Typhoon Sendong hit the Philippines the week before Christmas

We have just donated £1600 in response to the most recent appeal from Disaster Aid UK & Ireland to help with the aftermath of Typhoon Sendong in the Philippines. 

Typhoon Sendong hit the Philippines the week before Christmas causing a torrent of mud and water to flood from the uplands to the coastal regions. According to a recent National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) report, as at 2.00pm on 27 December, the death toll nationwide arising from this typhoon in Northern Mindanao was 1,249 with 84 missing; 4,594 injured; 12,805 houses totally damaged and 29,520 partially damaged. 

Disaster Aid International deployed its Disaster Aid Response Team (DART) to the area on New Year's Eve to gather intelligence and assess needs.

The donation from Poynton & District Rotary Club will fund a school station in the disaster-struck area. The school typically contains four modular tents that are able to be linked together, an umbrella canopy, blackboards and school supplies for 80 children and their teachers. 

If you would like to donate to this appeal, do so:

By text - text DAUK00 £5 to 70070
By phone - call 01706 516867
Online - visit www.disasteraiduk.org
By post - send your cheque payable to Rotary Emergency Box Trust to:

Disaster Aid UK & Ireland
C/o DHL Excel
Unit 2 Transpennine Industrial Estate
Gorrels Way
Queensway
ROCHDALE      OL11 2PX

Disaster Aid UK & Ireland is a member of the Disaster Aid International Group. It is a project managed by the Rotary Club of Denton and Audenshaw. Disaster Aid UK & Ireland and LifeBox are trading names of Rotary Emergency Box Trust, charitable company number 5003026, charity commission registration number 1103165.