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STATISTICS OF MISSION WORLD AID CONTAINERS

Number of containers sent
Cost of sending containers
Description of goods sent
List of containers sent by Mission World Aid, 1992 - 2009

Number of containers sent

Over the period 1992 to November 2009, Mission World Aid has sent 103 containers. Figure 1 illustrates the number sent each year and Figure 2 shows the cumulative total of containers.

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Figure 1 Containers sent annually by Mission World Aid, 1992 - November 2009

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Figure 2 Cumulative total of containers sent by Mission World Aid, 1992 - November 2009

Containers have been sent to 25 countries as illustrated by Figure 3.

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Figure 3 Number of containers sent per country

desks

This is an aspect of what it is all about - enabling education through providing desks & equipment

Cost of sending containers

Containers typically cost between $5,000 and $15,000 to send overseas. The costs comprise the following components:

Local costs:

  • Cost of container (if purchased)
  • Trucking the container to the Mission Shed and back to the port
  • Fumigation of the container following packing
  • Miscellaneous (e.g. couriers)

Purchase costs:

  • Purchase of any medical, pharaceutical, educational, agricultural implements and machinery costs

Shipping costs:

  • Local handling
  • Rail freight
  • Sea freight
  • Overseas port charges
  • Forwarding costs at destination

Shipping costs are the major item, typically $7000 (but can range up to $15,000) while local costs average $2000. Purchase costs are generally low except where pharmeceuticals are involved. Where a container is purchased, rather than leased for the voyage, the cost will be $2,500 - $3,500.

Since 1992, Mission World Aid has spent over $700,000 on the program of sending containers to needy people throughout the world.

Mission World Aid has never received any government funding or assistance for its programs. Unfortunately philantropic funds are largely focussed on meeting needs within Australia and none provide funds for humitarian work of the type undertaken by Mission World Aid. It has never received assistance from AusAid.

Description of goods sent

The Table below summarises the containers sent and includes a summary of their contents. In summary Mission World Aid has sent (to November 2009):

  • 31,695 cartons (various sizes) of assorted household goods, medical and clinic materials, school, craft, food, toys, and personal effects
  • 1,521 Compressed bales (250 - 300 kg each) of clothes
  • 1,151 Hospital beds and mattresses
  • 1,265 School desks and chairs
  • 432 Computers and monitors and 58 typewriters as well as photocopiers, faxes and printers
  • 130 Sewing machines and knitting machines
  • 56 Toilets (wc's)

In addition, Mission World Aid has sent:

  • Hospital, medical and dental equipment including dental chairs, a dental surgery, Zonta birthing kits, operating theatre tables and operating theatre lights, X-ray machines & developers,dialysis machines, defribrillators, anaesthetic machine, centrifuges, blood analysis machines, cardiac machine, sterilizing unit, oxygen tent, labour bed, humid cribs, diapers, pharmaceuticals, shower chairs, barouches, commodes, patient walkers and lifters, trolleys and bedside tables, wheelchairs.
  • Household goods including refrigerators, sinks, buckets, chairs, recliners, wardrobes, furniture, cots, tiles, paint, toiletries, toys, carpets and rugs, dish washer, washing machines, crockery, rolls of fabric, bags of knitting.
  • Hardware tools and equipment including workbenches, sawbench, sawmill, welders and large welding machines, sanders, cement mixers, timber, melamine sheets, plumbing equipment, electrical equipment, industrial stove.
  • Tractors (2), rotary hoes, cultivators, chainsaws, wheelbarrows, seeds.
  • Ambulance, four wheel drive vehicle, two cars, motorbikes, and 100s of bicycles
  • Generators, tents, air conditioning units.
  • Pianos, organs, guitars, pews, pulpit, PA system.
  • School books, teaching materials, Russian New Testaments (to Siberia); Three containers weighing 16 tonnes full of childrens books, school books and encyclopaedias (for India).
  • General goods including hundreds of bicycles, filing cabinets, roofing iron, lockers, rainwater tank, tarpaulins, outboard motor, lead lighting panel, rolls of fabric, oil presses (300), spinning loom, shed (dismantled).

