More than £3,000 pounds has been raised by a Bridport group to help aid survivors of the Syrian and Turkey earthquake.
Members of the Rotary Club of Bridport headed down to their local Morrisons supermarket, raising an additional £432 to a previous £2,650 to provide shelter and water boxes for families that have lost everything in the disaster.
Colin Bowditch, President of Bridport Rotary Club said: "This is another fine example of the generosity of Bridport people. The sum raised last Saturday, will allow Rotary to purchase another two Water Survival Boxes and make a contribution towards another ShelterBox.”
The group previously did a street collection in Bridport and fundraised for survivors of the disaster, collecting more than £2,650 in four hours with gift aid from local shoppers.
Mr Bowditch added: “The income from the two collections, plus the benefit of gift aid, will have funded nine Water Boxes and three ShelterBoxes.
"Nationally, Rotary has already sent 200 Water Survival Boxes, via air, to Turkey and Syria and aims to provide a further 800 from contributions, such as that raised last Saturday.
"Thank you Morrisons supermarket management and staff for allowing us to display and collect Saturday's sum."
The Water Survival Boxes are designed for families that have lost everything following disaster and include water purification equipment, tools, general household items and cooking, feeding, and drinking utensils.
Water Survival Box is the initiative of the Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge and was developed out of work undertaken at the time of the Asian Tsunami in 2004.
ShelterBoxes on the other hand provide shelter for families who become homeless when disaster strikes, each box contains a tent and thermal blankets plus a range of household items including a selection of hardwearing tools and materials.
The boxes are customised to cater for the immediate needs of the people, whatever the situation.
The earthquakes in the two countries have killed almost 40,000 people and left homes unsafe or destroyed, flattening around 20,000 buildings.
Sanj Srikanthan, chief executive of disaster relief charity ShelterBox, said it was the "most severe earthquake the Middle East has seen for a century."
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