400 ShelterBoxes arrive in Port au Prince

400 ShelterBoxes containing emergency humanitarian aid arrive in Port au Prince. The boxes arrived from Miami after being delivered there by Virgin Atlantic.

The first ShelterBoxes have been put into immediate use by doctors operating in field hospitals.

ShelterBox's Mark Pearson, speaking from Haiti, said: 'The first tents are being used by Bernard Mews hospital in Port au Prince. The tents have been immediately put into use by doctors for post surgery patients. The doctors are desperate for all our equipment. The hospital has no electricity, no food, no running water. The injured are constantly coming in with untreated injuries.'

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• earthquake
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• disaster
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• Port au Prince

[bombardierdude15]

a 737 800 in the backround?

[kidjava420]

for jesusymariateama, It's 1K US dollars per shelterbox

[totoldeath]

all shelter boxes have the rotary international logo on them along with on the tent shelterbox was the brainchild of a rotarian we are trying to make the world a better place one rotarian at a time Service above Self

[soulgirlz101]

Congratulations to Shelterbox for taking a stand and chartering their own plane from Newquay. However i am concerned that these boxes are given to the correct people and not re-branded with U.S stickers and used to set up US holding camps, although i did see the US has already diverted the plane that was supposed to be direct, stalling once again any aid reaching people. Please fix your Trackbox area so we can check where these boxes go to.

[Jesusymariateama]

I would like to know how much it cost to in american dollar this shelter box . for people who want to help could know and where do we go to help

[asmundhagen]

Please, make some comment on where you plan to hand out the Shelterboxes.

And how you decide who will get one.

Keep on the god work..