List of containers sent by Mission World Aid, 1992 - 2009

Number
Country
Consignee
Date
 Contents
1
Mozambique 1
MCM
Nov-92
 33 bales,44gal drums h/h,toys, tinnedfood,113boxes books,medical,craft,wardrobes,food
2
Mozambique 2
MCM
Mar-93
 26bales,4 toilets 6 cisterns7sinks 45 handbasins,139sheets roofing,workbench 26 pharm
3
Mozambique 3
MCM
Aug-93
 123 hshold,56 med,40 school32 craft,furniture, bedding,hardware,desks, w/chair,paint,food
4
Mozambique 4
MCM
Nov-93
 21 bales,85 h/h,16 medical,26 school,19 craft,furniture,bedding,building,food
5
Mozambique 5
MCM
Dec-93
 75 h/h,59medical,29school,furniture,bedding,building,118desks,food toys,clothing
6
Albania
Dorkas Aid Intl
Jun-94
 29bales,61clothing,45h/h,67toys,7med,55books12toiletries,18linen,food,3w/chairs
7
Mozambique 6
MCM
Sep-94
 8 bales,54clothing,64h/h,42school,31food/toiletries,11toys,71clinic 5w/cs fridge,paint
8
Mozambique7
MCM
Nov-94
 31bales,clothing, h/h,school,food,toiletries,clinic,9w/cs,11bikes,3sinks,31buckets,building items
9
Mozambique 8
MCM
Dec-94
 5 bales,124h/h,195food,40school,8plumbing,50med,furniture,humicrib,53chairs
10
Mozambique 9
MCM
Mar-95
 4bales,30craft,50toys,57school,129clinic,170roofing35desks,,plaster,cots,2beds,paint
11
Mozambique10
MCM
Jul-95
 3bales,37h/h,45clothing,123clinic,9toys,59food,47school,18plumbing,1bike,1w/c,furniture
12
Mozambique11
MCM
Sep-95
 27bales,10hshld,42clothing,28food,214clinic,23school,3plumbing,optheatrelights,137roofing
13
Mozambique12
MCM
Dec-95
 3bales,44chairs,7craft,17h/h,6toys,44clothes,138clinic,31food/toiletries,6paint,33school,11plumb,
14
Zambia  1
Grace Ministries 1
Apr-96
 7bales,50h/h,16craft,13toys,57clothes,151clinic,154school,10sewingM,2stoves,optheatrelight,7w/c
15
Mozambique13
MCM
Jun-96
 40beds/matt,15desks,,53lockers,3wash/m,70chairs,10craft,103clinic,21toiletries,food,paint
16
Mozambique #
MCM Mirboo Nth
Oct-96
6bales,47clothes,30school,32clinic,59h/h,40food,1h/bed,12w/cs,12hbeds,7typewr,
17
Mozambique14
MCM
Apr-97
 58beds,65 matt,42lockers,72mats,69chairs,103clinic,26clothing,food toiletries,1trolley
18
Zambia  2
Grace Ministries 2
Jun-97
 24beds,3anaestheticM,optable,44galdrumdressings,workbench,2barouches,541craft,hshld,toys,clinic
19
Mozambique15
MCM
Sep-97
 46beds,55lockers,9desks,2washm,55chairs,tent,4craft,7h/h,34clothes,116clinic,43food toiletries
20
Mozambique16
MCM
Jul-98
 6bales417items,34craft,130clothes,73clinic,68foodtoiletries17hardware,44school,seeds,12w/cs12bed
21
Zambia   3
Grace Ministries 3
Jul-98
 32bales,116chairs,rainwatertank,USmach,
22
Uganda  1
Restore Africa
Nov-98
 9bales230clinic,craft,school,hshld,162personaleffects,Heywoods,6bikes,
23
Zambia  4
Grace Ministries 4
Jun-99
 9bales,64desks,50chairs,3w/cs,85clothes,109clinic,235school,36h/h,16craft13toys
PNG 1
John Foote
66 cartons med equipmt,pharmaceuticals,anaesthetic mach,clothing airlifted by RAAF
24
Mozambique17
Iris Ministries
Apr-00
 25bales,38craft,95hh,32toys,5hardware,66clinic,8school,25tableschairs,9sewm,$2000meds,20matt.
25
Philippines 1
Mandaue City Cebu
Jun-00
 15h/beds,mattresses,6 dialysis machines,hosp equip,1w/c,13lockers,2sewing machines
India 1
Paul Pillai
Jul-00
 Pallet of books,stolen in transit.
26
Madagascar
YWAM 
Aug00
 27bales,47desks,40chairs,2filingcab,4typewr,22craft,10hh,3toys,37clinic3food,90scho
27
