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address below with your cheque
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to a family hit by disaster.
We issue receipts for incom
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$50 � $100 �
Other $ ____________
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Address _________________________________________________ Postal code _____________
Phone ______________________ Email ______________________________________________
P.O. Box 21135, Stratford, Ontario N
5A 7V4 • Phone 519-271-3499 • Email aquabox@
rotarystratford.com
Club of Stratford
Charitable Foundation
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THE GIFT OF
CLEANWATERA GIFT OF
LIFE
Please givegenerously to help save lives.
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shipped over 9,100 units,enough to provide morethan 45 million litres ofclean drinking water!
Our AQUABOX is madefrom locally-sourcedcomponents, and is assembled here in Stratford by dedicatedvolunteers, so there are NO administrationcosts. A basic hygiene kit is also packed ineach unit.
Global Medic, a non-profit disaster responseorganization of paramedics and first respondervolunteers, distributes the AQUABOX units
globally to those most inneed, including disaster-stricken areas of LatinAmerica, the Carribean,and Southeast Asia.
Now we need your helpto carry on with this
vital life-saving project. AQUABOX is fundedentirely by private and corporate donations.
Each AQUABOX costs about $50. So each tax-deductible donation of $50 will enable us to supply one AQUABOX unit to a family hit by disaster.
Please give as generously as you can.A detailed donation form is on the back of this flyer, or you may donate online atwww.rotarystratford.com.
Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Tsunamis.Floods. Refugee displacements.Disasters such as these seem to be increasingin frequency and severity around the world.
They leave behind damaged infrastructure and contaminatedwater supplies.
People resort to drinking anywater they can find, usually frompolluted sources. Those who drink
this unsafe water are at increased risk fromwater-borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid. The elderly and very young are particularly vulnerable, with approximately 2,000 children under 5 years dying every day*.
The AQUABOX project,sponsored by the RotaryClub of Stratford Charita-ble Foundation, is helpingto change that. And youcan help too.
AQUABOX is a simple,low-cost filtration system that can provide
purified drinking water to a family of fivefor up to a year.It uses silver-impregnated ceramic cartridges capable offiltering 15 litres of pollutedwater in each fill, trapping virtually 100% of harmful bacteria and protozoan cysts.
The AQUABOX project was adopted in 2006 by the Rotary Club of Stratford CharitableFoundation. Since then we have built and
THE GIFT OF
CLEAN WATER
A GIFT OF
LIFE
*UNICEF, 2013Photos courtesy Global Medic
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