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Today these 10 SkyHydrants, and some spare membranes, left our office to be delivered to our partner Balay Mindanaw, in Mindanao.

The units will be installed by Balay Mindanaw as part of two new DAA projects:

• Bangsamoro Health and Peace Project.
• Mindanao Safe Water Project.

We are able to continue to deliver Safe Water for Every Child in the Philippines thanks to the support of Rotary Clubs and individuals around Australia.

This shipment will be followed by another shipment later in 2022 as our generous supporters have already sponsored another 6 units.

If you would like to help Disaster Aid Australia continue to deliver Safe Water in developing countries then click on the link below; or contact us at admin@disasteraidaustralia.org.au for more information.

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Charity donations of $2 or more to Disaster Aid Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.

Our friend Max Bird, of the Rotary Club of Kwinana, has recently traveled to Timor Leste to install a SkyHydant.

The installation is a SkyHydrant GEM for the Laga Orphanage.

Disaster Aid Australia is proud to be supporting this project which has beeen driven by the Kwinana Rotary Club and boosted by support from the Rotary Club of Philip Island.

In the next week the partners will be be sending another two GEM SkyHydrants which will be installed at other orphanges by Max in the coming months.

If you would like to help Disaster Aid Australia continue to deliver Safe Water in Timor Leste and other developing countries then click on the link below;

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Charity donations of $2 or more to Disaster Aid Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.

Following the 2020 Bush Fires our partner Disaster Aid Canada (DAC) raised a large amount for Australian Rotary’s response.

Disaster Aid Australia decided to return the favour by providing support to DAC’s Projects in Central America.

We previously reported about Phase 1 of the Rio Blanco project to rebuild a dam destroyed in floods.

Working with the local partner, the Rotary Club of Comayagua, Phase 2 of the Project has now been completed.

This has involved laying 50mm pipe from the site of the dam into the village.

The support provided has been in the cost of necessary imported materials, transportation to the village, and qualified labor.

The community provided the local material and unskilled labor.

They also transported all pipes and other materials on foot from the village to the project.

If you would like to help Disaster Aid Australia continue to deliver smart Aid in developing countries then click on the link below;

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Charity donations of $2 or more to Disaster Aid Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.

From all those who Disaster Aid Australia has been able to help!

The Pandemic Effect

With the COVID lockdowns over the past two years many of our supporting Rotary Clubs have been unable to hold fundraising events.

Individual donors are also likely to have been impacted

Although donations have dropped below the pre-COVID levels we have been consistantly surprised that our income has exceeded our expectations.

Planning For the Future

With the support we have received in the later half of the 2021-2022 financial year we are now moving to confidently plan for the future.

This will include further ‘Safe Water for Every Child’ installations and being able to respond to disasters with ‘Smart Aid’.

Sponsored SkyHydrant Opportunities

We currently have the following Safe Water Projects ready to go:

• Beyond Bhutan 2020: Although the last units for the original project have been shipped we have identified many other schools and colleges in Bhutan that need safe water.

• Bangsamoro Health and Peace: Supporting Barangays (villages) in an region of the Philippines that recently suffered from civil unrest.

• Mindanao Safe Water: Protecting rural barangays on the Island of Mindanao, Philippines.

We are also looking for opportunities to develop a project in East Timor.

If you would like to assist Disaster Aid Australia in continuing to support our life saving aid you can donate by clicking on the link below:

DONATE

Charity donations of $2 or more to Disaster Aid Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.