Zambia 5
Grace Ministries 5
May01
 36bales,2dental chairs,noodles,electricorgan,32craft,144clinic,62hh,144clothes,38hardware,16toys
28
Malawi
Emmanuel Tract
Jun-01
 car,milkingm,sawbench,hardwaretools,fridge,welder,sander,fusebox,bales,craft,hh,toys,deskschairs
29
Philippines 2
Bais City Dist Hos
Apr-02
 48hbeds,9barouches,4dialysism, centrifuge,7commodes,medicalequip,O2tent,schoolbooks
30
East Timor 1
ARMS 1
Jul-02
 32bales,95desks,19paint,150chairs,2sewm,14craft,39hh,19toys,23clinic,
31
Zambia 6
Grace Ministries 6
Sep-02
 16bales,21beds/matt,9lifters,humicrib,17craft,75hh,35toys,110clothes,41clinic,179food,8hw,252sch
32
East Timor 2
ARMS 2
Nov-02
 22bales,46desks,11bikes,104chairs,13 handbasins,16craft,35hh,12toys,46clothes,14clinic,56school,
33
Fiji
Min Reg. Devmt
Mar-03
 54 beds/matt,3lifters,12hh,15toys,20clothes,58clinic,babyequipment,medical equipment,
34
Solomon Is 1
SSEC 1
Apr-03
 32bales,650 boxes, 17bikes,58tents,29 ambulance mattresses, 5 boxes OPAL meds
35
East Timor 3
ARMS 3
Jun-03
 2bales,337boxes,18desks,28mattresses,6wardrobes,toys,8roofingsheets
36
Israel 1
Joseph Storehse 1
Jul-03
 32 hosp beds,527 UCL,92 BLK,47 food,44 clinic,$1000 OPAL,76 school,22 toys,33 hh,4 lifters,
37
Philippines 3
Bais City Dist Hos
Sep-03
 34bedsmatt,22tarps,34desks,lifesupportsystem,photocopier,3toilets,5tents,filcab,119clinic,262box
38
Gabon
AVOfimgab
Nov-03
 24bales,164roofing,28craft,100hh,49toys24clothes,12clinic,86food,hardware, baby furniture
39
Vietnam
An Sinh Gen Hosp
Dec-03
 77 hospital beds costs paid by Vietnam Australia Association
40
Solomon Is 2
SSEC 2
May-04
 16bales,4pews,1washm,68desks,106chairs,8craft,15hh,21toys,26clothes,174books
41
Indonesia 1
Scarboroughs 1
May-04
 18beds/matt,20pews,6computers,ecgm,melaminesheets,OPALmeds,24chairsdesks,327boxes
42
East Timor 4
ARMS 4
May-04
 6 computers,14beds,matt,2microwaves,toys,babyequip,19craft,41hh,29toys,21clothes,15clinic,83bk
43
Indonesia 2
Ambon
Jun-04
 5bales,18beds/matt,30deskschairs,ecgm,OPALmeds,41hh,15toys,33clinic,19school
44
Solomon Is 3
Nafinua (SSEC)
Jul-04
 14beds/matt,67desks,53chairs,52roofing,3cupboards,5typewr,36hh,23toys,19clinic,167books
45
Tanzania 1
Watsons
Aug-04
 6bales,8man typewr,plumbing,schoollockers,bb,18bikes,50desks,59chairs,424packages
46
Israel 2
Joseph Storehse 2
Sep-04
 850 packages,4725kg clothes,3110kg med equipment inc26 beds/matt,1707kg hh,452kg toys
47
Sudan 
Broadstocks
Oct-04
 15beds/matt,4bales,2pttrolleys,50roofing,2bikes,hospequip,18hh,96clinic,10books,3w/cs,sssink,
48
Uganda  2
Harrison/Fred 1
Nov-04
 15hbeds/matts,14bales,6bikes,2fridges,2washm,20pews,2hobs,40desks,3w/cs,2tvs,598boxes
49
Siberia
Ebenezer
Dec-04
 Winter clothing, bedding, shoes,boots.Russian New Testaments
50
SriLankaCeduna
See note
Mar-05
 13palletsfood,12desks,16chairs,9suitcaseslinen,44hh,27toys,37clothes,3clinic,26food,23books
51
PNG 2
BTA Ukarumpa
Mar-05
 3washingM,2dryers,17tables,2wardrobes,169chairs,158hh,21clothes,4clinic,106books,2childbikes
52
Solomon Is 4
SSEC 3
Apr-05
 14bales,35pews,chainsaw,5trestletables,29craft,52hh,24toys,16clinic,9books,leadlightpanel
53
Burundi 1
Telesphore 1
May-05
 379boxes,24bales,27bikes,2filingcabs,outboardmotor,8beds/matt,24desks101chairs,
54
Philippines 4
Escalante 1
Jun-05
 56beds,61matts,22commodes,Xraym, 21lockers,asst hosp equipment
