Author: CarlB

Two Rotary charities bring humanitarian aid to Kerala, India

Press Release – 24th November 2018 Extensive floods caused by abnormal monsoon rains devastated hundreds of communities in Kerala, south west India, earlier this year. More than 500 people lost their lives, 3.4 million were displaced to 12,300 relief camps and some 23 million were affected. As the extent of the disaster grew the Indian […]

Ashbourne CAMRA event turns beer into water!

8th November 2018

Many of us will have heard of the miracle of turning water into wine at the Marriage at Cana, but at the recent Beer and Cider Festival organised by the Ashbourne Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), visitors managed to achieve the opposite – well hypothetically speaking!

Aquabox aid reaches Yemen

1st November 2018

Earlier in the year 60 Aquaboxes were shipped to Aden in Yemen as part of a container of aid. On Thursday 1st November the Aquabox team received news that this was being unloaded and prepared for distribution to Yemeni citizens.

Two months in the life of Aquabox

29th October 2018

Cast your minds back to late August this year. Can you recall the headlines which hit our national press? They recounted disturbing stories of hundreds of thousands of citizens in Kerala, southern India, literally being washed out of their homes as a result of devastating floods.

Two months in the life of Aquabox…

Press Release – 29th October 2018 Cast your minds back to late August this year. Can you recall the headlines which hit our national press? They recounted disturbing stories of hundreds of thousands of citizens in Kerala, southern India, literally being washed out of their homes as a result of devastating floods? As this was […]

Final distribution of our aid to Kerala

21st October 2018

During the period of 18th to 20th October the final distribution of our recent consignment of 250 Aquabox Gold boxes to Kerala in India took place.