{"id":31,"date":"2008-02-03T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2008-02-03T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2008\/emergency-relief-for-flood-victims\/"},"modified":"2009-04-06T09:35:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T09:35:33","slug":"emergency-relief-for-flood-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2008\/emergency-relief-for-flood-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambian Floods Emergency Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One and a half million people have been affected by the recent floods in Zambia; several weeks of continuous rain have\u00a0devastated many areas of the nation.\u00a0On Friday\u00a0of this week The Butterfly Tree is air-freighting huge amounts of medical supplies, blankets and clothing to help the victims. <a title=\"Visit Cunninghams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cunninghams.co.uk\/\">Cunninghams Epos Systems<\/a>\u00a0are providing the transport to Heathrow and <a title=\"MTEC Global\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtecglobal.co.uk\/\">MTEC Global<\/a> are the shipping agent\u00a0asssiting in the operation.\u00a0Our appeal has received a great response from Zambians living in the UK who want support their fellow countrymen during this crisis.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/img\/pages\/zambia-flooding.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zambian Floods\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Six thousand\u00a0people <\/strong>have been displaced in the Southern Province and most of the crops have been destroyed. I shall shortly be flying to Zambia to assess the damage in the Kasungula District where we work.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->A settlement has been set up near Livingstone and tents, blankets and food are being distributed by relief agencies. I contacted Shelter Box who are assisting in the crisis and requested that they include Maramba, a badly affected area of Livingstone and I am pleased to report that they have received\u00a0some of the boxes. Although the country has appealed for international aid it does not always get through to the remote villages which have become inaccessible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39\" title=\"Zambia Flood Victims\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/2332989950_a951b593de.jpg\" alt=\"Zambia Flood Victims\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/img\/pages\/Zambian-Floods.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Zambian Floods affects\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zambian Floods Emergency Relief : we are appealing for funds to rebuild homes and livelihoods, please give generously by <a title=\"Donate Online\" href=\"\/pages\/online-donations\/\">donating online<\/a> or\u00a0contact Jane on 01926 843699 or email <a href=\"mailto:jane@thebutterflytree.org.uk\">jane<\/a><a href=\"mailto:jane@thebutterflytree.org.uk\">@thebutterflytree.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One and a half million people have been affected by the recent floods in Zambia; several weeks of continuous rain have\u00a0devastated many areas of the nation.\u00a0On Friday\u00a0of this week The Butterfly Tree is air-freighting huge amounts of medical supplies, blankets<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2008\/emergency-relief-for-flood-victims\/\"> More details ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}