Helping Victims In Uganda

Through Shelter Box USA, the Tri-Town Rotary Club is providing aid and shelter to families in Uganda.  

These boxes are sponsored by the Club and are sheltering victims of the civil / tribal war that has been ongoing for 18 years in that country. 

Many rural villages have been abandoned due to the persecution of helpless women and children who flee into the bush when unpredictable attacks make them easy targets.  Safe tent villages are now being erected around the security of schools and churches.

These temporary, but long-term tent villages will be 'home' until the fighting stops. 

A shelter box consists of the following:

• One three-compartment, ten-person, domed-tent complete (200 square feet of covered accommodation), comprising inner tent, outer fly-sheet and repair kit.
• Ten envelope-type sleeping bags.
• One pack of 180 water purification tablets and one 5 gallon flat-pack water container (Each tablet will purify a full container of water providing 1,800 gallons of clean drinking water which should be sufficient for a family of ten for up to three months).
• Two 2.1 gallon, collapsible, plastic water carriers.
• Two sets of basic cooking/eating utensils (pots, pans, plates, cups, etc)
• One trenching shovel
• One package of three flashlights/batteries and additional set of spare batteries
• Rope, 164 foot
• Ten PVC Ponchos/ ten HD plastic bags
• Tool kit in canvas bag: hatchet, jack-knife, screwdriver, hammer, etc.
• Multi-fueled cook stove
• One 49 gallon box (The Shelter Box) initially the container for delivery of the materials listed below. Once delivered, can be used as water tank, food store, cot, table, etc

Learn more about the Tri-Town Rotary Club and its local and international projects at www.TriTownRotary.org.