacteria and most viruses.

Aquabox rely entirely on the donations and fundraising activities of their supporters in order to purchase filter components and items which are supplied in the aid boxes. Without the generosity of our supporters, they would not be able to continue this work. The production capacity could be expanded, with the key limit of current capacity being the amount of donations received.

1. News of the recent Aquabox aid shipment to YEMEN.

Yemen January 2020

The third and latest consignment to Yemen left the Aquabox depot on 16 January 2020. The planned shipment date from the depot was originally meant to be December, as previously reported, but it was decided to modify stocks so that the gold boxes would include the new Mark3 filters and also meet the latest request for additional items.

The shipment comprised of 250 Gold boxes, 5 Community filters and 120 Family filters. This consignment will provide the means of dispensing safe drinking water for 4000 people. It went by truck to Shipley, where our partners JOY (Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire) are based, to have medical and educational supplies added to the container before going by train to Southampton for shipment to Aden and onward distribution into the communities that have been so badly hit by the ongoing conflict in Yemen.

Many thanks to the Aquabox team of volunteers for all their help in getting this donation ready and for assistance with loading the container, including repacking the 120 Gold Boxes so as to replace Mark2 filters with Mark3 filters. A very special thanks to Ian for his very hard work moving boxes of 19 kilos 250 times during this exercise.

Cost to Aquabox of this shipment to Yemen.

250 gold boxes @ £150 per box £ 37,500

120 Family Filters @ £25       £ 3,000

5 Community Filters @ £250    £ 1,250

Well done to all and a very big thanks to all Aquabox supporters who have helped to make this aid possible.

A detail pdf report can be accessed using the specified link.

Table of Contents for the detail pdf report.

1. News of the recent Aquabox aid shipment to YEMEN.

2. News of other Aquabox shipments.

3. How does Aquabox aid actually get there?

4. Aquabox aid to the Phillipines January 2020.

5. A brief extract of events in 2019.

6. Aquabox aid to Nepal storage.

7. Aquabox makes a difference in Nepal.

8. Aquabox springs into action after Hurricane Dorian.

9. Photos from Aquabox in the U.K.

WIth many thanks for your valued support,

Michael Whetton
Project Leader

• GG_Yemen_Report_4_February_2020.pdf (PDF)