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CURRENT DEPLOYMENTS

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Disaster/Crisis:
Flooding
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Extreme monsoon rains have caused severe flooding in North East Malaysia and around 200,000 people are reported to have been displaced

One of our response team members reported: "this family was living in a house that was all but crushed, her husband was at work and she was quietly sitting with her daughter in the heat. We walked up and asked if we could set up a tent for them on their concrete pad. She said they couldn't afford it, we told her it was a gift from our donors. I don't think she believed us fully, but we put it up and handed her a certificate of ownership, and the tears came" Read more about our deployment in Malaysia here.

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Disaster/Crisis:
Flooding
Status:
The country, along with neighbouring Mozambique, is experiencing some of the worst flooding for more than 40 years.

In Malawi, an estimated 200,000 people have been left homeless and a lot of infrastructure, including roads, bridges and power cables, has been washed away. The President of Malawi has appealed for urgent foreign aid as communities are being isolated by the rapidly flowing water. ShelterBox is on the ground helping families in need. Read more here.

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Disaster/Crisis:
Ebola
Status:
Hundreds of cases of the deadly Ebola virus are being reported daily in Sierra Leone

This week, a helicopter brought red and blue SchoolBoxes containing enough school equipment for 500 pupils to the township of Port Loko. Their final destination will be the 'All as One' orphanage, which is caring for children who have lost family in the ebola outbreak.

OTHER DISASTERS AND CONFLICT

Madagascar- Flooding
After being battered by tropical storms and heavy rains for weeks, Madagascar is now experiencing heavy flooding, and risk of epidemics are high. Reports suggest that more than 200,000 people have been affected, mainly in the south central provinces of Antananarivo and Fianarantsoa. ShelterBox has a team on the ground assessing the situation.

Pakistan - Flooding
Areas of southern Punjab have suffered severe flooding throughout the last few months and a request was made to ShelterBox to help people through the winter. 1000 shelter repair kits and 224 ShelterBoxes have been shipped to Pakistan to assist families.

Iraq - Conflict
ShelterBox has propositioned stock in Iraq and is working with ACTED to establish a camp to provide shelter for internally displaced people (IDPs).There are around 1,900 tents in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which have all now been distributed. The ShelterBox operations team is making provisions to supplement the existing stock of shelter in Iraq with winterization kits.

Niger - Flooding
ShelterBox is working with Plan to help families affected by flooding. Over 500 boxes have been distributed.