The Interact Club of Ysgol Dyffryn Taf, Whitland, has recently completed the filling of another Aqua Box which was handed over recently to Rotarian Rob Elward, president-elect of the Rotary Club of Narberth and Whitland, by Interact president, Amy Robinson. Rotarian Rob thanked president Amy and her colleagues for again achieving an outstanding result. ' "Children and their parents somewhere in the world will be grateful to the pupils of Whitland for making their lives a little easier as they experience difficult circumstances which have arisen as a result of a disaster," he said. President Amy said that she was pleased on behalf of the school to help the Aqua Box project which the Rotary Club had been carrying out over many years. "It is satisfying to know that we at Ysgol Dyffryn Taf can help those who are less fortunate than ourselves," she said. Aqua Boxes fulfil a role of the Rotary movement by helping people in emergency situations. The boxes are filled with essential community requirements needed after natural disasters, environmental problems or conflict anywhere in the world, including volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, drought or similar situations. The boxes are held centrally in the UK by Rotary ready for rapid deployment in large numbers when and wherever required. Items collected include cooking equipment, bandages, cotton wool, clothes, toys, kitchen essentials and any basic goods required in disaster situations. The Aqua Box itself, when emptied, converts rapidly to a very effective water filtration unit and is equipped with filters and sterilisation tablets to achieve a pure water supply.




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