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ShelterBox helping people in Türkiye and Syria after earthquake
Crucial aid supplies - tents and thermal blankets - have arrived in the two countries Crucial supplies from the international disaster relief charity ShelterBox have arrived in Türkiye and Syria to...
ShelterBox’s Ukraine response receives funding boost
A donation by the Z Zurich Foundation will help fund the charity’s work in Ukraine ShelterBox’s vital and ongoing work supporting people affected by the war in Ukraine has been boosted thanks to a...
ShelterBox helping people in Ukraine survive sub-zero winter
Charity launches urgent fundraising appeal The international disaster relief charity ShelterBox has essential aid in Ukraine designed to help people survive a long and harsh winter. Millions of...
World + 10 more
Press Release - 31 October 2022
The international disaster relief charity ShelterBox has issued a desperate plea to the UK Government days before global leaders gather in Egypt for COP 27. It’s asking the Prime Minister to...
Shelterbox sending team to flood-ravaged Pakistan
ShelterBox is launching an emergency appeal to help people survive the devastating floods The international disaster relief charity ShelterBox is sending an emergency response team to Pakistan...
Shelterbox helping thousands of people displaced by conflict in Burkina Faso
Almost two million people have been forced to flee their homes and now have nowhere to live. ShelterBox has expressed its ‘grave concern’ as the number of people displaced by the ongoing conflict in...
Ethiopia + 2 more
Shelterbox responds to worst drought in East Africa for 40 years
More than a million people have had to leave their homes behind in search of food and now have nowhere to live. ShelterBox is preparing to help thousands of people facing the most prolonged drought...
Shelterbox sending team to flood-hit Bangladesh
ShelterBox is sending a team to Bangladesh to assess whether it is well placed to support people affected by some of the worst flooding to ever hit the region. Bangladesh is affected by flooding...
Intensifying storms will displace more than 200 million people in 20 years
ShelterBox warns of human cost of climate change Millions of people will be uprooted over the next 20 years by storms, intensified by climate change, damaging and destroying homes. That is the...
Moldova + 2 more
Shelterbox supporting people uprooted by Ukraine crisis
The international disaster relief charity ShelterBox is working in Moldova as it responds to the growing crisis in Ukraine. The Cornwall-based charity is working to support people displaced or...
Shelterbox close to helping 100,000 people in typhoon-hit Philippines
1.7 million homes were damaged by Typhoon Rai ShelterBox is nearing in on sheltering around 100,000 people whose homes lay in the path of a super typhoon that hit the Philippines. ShelterBox was one...
ShelterBox to deliver aid to families in Yemen as humanitarian crisis worsens: More than 4 million people have lost their homes
Disaster relief charity, ShelterBox, will start distributing emergency shelter in Yemen next month. The charity, which has launched a Yemen fundraising appeal, is supporting people who have fled from...
Shelterbox and Habitat for Humanity team up to support people in Haiti
Distribution of emergency shelter aid to communities who lost homes in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in southwestern Haiti has started. ShelterBox and Habitat for Humanity have started distributing...
Airlink and ShelterBox Charter Planes to Deliver 71 tons of Emergency Aid to Families Impacted by Haiti Earthquake
September 20, 2021 (WASHINGTON DC) -- Nonprofit organizations ShelterBox and Airlink have partnered together have rushed two shipments of humanitarian aid to families in Haiti impacted by the recent...
Why disasters are not natural
Natural disasters. We’ve all heard and probably used the term before. It’s used on the news, on social media, and in everyday conversations to describe extreme events like hurricanes, earthquakes and...
World + 3 more
Climate crisis to destroy 167 million homes in next 20 years
ShelterBox reveals extent of ‘human habitat’ loss, urging PM and G7 leaders to find global solutions Supported by Professor Andrew Collins at Northumbria University, a new data forecast from disaster...
Shelterbox statement on G7 climate commitments
ShelterBox responds to the underwhelming announcements on climate change from the G7 summit Disaster relief charity ShelterBox, based in Truro, Cornwall, has responded to the underwhelming...
10 years of conflict leaves Syrians 'with diminishing resources to survive'.
As a tragic milestone in the Syrian conflict is reached, disaster relief charity ShelterBox calls on all parties to prioritise the civilians of Syria, by ceasing hostilities, maintaining humanitarian...
ShelterBox responds after super typhoon Goni
ShelterBox is preparing emergency shelter supplies, solar lights and other essentials in the Philippines, after the latest in a series of violent storms ripped through the country. PRESS RELEASE - 2...