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Dr Tony Callaghan who recently completed his PhD at IBERS is helping to secure a clean water supply in earthquake stricken Kathmandu in Nepal. Tony has been assisting German based non-profit, non-governmental organisation Arche Nova, a group that specialises in ensuring that clean water is supplied to disaster stricken areas. ( https://arche-nova.org/en ) Four Arche Nova water engineers are working with local community groups and individuals to build and repair damaged water purification systems, and to install a filter system to supply the main hospital in Bidur, the capital of the Nuwakot district. Dr. Gareth Griffith, Tony’s PhD supervisor at IBERS said “I am immensely proud of what Tony is doing and pleased that the skills he learned during his PhD at Aber are able to be deployed to help alleviate the problems of the Nepalese people” Speaking from Nepal Tony said: “Using skills involved in both chemical and biological analysis learned during my time at Aberystwyth I have been ...

Llanelli Rotary Club's demonstration of a ShelterBox attracted a lot of interest during the Rotary Day show staged at the St Elli Centre in Llanelli. The ShelterBox is a key aid package for disaster zones, such as the one currently being tackled in Japan. "It is a fine example of how the Rotary movement works, not just locally, but on a global scale to help people in disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan," said Llanelli Rotary Club's press officer Robert Lloyd. "It is on occasions like this that Rotary's international spirit comes the fore. In the Haiti earthquake the ShelterBox project was deployed to ease suffering. Now, once again, it is being used in Japan. "Rotary works very closely with the ShelterBox charity to make sure the aid gets to the areas where it is most needed. The people of Llanelli were very interested in the ShelterBox demonstration staged in the St Elli Centre." ShelterBox were on the ground in Japan within less ...