Past projects

Pakistan Earthquake 2006

The Tents4Peace Pakistan project was initiated by Anna Crotty and Ann Giblin, in response to the devastation caused by the earthquakes in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2005.

Pakistani boy huddled in rainTents4 Peace began when thousands of people were still without shelter, food or medical assistance, ten days after the 2005/6 earthquake in Pakistan. Anna and Ann, with a strong team of volunteers, decided to take action. They obtained 1060 good quality tents at cost price. Each tents was made of waterproof canvas, and housed on average 8 to 10 people.

Next, they embarked on an extensive plea by email and local media coverage. Money for the tents came in from all over the country. The Australian public purchased all of the tents in just a few days. All tents were freighted free of charge by Qantas and Pakistan airlines. The Fred Hollows Foundation then distributed the tents, and some were also delivered by ex Russian Airforce personnel in smaller Russian planes to the remote areas of the North West Province. Every tent was delivered, saving thousands of lives.

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Afghanistan Project

Peace HouseAt the request of ‘Save the Children Fund,’ Tents4 Peace was able to raise more funds, and build ‘Peace House’, a home for widows and children who had been affected by the 2005 earthquake. This was built on land in Kabul transferred to Mahboba’s Promise Charity and Tents4 Peace. More funds were raised for Peace House through concerts in Melbourne and Hobart, which featured Master Sitar player, Kahlil Gudaz, and Master Tabla player, Bobby Singh, violinist Dian Booth and a local Tasmanian group Czardas as supporters.

Peace House was built under the directorship of Sidiq Rawi of Mahboba's Promise. This orphanage is now run by that organisation and incorporates permaculture principles.

We also have established a Community House known as Rumi House in suburban Kabul. This home supports several widows with about 25 children and it is used on a daily basis as a school for the women. The Afghan Government has given Tents4Peace a prime piece of land in New Kabul.

This will be used for a pre school centre, orphanages and school and permacultural pursuits .

 

Burma Cyclone Project

Tents4Peace provided shelter, cooking utensils and water purification tablets in Burma, following Cyclone Nargis in 2008. We provided some 2000 tarpaulins which were used as multi purpose shelters, and also to collect fresh drinking water. Estimates show that these provisions in time of great distress would have saved the lives of over 3,500 people.

Through a Burmese women Tin Hta Nv u, (former Mayor of Manly) and a cousin of Suu Kyi (Burma’s estranged political leader) we established reliable contacts in Burma. This enabled us to arrange distribution of our supplies through the monasteries and medical personnel. We were able to get life saving shelter and water purification tablets to those in desperate need long before the major aid organisations were able to.