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Lions Clubs in Sweden, MD101, have been partnering with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) since 2004. Today, the European Union Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC), is also a part of this project. Lions in Sweden purchase tents that are stored in the MSB warehouse in Kristinehamn. MSB delivers the tents on behalf of ERCC whenever a request is submitted from the United Nations or European Union, to provide shelter for people in need. Representatives from Lions Clubs in Sweden have the opportunity to participate in delivering the tents. These representatives are recruited by the tent team and approved and trained by MSB, please see more information below. The tent project is the most internationally recognized project operated by Lions Clubs in Sweden.
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View from a drone in Turkey.
In consultation with MSB, we established an appropriate tent design, which is delivered along with five blankets/tent together with larger gathering tents in a container that the recipient can keep. One container contains 94 family tents, 470 blankets and three larger gathering tents. Initially, we were utilizing different tents for different climates, however, it was difficult to maintain enough tents in stock. Since 2005, over 7000 tents, totaling SEK 50 million, have been shipped to various disaster areas around the world. The first opportunity was in Pakistan, in the fall of 2005. Lions partnered with the former Swedish Rescue Services and were among the first on the scene. Local Lions Clubs in Pakistan were also assisting the relief efforts. One of Lions Clubs International’s strengths is the global presence in over 200 countries which enables us to provide local service. Tent deliveries: 2005: 225 winter tents to Pakistan, earthquake2006: 40 summer tents to Serbia, flooding2006: 140 desert tents, 150 summer tents, 1 civil defense medical tent to Lebanon, refugees2007: 140 tropical tents to Sri Lanka, tsunami victims2007: 93 winter tents to Peru, earthquake2008: 90 winter tents, 900 blankets to Kyrgyzstan, earthquake2008: 144 tropical tents to Burma, typhoon2008: 1079 summer tents, 149 desert tents, 56 tropical tents to China, earthquake2010: 395 summer tents to Haiti, earthquake2011: 300 summer tents to Tunisia, refugees Libya2011: 470 tents to Turkey, earthquake2013: 30 tents for the Philippines, typhoon2014: 1025 tents to Iraq, refugees2016: 7 tents to Sri Lanka, medical team2016: 150 tents for Greece2019: 498 tents to Albania, earthquake2020: 250 tents to Lesbos, Greece, fire disaster2021: 200 tents to Haiti, earthquake2022: 300 tents to Pakistan, flood2023: 300 tents to Turkia , earthquake2024: 424 tents to Mayotte, cyklon Tents have been delivered to 18 countries in Africa, Asia, South America, Middle America and Europe The tent team consists of Reino Wikström, Lions Club Mölndal, Chairman.Per Blomstrand, Lions Club Uddevalla, PR ManagerJan IVarsson, LC Munkedal, PRBjörn Åström, Lions Club Kristinehamn, Packing and LoadingFinn Bangsgaard, Lions Club Svansjö, Government LiaisonLina Eiserman Ålund, Lions Club Mölndal, Recruitment Manager, Team Leader Lion RepresentativeAnnette Eiserman-Wikström, Lions Club Mölndal, Customs, VAT and Shipping Contact: bringquality@lions.se
Delivery of Lions tents to Pakistan 2022.
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Paper tent is according to scale and is fitted to be printed on an A4 paper.
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Lions Sweden's tents in Haiti after the earthquake.
Lion Representative Application: You must be a member of Lions Clubs International, Sweden. The application to become a Lion representative should be submitted to your club president, who will forward the application to bringquality@lions.se Applicants must be of good health. Please note, if you have any chronic illnesses that require medication, you must be able go without medication for at least 10 days, if needed. The goal is to have at least 10 trained Lion representatives on standby. Background On December 26, 2003, the province of Kerman in Iran was hit by a powerful earthquake with the epicenter near the city of Bam. One of the urgent needs for the people in the area was temporary shelters. The Swedish Lions’ Disaster Preparedness Program decided to donate SEK 500,000 to purchase tents for the people in Bam. The next challenge was to ship the tents to Ban in Iran. With the help of another service organization, MD101 managed deliver the tents. However, the other service organization charged an administration fee of 5 %. This was frustrating to the Chairman of the Disaster Preparedness Program, Finn Bangsgaard. He began research other options, and the Swedish Rescue Services, today called MSB, came to mind. This is a government agency that the Swedish government and the EU utilizes to implement disaster relief efforts from Sweden, in connection to disasters. In January of 2004, Finn Bangsgaard, LC Svansjö, and Reino Wikström, LC Råda-Mölnlycke, carpooled to NSR in Norway. While driving, they started talking about the cost of disaster relief and ways to improve their efforts. Could Lions buy the tents themselves? Could they be stored somewhere? Reino Wikström, who had connections within the former Swedish Rescue Services, decided to ask if they were interested in tents. The Swedish Rescue Services replied that there was indeed a need, and that they could provide storage. At the 2004 MD Convention in Gävle, the first Lions tent was presented, and Lions made their first major purchase of tents. This is how an idea of two Lions became a reality within the course of 5 months, with the assistance from the government agency, Swedish Rescue Services. In February 2005, the first Lion member, Lina Eiserman Ålund, LC Råda-Mölnlycke, attended the Swedish Rescue Services’ training for international missions. In October, the first tents were sent to Pakistan after being hit by a devastating earthquake. The Rescue Services, along Lina Eiserman Ålund, arrived three days after the earthquake, and within the next 3 days, the first tent camp, accommodating approximately 1350 people, was established in Muzaffarabad, northern Pakistan. Since then, several Lions members have been accepted by MSB all over the country. We currently have ten Lions representative, three of whom are women. Lions and MSB conducted a joint training for the Lions representative at Rosersberg at the beginning of June 2022.
Lions’ tents in Pakistan after an earthquake 2005.