55
Namibia
CDF,Pascal
Jul-05
 8beds/matt,9bikes,13computersetc,23desks,2washm, 203boxes,72hh44toys,34school
56
Israel 3
Joseph Project 1
Aug-05
 1623 packages,15 beds/mattresses,10467kg clothes, 596kg bedding,
57
Indonesia 3
Scarboroughs 2
Sep-05
 dentalchairs/equip,10bikes,2sssinks,2sewm,1barouche,32craft,96hh,17toys84clinic,32hw
58
Tanzania 2
Watsons 2
Oct-05
 17bales,80chairs,10sewm,20pews,63roofing,6air/c,6bikes,342tiles,110books,19toys,103hh
59
India 2
Rev Abraham 1
Dec-05
 15 tonnes assorted children's and school books and encyclopaedias.
60
Uganda 3
Harrison 2
Dec-05
 Xraym, industrial stove,PAsystem,3weldingm,16beds/matt,5bikes,8bales,electorgan,17bales
61
Israel 4
Joseph Project 2
May-06
 1247 pkgs clothes,17 hbedsmatts,5lockers,screendoor,8bikes,baby gear,
62
Solomon Is 5
Matthias Eddie 4
Jun-06
 10bales,283boxes hh,books,generator,20 pewframes25typewriters,18desks,44chairs,7bikes
63
Philippines 5
Escalante 2
Jul-06
 56 h beds, matt,54 deskschairs, lecture chairs,87 crockery, linen, bikes wchairs3cubechairs
64
Tanzania 3
Daniel Nyalusi
Sep-06
 68 dble bales, 2 sewing machines 220 boxes hh,toys, clothes,
65
Israel 5
Joseph Project 3
Nov-06
 845 boxes clothes,20bikes,furniture, 23 ofice desks,buckets,8w/chairs,
66
Uganda 4 
UFRL Bushfire c h
Dec-06
 427boxesclinic,hh,hw,school,toys24beds/m,dental surgery,12s/mach,23schooldesks,33chairs
67
India 3
Rev Abraham 2
Dec-06
 124gk,220hl,116hm,74he,81hs,273pl,72 other prim,22teacher/manuals
68
Uganda 5
Patrick Mbale
Feb-07
 12bales,24 hbeds,29matt,cardiacmon,144chairs,fridge,326boxeshh,clin,toys,books
69
PNG 3
Goroka Hospital
Mar-07
 120computers,anaesthM,2laborbed,306clinic,115book,40compacc, 135 cha,25laptops,paint,BDN
70
Burundi 2
Telesphore 2
Apr-07
 115bales,motorbike,8hbeds,250kgrice,6computers, baked beans,253boxeshumaid
71
Uganda 6
Fred Mukasa 2
Apr-07
 40bales,7hbeds,9mattresses,48computers,64monitors,10pews,11s/machines,keyboard,391box
72
Philippines 6
Escalante 3
May-07
 45hbeds,17mattress,18kidbikes,1chorgan,pulpit,8sewingmach,18bedtables,44schchairs,278box
73
Israel 6
Joseph Project 4
Jun-07
 furniture,organ,pulpit,filing cabnt,768 boxes clothing, bedding hh etc
74
Madagascar 2
YWAM 2
Jul-07
 16hbeds,matt,3theatretables,2dentalch+eqiup,sssink,plumbing,sterilizingu,8bales,52chairs
75
Vietnam 2
An Sinh Gen. Hosp
Aug-07
 80 hospital beds, commodes, walkers, shower chairs, barouche,
76
Uganda 7
Impact Min Mbale 2
Sep-07
 15pews,12computers,247chairs,9bale,s2 bloodanalysismachine, 1defribrillator,2fridges,1wmfurniture
77
Israel 7
Joseph Project 5
Dec-07
 1107 boxes clothing etc furniture, wheelchairs, walkers, bikes
78
Uganda 8
Bp Joel 1
Dec-07
 18bales,18computers, paint,furniture,bikes,18zonta kits,322boxes,desks chairs
79
Liberia
PsSolomonJohnson
Dec-07
 18bales,31 hosp beds,mattresses,schooltables chairs,378boxes
80
Kenya
Bp Eliphasi 1
Jan-08
 18 bales, 35desks,57chairs,12computers 1fridge,20bikes,8sewmach,wheelbarrow,bboard
81
Uganda 9
Kitgum
Feb-08
 18 bales,99boxes birthdayboxes,9mantypewritrs,2knittinmach29chairs9bikes15desks
82
Uganda 10
Harrison 3
Mar-08
 90bales,70bagsknitting,6sewingmach,4tents,36rollsfabric,1sofa,3dblebeds,2wchairs
Tanzania
Chris Watson
Apr-08
 A cubic metre crate containing 20computers and accessories, and18 monitors
83
Zambia 7
Grace Ministries 7
