# trade aid for disaster hit countries

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/03/13/trade-aid-disaster-hit-countries/
- Published: 2008-03-13T15:30:17+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Volunteers from a Lincolnshire-based Rotary club are appealing for organisations
to support their new Trade Aid Box Scheme, aimed at giving disaster survivors in
developing countries the means to rebuild their lives and communities.

Trade Aid boxes, each filled with a carefully selected collection of brand new tools
and equipment for a chosen trade, help tradespersons generate a livelihood for themselves
and take an active roles in regenerating areas after a disaster or establishing 
communities in underdeveloped countries.

Members of the Rotary Club of Grantham Kesteven established the Trade Aid Trust 
Fund last October and since then nearly 30 boxes have been dispatched to Swaziland,
South Africa, Kenya and most recently Zambia.

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Six types of trade box have so far been developed: builder, carpenter, mechanic,
teacher, blacksmith and tailor/seamstress.

Rotarian John Asher, who developed the concept, said: “These are often people who
have lost all their possessions in a disaster or who do not have the means to purchase
what they need to develop their abilities. If one person can work, they can support
up to 30 or 40 members of their extended family.”

Boxes can be sponsored by charities, schools, businesses or individuals and suggestions
for areas of identified need are welcome.

Visit www.trade-aid.org for more information.

| [Trade Aid boxes – Newswire.pdf](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/Trade Aid boxes - Newswire.pdf) | 178.5 KB |

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