200,000 Tents Needed

Submitted by Bilaal Ahmed on October 17, 2005 - 5:36pm.     donations | relief | supplies | tents

The current priority is to get as many tents to affected populations as soon as possible. The winter weather will wreak greater havoc on an already grim situation. See also these news items from BBC and NPR.

A donation of $100 could easily save a family of four by providing necessary shelter and warmth.

DIL is collecting tents to be sent via PIA to Pakistan. You can ship them to:

South Asian Earthquake Relief
Developments in Literacy
C/o Ayesha Mian
64 Stratton Road,
Scarsdale, NY 10583

DIL has been in touch with Coleman regarding tents and so for those of you who want to buy tents to be shipped to the PIA locations for airlifting here's some info I got from DIL:
 
Coleman has a lot available, so if you know of anyone wanting to buy, please contact them.

Here are some that are available for shipping in 3 days. The prices are good only for bulk orders:

9180-108  for 4 people @ $54 (retail price $77)      
128 available

9860-707  for 3 people @ $115 (these are the strongest ones)
284 avail 

9832E179  for 6-8 people @ $126.62 (retail price $199) 
500 avail.

9232C379 for 6 people @ $126.62
1,000 avail.

The phone number to call is 316-832-6189. Speak to Ken and tell him you are calling about Pakistan earthquake. He has agreed to give the above prices, which are discounted for all bulk orders of 50 or more. He will also expedite shipping to NY.