ShelterBox was founded in the small town of Helston, Cornwall UK, by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard.
ShelterBox helped Indonesian communities after the Boxing Day Tsunami. The incredible surge of support for the families affected by this huge disaster also allowed ShelterBox to help people in many more disasters. ShelterBox Volunteer Response Teams were introduced.
Thanks to our incredible supporters, Jagedeo Argairiya, a mother affected by flooding in Nepal, becomes the 500,000th person to be supported by ShelterBox. HRH The Duchess of Cornwall becomes President of ShelterBox.
Support was provided to communities after the Tohoku earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
We helped families fleeing the war in Syria, and we have been supporting communities in the region ever since – it is our longest running response. ShelterBox becomes Rotary International’s first Project Partner for disaster relief.
ShelterBox negotiated the delivery of aid to families like Mohammed’s in war-torn Gaza.
Our teams created a large scale response for families like Surya’s after the Nepal earthquake. We also started to help people like Esther fleeing Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin Crisis and we are still supporting communities in the region today. We reached the milestone of supporting 1 million people in 2015.
After Cyclone Winston hit Fiji, our teams worked to support families like Diane and Yokimi’s. We began supporting people affected by the Mosul offensive, a response that lasted for three years.
Our teams supported families like Yanira’s after Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, and Guljar’s during the Rohingya crisis, as well as 12 other countries.
After the Sulawesi Indonesia, earthquakes and tsunami, we supported families like Ertis’s. Having responded in the Philippines more frequently than any other country, with the help of local Rotarians and Rotary Clubs we opened ShelterBox Operations Phillipines, helping us to move quickly when Tropical Storm Usman hit.
Support provided to families like Stephano and Mary’s after Cyclone Idai in Malawi. We also reached the milestone of helping over 250,000 people in Syria. We extended our partnership with Rotary International, to continue as partners in action, increasing reach and impact around the globe.
