Rotarians Roy Thompson, left, and Mark Meads collect for the Haiti disaster.

A south Shropshire Rotary club has launched a fundraising appeal to provide two shelter boxes for survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.

Each box costs an average of £490 and contains a 10-person tent with privacy partitions, thermal blankets, insulated ground sheets, water purification equipment, basic tools, a stove, cooking utensils and other essential equipment.

The club has already sent two boxes and is now campaigning to raise money for two more.

Shelter Box is an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter to people affected by disaster worldwide.

The Rotary Club of Ludlow held a collection outside Tesco on Saturday and an emergency street collection will take place in the town centre on January 30. All proceeds from these collections will be used to purchase a third and possibly fourth ShelterBox.

Anyone wishing to support the ShelterBox appeal can send a cheque, made payable to Ludlow Rotary Club, to Rotarian Terry Curthoys, Treasurer, Rotary Club of Ludlow, 7 Raven Lane, Ludlow, SY8 1BW.

Donations made by cheque can also be left at the Ludlow Town Council Offices, c/o Veronica Calderbank, Town Clerk, Ludlow Town Council, either at the Buttercross Office or The Stable Block, Stone House, Corve Street, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1DG.