PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SPECIAL | | Devastation - the town of Bagh as seen from above. |
We look at the trauma faced by the South West families with no news
about loved ones caught up in the South Asia earthquake. Inside Out
South West looks at the work of the two regional charities Rapid UK and Shelterbox.
There has been a huge response to the Shelterbox appeal for help.
This Helston-based charity sends out "survival boxes" to disaster zones
containing tents, sleeping bags, cooking and building tools. | KEY CONTACTS | |
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)
DEC Asia Quake Appeal,
PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA. Donation line - 0870 60 60 900
High
Commission of Pakistan Helpline - 07946 476 616 / 020 7664 9284 International
Committee of the Red Cross
Missing persons tracing team - 0845 053 2004
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
020 7008 0000 |
Dozens of volunteers have been working in their warehouse to get hundreds
of boxes out to South Asia.
Meanwhile Rapid UK's Nick Spence, who
lives in Exeter, is part of the 25-strong team which has been pulling survivors
from collapsed buildings. We also meet Pakistani-born Dr Jan Mohammed who
lives in Cornwall. His sister's house has been destroyed by the earthquake
and he knows she has been injured, but finding out more is proving virtually impossible. Links
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Out - South West: Monday October 17, 2005