Fundraising for
In aid of ShelterBox who are sending tents |
Donations and an
Auction of Promises
Organised by the Rotary Club of Cambridge
at St John's College, Cambridge
26th September at 7pm
with Lord Jeffrey Archer as auctioneer and many well known guests
a buffet will be provided
The superb promises include holidays in Brittany, SW France, Turkey and Norfolk, works of art,
rowing with an Olympian, chauffeured tours by Bentley and Aston Martin limousines etc
To make a promise, a donation or book a place for the Live and/or Silent Auction
send an email to rcambridgesyria@gmail.com
The Syrian disaster
Since March 2011 over 12 million people have been displaced. Of these 4 million have fled to neighbouring countries. A third are children. Three quarters are women or children. There are at least 10,000 unaccompanied children in Europe, many are reported by Interpol to be suffering various forms of abuse including slavery.
Shelterbox
ShelterBox is a charity currently delivering aid to devastated Syrian families in order to give them safe shelter and the tools to rebuild homes and communities.
ShelterBox is supported by a global network of partners, including Rotary International.
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is ShelterBox’s President and Royal Patron.
Aid is delivered by any means possible, by air, foot, boat, helicopter or even tuk-tuk.
ShelterBox in Syria
Since 2012 Shelterbox has delivered aid worth $5m to more than 8,400 families in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq Kurdistan and Greece. Through its partner agency Hand in Hand for Syria, it is sending its ShelterBoxes and kits to the devastated Aleppo area where there are signs of cholera.
What does ShelterBox provide?
Shelterbox aid to Syrian families is specifically tailored to their needs.
In addition to providing tools and tents the ShelterBox response teams are the connection between the supporters and people devastated by the Syrian disaster - ordinary families helping other families thrown into extraordinary circumstances.
Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign (CRRC)
The CRRC is a group of volunteers based in Cambridge working to welcome, support and build the capacity of Syrian refugees arriving to the City through the Government resettlement campaign.
It does this by supplementing the City Council provision of support to refugees through:The CRSC operates entirely through volunteer resources, employing funds raised through benefit events organised by its committee and other supporters.
Donations
Donation may be sent by cheque to Rotary Club of Cambridge at the following address: rcambridgesyria@gmail.com
A receipt will be sent to you by email or post according to your preference. A facility for on-line donations will also become available. This will be publicised widely, on this website and in the local and social media including Cambridge News and Cambridgeshire Radio.
Auction of PromisesThe live auction will take place at St John's College on Monday 26th September at 7pm. Several weeks beforehand it will begin 'silently' on-line when you will have the opportunity to make bids for the splendid items on offer.
Cambridge is full of talented people like you!! Do contact us to make a promise. We need many more since not only is the need of the refugees immense but the capacity of the web-site is considerable!
More than forty promises have been made so far, including:
The full list will be published quite soon, when you can get in touch to express an advance interest.
Contact us
Please email us at rcambridgesyria@gmail.com to:
more The Auction was held on 26th September but you can still contribute by for the few remaining promises or make a donation
more The Auction was held on 26th September but you can still contribute by for the few remaining promises or make a donation
more Home page on 30 June 2016 before ET handed the page to FH to set it up for the Auction
more Rebuilding home page after its loss
more Open to the elements - but somehow they will use it as a classroom again
more Shelterboxes in action - just two of the emergency shelters and supplies sent to over 107,000 families worldwide following disaster since Shelterbox started on 2000
more Contents of a Shelterbox - this is a standard Shelterbox, but the contents are usually adjusted for the particular destination and sometimes multiple tents are joined and fitted out as a hospital
more What a difference this mural makes - even if the faces don"™t show it
more Father of Aleppo boy Omran on the moment his family's life was torn apart - from The Telegraph, 19 August 2016
more Children eager to be taught - when given the opportunity
more No chance for normal life - but, at least we can try to help
more The Syrian disaster, the Cambridge Refugee Settlement Campaign, about Shelterboxes and Cambridge Rotary"™s Auction of promises
more This page, for members only, contains information about the Auction of promises for members only to see
more ... but somehow they will use it as a classroom again
more Latest news about the Auction
more Cambridge Rotary's Auction of promises
back This is the web admin team, Jo, Morris and Francis, holding folder containing various pages and links used by the Auction of promises on the website (and elsewhere?)