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SENDING CONTAINERS - THE WORK OF THE MISSION WORLD AID TEAM The MWA Team The MWA team includes a group of volunteers who work at the Mission Shed sorting goods and packing containers, and another group who assist at the Mission Shop. The shipping containers are packed at the Mission Shed, 98 Old Mount Barker Road (corner of Pepper Ave), Stirling East, South Australia. The shed is open for goods to be delivered every Wednesday between 10am and 4pm. The aid is collected, sorted and cleaned and containers packed on premises leased from ETSA Utilities. An abundance of goods keeps flowing in for which we are grateful. We appreciate the ongoing support of individuals and businesses who continue to donate aid. The official paperwork required to send each container is considerable. Extensive shipping, customs, insurance and Often when goods for containers are being collected, the container packed and the sending organized, the funds needed for its transportation are not available. We rely on the ongoing generosity of individual donors to provide funding to meet shipping commitments. Relief aid sent out by Mission World Aid has included:
The aid is classified into two categories: Our relief aid has reached the following countries:
Plus Aboriginal communities and migrant refugees in Australia, and bushfire victims in Victoria in 2009.
Location of the Mission World Aid Shed in Stirling. Click the following:The Mission Shop Ilustrated process of sending containers overseas Receiving a MWA container - the example of Tanzania Reports from recipients A year in the life of MWA - Annual Report of 2007/08 Statistics of containers sent 1992 - 2009 |
transport forms are completed, involving detailed lists of every box and loose items packed in the container. Each box and package, bale of clothing and loose items has to be valued and for some destinations the weight must be assessed. Fumigation of the container is conducted off-site.
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