Orient-Express Hotels Burma cyclone appeal (Myanmar)
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Orient-Express Hotels Burma cyclone appeal (Myanmar)
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Category: Asia Pacific - Myanmar -
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2009-08-06
Orient-Express Hotels has set up an appeal fund to assist in the immediate delivery of aid relief to the worst affected victims of tropical cyclone Nargis in Burma.
Money raised through the fund will be distributed to a number of charities who have experienced teams already in place in the Delta Disaster Zone. Orient-Express has established the fund with an initial donation of US$20,000 and these funds are already being distributed. In addition, the company’s full time doctor is also in the delta region, funded by the company to provide medical assistance.
The primary beneficiary of the Orient-Express Hotels Burma Cyclone Appeal will be a UK registered charity, the Shelterbox Trust (www.shelterbox.org), which has an established network in Burma on the ground already distributing emergency aid. Shelterbox provides emergency life saving kits in the form of a tough, green plastic box containing a ten person waterproof tent and ancillary equipment designed to enable a family of up to ten people to survive for at least six months. Each pack costs £490 and contains equipment especially designed for homeless and displaced persons, such as thermal blankets, mosquito nets, cooking utensils, a mini fuel stove, practical tool kit, water purification kits and a children’s play pack.
Funds from the Orient-Express Hotels Burma Cyclone Appeal will also be distributed to MERLIN, which is an emergency medical organization, as well as the Save the Children Fund and World Vision, who are also well established in Burma and have teams in the country who are being permitted to give much needed assistance.
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