Gaza
Over 12 months of unrelenting conflict has left Gaza unrecognisable. Almost all buildings have been damaged or destroyed and families are having to move again and again.
ShelterBox is providing emergency shelter and other essential items for people left with nowhere to live after the conflict.
People need emergency shelter, blankets, water carriers and kitchen sets – and that’s what we’re focusing on.
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Syria
We are providing shelter for families who have been forced to leave their homes due to the conflict in Syria.
Thermal blankets, carpets and mattresses, as well as warm winter clothes and shoes will support people through the bitterly cold winter months.
With the latest escalation in conflict and the fall of the Assad regime, we have had to temporarily pause some of our distributions until it is safe to resume.
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Mozambique
On 15 December Tropical Cyclone Chido hit Mozambique, damaging homes, roads and other buildings.
The cyclone has hit Cabo Delgado, an area which is already experiencing extreme difficulties due to ongoing conflict. Thousands of people have already had to leave their homes to find safety.
With help from our partner CARE Mozambique, we are supporting vulnerable communities affected by the conflict. We will also be responding to Cyclone Chido.
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Bangladesh
ShelterBox is responding in Bangladesh after heavy rains caused major flooding.
More than 5.8 million people have been affected, with more than 500,000 people forced to flee their homes.
We are working with our local partner, Uttaran, to support people as they begin to recover and rebuild. Take a look at how we are responding.
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Cameroon
Since 2009, Boko Haram has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
Around 21.6 million people are now in need of humanitarian aid in the Lake Chad region.
The country is also suffering from repeated climate shocks, including extreme flooding.
In Cameroon, we have supported over 50,000 families. We’re now working with our partner Public Concern to provide a range of emergency shelters and durable shelters, depending on people’s needs.
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is one of the fastest-growing displacement crises in Africa.
More than 2 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to extremist violence. Efforts by both government forces and local militias to fight it have uprooted even more communities.
Together with our partner, HELP, we’ve supported over 5,000 families since 2020.
Recently, we have been providing aid items and emergency shelters known as Sahelian tents. These tents are constructed from locally sourced materials and offer a more durable structure for displaced families who have fled their homes to escape extremist violence.
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Yemen
Yemen is currently the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
It is a result of the bitter civil war, starvation, climate shocks and a failing economy.
We have partnered with BCHR (Benevolence Coalition for Humanitarian Relief) to support vulnerable communities who have been forced from their homes from violence, and now face harsh living conditions.
We are providing household items and transitional shelters designed to withstand floods and the dangerous summer heat.
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Ethiopia
Millions of people have been forced to flee their homes due to violent conflict, drought, and seasonal floods in Ethiopia.
Working with our partner IOM, we’ve supported people with items like tarpaulins, rope, blankets, sleeping mats, mosquito nets, water carriers and kitchen sets.
We have supported a total of 35,000 people in the Afar and Somali regions in the last year, and over 157,000 people since we began responding in 2019.
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Chad
Thousands of people fleeing violence in Sudan are arriving in Chad.
Chad is one of the world’s poorest nations, and it’s resources were already stretched before Sudan war. Shelter demands are incredibly high as more people arrive daily.
Working with our partner HELP Tchad we are supplying people with emergency shelter, as well as providing essential items including solar lights, mosquito nets, blankets, sleeping mats, and kitchen sets.
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Somalia
Due to drought and violence, hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in Somalia, searching for food, water and health services.
We’re working with the Juba Foundation to provide training and materials for the construction of durable, locally appropriate shelters, as well as supplying essential items such as solar lights, water filters and mosquito nets.
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Malawi
Heavy rainfall in early 2024 has caused severe flooding in central Malawi. As a result thousands of people have been forced from their homes.
Families have been forced to find shelter elsewhere. Some are staying in schools, community centres or with host families. Thousands more are seeking shelter in displacement camps. With other families already living in displacement camps after Cyclone Freddy in 2023, there is a shortage of tents, tarpaulins and household items.
We are responding to the flooding; working with people who have been affected by the flooding, and our partner CARE Malawi. We will be using aid already in Malawi after Cyclone Freddy.
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Past responses
Since ShelterBox was founded back in 2000, we have responded to disasters and conflicts around the world.
Learn more about our previous responses – where we worked, the disaster or conflict that forced people from their homes, and the people we supported.
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