Shelter Box

SBShelterBox was founded in 2000 in the small town of Helston in Cornwall, UK. That same year the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard adopted it as its millennium project. Little did they know that it would become a Rotary project partner, with an ever-growing number of international affiliates.

ShelterboxThe first consignment of 143 boxes was sent to earthquake victims in the Indian state of Gujarat in January 2001. Over the next three years the project matured and by the end of 2004 nearly 2,600 boxes had been dispatched, following 16 major disasters. On 26 December 2004, news came of the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami and ShelterBox faced its most significant challenge, one that would change its course forever. Donations and volunteers poured in and they were able to ramp up their operations on a scale unimaginable just six months earlier.

In 2005 they sent out more than 22,000 boxes, almost 10 times the number they had sent out in the previous three years. Not only were they sending aid to survivors of the Tsunami, but they were also able to help those who had lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina and the massive earthquake that hit the Kashmir region of Pakistan. In just a few short months, ShelterBox had emerged as a major player in the field of international disaster relief.

ShelterBox Vision

A world in which all people displaced by disasters and humanitarian crises are rapidly provided with emergency shelter and vital aid, which will help rebuild their communities and lives.

ShelterBox Mission

To rapidly provide emergency shelter and vital aid to stabilize, protect and support communities overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crisis.

For more information on the Shelter Box Program in District 7450, please contact:

Ted Pleibel
District Shelter Box Chair
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or visit http://www.shelterbox.org

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March 19th 2024
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March 23rd 2024
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April 2nd 2024
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