Bonita Trust Sponsors Water Tanks For Haiti Support

March 17, 2010 - PRLog -- In the three weeks following Bonita Trust's $80,000 donation, 36,000 gallons of fresh water are now being distributed in the camps every day via Bonita-sponsored water tanks. Bonita’s donation to Haiti will eventually provide the distribution of a total of 60,000 gallons of fresh water every day at Karradeux and Carrefour, two of the largest tented refugee camps in Haiti.

All the water tanks have been hand-painted by volunteers on the ground showing the name of the sponsor and the flag of each sponsor's country of origin.

Ruth Parasol DeLeon, founding member of the Bonita Trust International Advisory Board comments “We are proud to see the flag of Gibraltar, home to the Bonita Trust, displayed amongst the flags of the other philanthropies from around the world. Our presence in this global landscape is a reflection of our commitment to working with communities both at home and internationally. Philanthropy is more than the giving of money; it is about the creation of partnerships, the giving of personal time, the time to understand the very individual challenges being faced by many on so many different levels. The natural catastrophe in Haiti has caused widespread devastation, in the face of which we see the life-force of the people, supported by friends from around the world, working together to rebuild their community."

Bonita's donation is part of a total $3.2m raised so far by the American-Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) for continuing and long-term relief efforts in Haiti. Bonita Trust has allocated a total of $250,000.00 to be distributed over the next five years towards future relief efforts in Haiti, $80,000.00 being the first part for water tanks.

Notes to Editors:

The Bonita Trust is an independent philanthropic trust established under Gibraltar law in 2004 by a subsidiary of PartyGaming Plc. prior to its London Stock Exchange flotation in 2005. Bonita’s grant-making is guided by its International Advisory Board whose first member was Ruth Parasol DeLeon.

Since inception, Bonita has committed over £7.5 million to charitable programs in the areas of education, health and entrepreneurship by working in partnership with communities worldwide. Building on the digital expertise of its own heritage and by leveraging new technologies and Internet-based solutions, the Trust works closely with charities on the development of their websites and online communication in order to further their reach and aid their fundraising.

Bonita has focused the majority of its grant-making in the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Israel and India but is also interested in answering some of the key global challenges facing society to make the world a better place.

For more information on the Bonita Trust, see http://www.bonitatrust.org

Media Contact:
Mary Glanville
http://www.bonitatrust.org
The Bonita Trust
Belvedere Trustees Limited
57/63 Line Wall Road
Gibraltar (Zip code: 676845)
+44 2077318208
mary@glanville.com