By Michael Whetton | Project Leader
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
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.
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.
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With many thanks and much appreciation for your valued support,
Michael Whetton
Project Leader
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