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...
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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...
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Coronavirus statement from Sanj Srikanthan
ShelterBox Chief Executive says that 'compassion and dedication to humanitarian values are more important than ever'. A MESSAGE FROM SANJ SRIKANTHAN Like you, the team here at ShelterBox are...
Syria Chemical Incident - ShelterBox partners in Khan Sheikhoun fear more attacks, and for the safety of their team
Hand in Hand for Syria is the London-based charity that has worked for years with ShelterBox taking aid to families displaced by Syria’s civil war. Yesterday their team in Khan Sheikhoun were at the...
Ecuador’s shelter and water crisis
‘The situation is much worse than we had anticipated.’ ShelterBox team sees children begging in the streets with empty water bottles, and fields suffocated by ‘black water’ There is a new urgency in...
Shelter kits provide the tools to rebuild family homes
Losing a home, through damage or total destruction, is devastating for anyone, but for some people, their home means more than bricks, mortar and memories. For people like 21-year-old Eliza, who is...
SchoolBoxes provide a sense of normality for children in Nepal
Since the first powerful earthquake hit Nepal in late April, our ShelterBox response teams have found innovative ways to use our aid to support people whose lives have been turned upside down. Our...
First ShelterBox aid distributed to hospitals in Kathmandu
After Nepal’s worst earthquake in 80 years, hospitals in the country’s capital Kathmandu were devastated, forcing medical staff to treat their patients outside with dwindling supplies. However,...
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2014 reflections: The Syria conflict
It’s been a busy 2014 for everyone connected with ShelterBox. This past year we have sent aid to 25 different disasters and throughout this holiday season we will be looking back at how these...
Flooding, landslides & cholera outbreak grip Nepal
A ShelterBox response team is being mobilised in response to large scale flooding which has affected vast swathes of Nepal, caused by days of incessant rainfall. Earlier this month communities along...
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‘Worst flooding in the Balkans in decades’
A ShelterBox Response team is now in Serbia field-testing a new way of capturing vital information from the families we have helped. Severe flooding in the country in May 2014 forced tens of...
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ShelterBox aid arrives for Balkans families
Vital ShelterBox aid has arrived in Serbia today to help families who have been affected by the Balkans flooding and more aid is due to arrive in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the next few days. ...
ShelterBox CEO Alison Wallace visits Philippines
Alison Wallace, Chief Executive of ShelterBox, is travelling to the Philippines to see for herself how ShelterBox aid is helping communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. In less than three months...
World Water Day 2013: Cooperation
Every year, World Water Day is held on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. World Water Day...
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ShelterBox first to distribute tents in Lebanon
ShelterBox is the first aid agency in the world to distribute tents to Syrian refugees in Lebanon with the permission of the Lebanese Government. In a complex political environment, ShelterBox is...
Nigerian village starts to heal
Suleimon Idis is the closest thing the village of Atakpa in central Nigeria has to a doctor. He is a dispensary officer who works with people who have become sick during the recent flooding. People...
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ShelterBox supports the End Polio Now day
Rotarians around the world are celebrating 25 years today since the End Polio Now initiative began. Originally started with the aim of eradicating all global cases of Polio, through the awareness and...
ShelterBox works with Senegalese First Lady
ShelterBox is sending disaster relief tents and other lifesaving supplies to families affected by the widespread flooding in Senegal through working with the West African country's First Lady's...
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Horn Of Africa: One Year on
In 2011, ShelterBox delivered more than 8,500 disaster relief tents to more than 8,500 refugee families in Kenya and Ethiopia, making it the largest movement of ShelterBox aid that year. ShelterBox...
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ShelterBox intervient au Niger pour les réfugiés du Mali
Deux cents boîtes envoyées par ShelterBox sont actuellement en cours d’acheminement au Niger, à deux heures de route au nord de Niamey. Elles sont destinées aux maliens réfugiés au Niger qui fuient...