shelter saves lives
Give families like Fanne’s a place to call home and protection during the pandemic.
WHETHER IN A DISASTER, CONFLICT, OR A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, SHELTER IS THE MOST PROFOUND DIFFERENCE YOU CAN MAKE IN SOMEONE’S LIFE.
Your gift can give families a place to call home and provide protection during the pandemic.
ShelterBox
GIVE $1,000
Contains emergency shelter and essential household items a family needs to stay safe and healthy.
Family Tent
GIVE $500
Helps a family move out of evacuation or collective centers and allows them to isolate.
Cook Set
GIVE $250
Reduces sharing between families and the risk of catching or transmitting COVID-19.
Shelter Kit
GIVE $100
Tarps and tools help a family repair and expand their home to safely social distance.
Solar Light
GIVE $30
Gives a family light after dark to be able to cook, wash, work, and more.
Soap and Basin
GIVE $20
Improves a family’s ability to maintain good hygiene and stay healthy.
THANK YOU FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES
*aid items are for illustrative purposes only
I feel safe in my tent. Thanks to our donors we can avoid crowded places by staying in the shelter.”
FANNE'S STORY
Fanne is a 30-year-old mother. When violent extremist group Boko Haram destroyed her home in Nigeria, she was forced to flee with her children, leaving her disabled husband behind. When her family arrived at Minawao Refugee Camp in Cameroon, they were taken to a crowded collective center where they lived for three months at risk of contracting COVID-19.
In June 2020, Fanne received a ShelterBox tent, solar lights, blankets, and water carriers. She now has a private shelter where she can socially distance, protect her family from COVID-19, and begin to rebuild her life.
With her family safely sheltered, Fanne can now focus on their future: “I wish to start a business that might help me send my children to school.”
I had lost everything. This is an indescribable feeling; you can’t imagine unless it happens to you…I feel safe in my tent, we can avoid crowded places by staying in the shelter.”
Our daughter is smiling more because we have a new house, and now I can concentrate on work.”
-Alejandro, Philippines, Typhoon Vongfong
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ShelterBox USA
PO Box 5055
Santa Barbara, CA 93150
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Fund Descriptions
Where ShelterBox Needs It Most – Provides support for ShelterBox’s most pressing needs which include but are not limited to: deployments, administration and emergencies.
Deployment Essentials – Provides support for all costs associated with ShelterBox worldwide deployments, including but not limited to: lifesaving equipment, response teams, transportation and collaboration with local or international partners.
Syrian Refugee Crisis – Provides direct support to all costs associated with the ongoing response within Syria and other affected countries/territories, including but not limited to: lifesaving equipment, response teams, transportation and collaboration with local or international partners.
COVID-19 Fund – Provides support for all costs associated with ongoing ShelterBox worldwide deployments in densely populated settlements under threat of COVID-19, including but not limited to: lifesaving shelter and equipment, procurement of soap, hand washing basins and PPE, response team costs, transportation and collaboration with local or international partners.
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Donate by mail:
ShelterBox USA
PO Box 5055
Santa Barbara, CA 93150
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ShelterBox USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States and registered in the state of Florida. EIN 20-0471604. Donations to ShelterBox USA are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by U.S. law. Tax receipts for online donations are provided via email after the transaction is processed. Tax receipts for donations made by phone or mail are mailed within two to six weeks after the donation has been processed.
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