About us
We provide emergency shelter to people who have lost their home to disaster, enabling them to rebuild their lives.
ShelterBox was founded in the small town of Helston, Cornwall UK, by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard.
ShelterBox was founded in 2000 by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard in the small UK town of Helston in Cornwall.
Now, 25 years later, ShelterBox has grown into an independent international disaster relief organization that provides emergency shelter, tools and other essentials to people after disaster.
In 25 years, we have supported over 3 million people in around 100 countries.
We’ve been there for more than 300,000 people in the Philippines. That’s why we created ShelterBox Operations Philippines.
Syria is our longest ongoing response. We’ve supported over 375,000 people there since 2012.
Amazing local support in Cornwall meant people in India who lost their homes in the 2001 Gujarat earthquake were the first to be supported by the newly formed ShelterBox.
Rotaractors in Germany formed ShelterBox Germany and Rotarians created ShelterBox New Zealand. HRH The Duchess of Cornwall praised our work whilst visiting disaster-affected families in Pakistan.
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.
Our teams worked to support people after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. ShelterBox Sweden formed.
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.
