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ShelterBox has helped nearly 3 million people worldwide since its founding in 2000. We’re rated 100% on Charity Navigator, and have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times for our work in the world’s worst disaster.

President Kerri Murray is available for interviews on ShelterBox’s disaster responses.

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Our blogs highlight different aspects of our work. Here you can learn more about specific responses and discover new ways to support us. You can also read about the people we support, and peek behind the scenes at areas of our work that you may not otherwise know about.

Woman with aid packaging in a warehouse in Morocco

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Re-use and recycling of our aid packaging in Morocco

This Earth Day, we share how our aid packaging found a new lease of life in Morocco through re-use and recycling.

ShelterBox team members and Rotary volunteers in a warehouse in Morocco

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5 facts about ShelterBox’s partnership with Rotary

To mark World Rotary Day, discover 5 facts about ShelterBox's partnership with Rotary.

Group of people smiling and waving at the camera in Cameroon

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The power of partnership

Discover how working in partnership helps ShelterBox's work, with a closer look at our work with Public Concern in Cameroon.

Impact stories

Hear from some of the people ShelterBox has supported as they share what they have experienced, the aid they have received, and their hopes for the future.

Moh’s story

Moh lived in a ShelterBox tent in Gaza as a child after being displaced from his family home. Discover his story.

Hawa’s story

Hawa and her family were forced from their home by the conflict in Sudan. Now in Chad, learn about her experiences and how ShelterBox helped.

Living and working in Idlib, Syria

Meet Bana, 27, a humanitarian aid worker in Idlib for the last five years. She works for our partner ReliefAid and is the only woman in the team.

Portrait of Pakistani man standing outside emergency tent — When severe flooding caused devastation across the north and south of Pakistan, father of four, Abdul, lost his home and his livelihood. After receiving a ShelterBox tent, Abdul and his family told us they were joyful to have a roof over their heads.
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ShelterBox team en route to Thailand after 7.7 magnitude earthquake

ShelterBox is sending a response team first to Bangkok, Thailand, after a powerful earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, causing widespread destruction.

ShelterBox and Rotary volunteer packing day

Volunteers are assembling, and sending, supply kits filled with cold weather items to forgotten North Carolina counties battered by hurricane.

ShelterBox USA responds to Hurricane Beryl

ShelterBox response team workers have delivered aid to displaced people on the Grenada islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique.