So, who is ShelterBox?
In 2000, members of a Rotary Club in Cornwall, England watched on as hundreds of families were left with nothing after multiple disasters across the world. Wanting to find a way to help, they launched what would become ShelterBox – an organisation that sends aid, clothes, and shelter to regions hit by hurricanes, earthquakes, conflicts, droughts, cyclones, and more. Cyclone Harold Vanuatu With an original aim to help out 8-10 families a year, they quickly surpassed their goal and now, 23 years later, have provided emergency shelter and disaster relief to over 2.5 million people in 97 different countries. The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines are just a few of the disasters where they’ve helped provide relief; and more recently, the Turkiye/Syria earthquakes and the ongoing war in Ukraine.With natural disasters, climate change, and conflicts becoming an ever-growing issue across the world, the need for emergency shelter is more urgent than ever.