Apr-08
 18bales54desks142chairs,electorgan,2sofas,sideboard,100bags knitting,3computers,6sewmach
84
PNG 4 Rabaul
Jim Parker 1
May-08
 18bales, 21 hosp beds,3 computers, 300oilpresses,300boxes books pulpit,drumkit,organ
85
Vietnam 3
Hanoi 1
May-08
 70 rollsfabric, 10sewing machines8hbeds55stools,10computers63desks105chairs
86
Jordan
Marg Holt 1
May-08
 55mattresses,24hbeds,18bales, 318 boxes
87
Uganda, Soroti
Peter Brookman 1
Jun-08
 2tractors,rotaryhoes,cultivators,cementmixer,chainsaw,dishwasher,washingmach,11bikes
88
Israel 8
Joseph Project 6
Jul-08
 77armchairs,56lockers,piano,organ,9 cupboards,8recliners,3filing cbts,sofa,spinningloom,700boxes
89
Zambia 8
Diz Bostock
Aug-08
 7hospbeds,36bales,6wheelch,fridge, photocopier,fax,washmach,knittingmah,sewingmach,20ch
90
Uganda 12
Fred Mukasa 3
Sep-08
 54bales,52computers,laserprinter,guitars,organ,6bikes,44chairs41dismantch,filingcabs,278boxes
91
PNG 5 Manus
Bruce King 1
Sep-08
 sawmill, copira presses glucometers books,10 bikes,2 bales, 6 computers, 437 boxes
85
Kenya 2
Bp Eliphasi 2
Dec-08
 70 rollsfabric, 10sewing machines8hbeds55stools,10computers63desks105chairs
92
Uganda 13
Bushfire 2
Jan-09
 assorted furniture,wm,fridge,8 computers,dismshed,40armchairs,49bikes,383boxes
93
Burundi 3
Telesphore 3
Mar-09
 72 bales7bikesfridge127chairs9computers4filing cab13sewing m generator cement mixer40fabric
94
Burundi 4
Telesphore 4
Apr-09
 Toyota 4runner
95
Uganda 14
COME
May-09
 ambulance, 40 hospital beds and mattresses, linen, hospital equipmt
96
 Zambia 9
Mission in Action
May-09
36bales,8sewingmachines,12computers,1piano,12hospbeds/mattresses,furniture,476boxes
97
!ndia 4
Rev Abraham 3
Jun-09
 15.9 tonnes assorted children's and school books
98
Uganda 15
Family Care
Jun-09
54bales,10hospmattresses,140chairs,9computers,60bagsknitting,assortedfurniture,508boxes
99
Sudan 2
Duk Padiet
Oct-09
 54bales, 13 mattresses, 14 computers, 8 rollsfabric, 10sewing machines, 11bikes, 63 chairs, 460 boxes
100
Uganda 16
Soroti 2
Oct 09
3tractors, assorted agricultural equip, motorbike, hospital equipment, computers, sewing machines
101
Israel 9
Joseph Project 7
Aug-09
 Furniture, organ, diapers, 771 boxes
102
Philippines 7
Emergency CEBU
Nov 09
54 bales, 56 bundles linen/bedding, 27 tables, 66 chairs, 12 computers, 505 boxes
103
Sudan 3
Aweil community
Sept 09
36 bales, 31 hospital beds, 287 boxes hosp. equip., Xray machine, Xray developer
104
Sierra Leone
Living Word Ministries
Jan 10
36 bales 16 hosp beds/mat, 4 computers, 29 schooldesks, 8 sewing mach, 65 chairs, 6 bikes, 347 boxes
105
Kenya 3
Cherith Ministries
Feb 10

36 bales, 24 hosp beds, mattresses, 122 chairs, 20computers,sewing machines, typewriters, 233 boxes
106
Sudan 3
Bor hospital
Mar 10

78 beds, mattresses, patient walkers, wheelchairs, Xray box, examination table, 250 boxes
107
Tanzania 2
Chris Watson
April 10
36 bales, 7 blocks of 12 school lockers, 50 computers, filing cabinets, desks, chairs, tables, bicycles
   
   

Note: Container #50 was to be sent to Sri Lanka following the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 but because they were overwhelmed by containers and could not handle it, the container was forwarded to the Aboriginal community at Ceduna in South Australia.

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