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Disaster Relief Aid

Each year we ship hundreds of tons of relief goods - whether emergency response to natural disasters or political unrest or to meet needs in the developing world: food, medicine and medical supplies, clothing and specialized equipment. The goods are donated, (Gifts in Kind); Childcare pays for freight and handling.

 

  • October 2008 Childcare sent 1 container of medicine and textbooks to Uganda.
  • June 2008 Childcare sent 1 container of medicine to Guatemala.
  • January 2007 Childcare sent 90 bags of seeds for farmers in Haiti.
  • August 2007 Childcare sent 1 container of medicines to the Philippines.
  • October 2007 Childcare sent 1 container of boots and 1 container of warm clothing to Peru.
  • November 2007 Childcare sent 1 container of building materials and school supplies to Haiti.

Haiti Disaster Relief

In September 2008 4 Monster storms batter Haiti; Tropical Storm Fay, Tropical Storm Gustav, Hurricane Hanna and Hurricane Ike.  Haiti faced the deadliest floods in its history.

Childcare Canada was able to send immediate storm relief funds providing;

 

  • Emergency food and water for both La Grange and La Baie
  • Medical Supplies for La Grange and La Baie
  • Survival Paks of food for families in the coming months
  • A plan will also be put in place for farmers seeds

Northern Uganda

In Northern Uganda, only about 250 miles from Kampala, a war is going on. It is a terror to the country and has caused a crisis of unimaginable proportions. A rebel group, called the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has terrorized this part of the country for 20 years. The conflict between the government of Uganda and the LRA has killed over 100,000 people. U.N. officials have called this one of the worst human rights crises of the past century.

Here is what Childcare is doing. Our Uganda Director, Michael Masembe is taking truck loads of relief goods to the camps. The last time our director brought relief goods to Gulu, a Northern Uganda town with several camps, the officers of the camps were overjoyed about his visit and the encouragement he offered. They thanked him over and over. "Please come back," they pleaded. "Come back soon!"

It costs $5,000 to take a load of corn, beans, mosquito nets, blankets and other food items to the camps. Just think what this will mean to the people who have nothing! These are five ton trucks that we charter. This means that we can take 11,000 lbs of food and other relief goods at a cost of less than fifty cents a pound! How many pounds will you help deliver?

 

 

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