Tsunami Appeal Update
After an initial approach from the World LP
Gas Association, Shell Gas Lanka Ltd kindly donated to UNHCR
20 single burner lpg cookers, with hose, regulator and 2.3kg
cylinder, for distribution to selected tsunami-displaced people
in order to carry out field trials to see if they could be included
in the UNHCR standard kit of relief items.
UNHCR found that lp
gas stoves were not the answer for all the affected population,
mainly due to lack of familiarity – especially
compared to the use of kerosene.However, given the safety hazards
of storing kerosene and the environmental effects of using firewood,
lpg stoves presented an attractive option in places where people
would accept them and knew how to use them. Once the stove package,
including the cylinder, had been donated, the cost of refilling
it was not a burden, and was less than the cost of buying kerosene
for the same purpose.
UNHCR also said that, if further donations
could be made available, they would be a popular item to add
to the non-food relief item
package for some beneficiary families, especially as they relocate
to transitional accommodation. The occupants of the 2,400 housing
units being built by UNHCR and its partners in Ampara, part
of the nationwide transitional accommodation project, would be
particularly
appropriate recipients of gas stoves.
Contact the World LP Gas
Association on +33 158 052800
www.worldlpgas.com
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