May 12th-13th, Myanmar: ShelterBox has permission to land its charter plane at Yangon Airport. On board are the first two US ShelterBox Response Team members to join ShelterBoxes in-country team. ShelterBoxes four man team who have been in Yangon for five days with 644 boxes of vital aid have confirmed that the boxes containing tents, mosquito nets, tools, water purification tablets and other essential equipment are now being distributed into the Delta region by the Burmese authorities.
A further delivery of ‘Disaster Relief Aid’ consisting of 1000 boxes is to be flown direct from East Midlands Airport on the evening of the 14th May. ShelterBox has chartered a plane through DHL and confirms the clearance to land for this vital aid along with two American SRT members; Rotarian Patrick Olson (Michigan) and David Eby (Nashville) an experienced SRT who will replenish the UK team.
Over the past five days the four man team on the ground has worked tirelessly with the services to get the aid moving, Cornish fireman Ian Neal (team leader) created a ‘train the trainer’ session with the Burmese fire services and authorities and although progress has been slow it has been positive as a ‘people to people’ link has been established.
Scource: http://www.shelterbox.org/news_index.htm
