ShelterBox for Disaster Victims
ShelterBox for Disaster Victims
The Shelter Box project delivers immediate relief to victims of natural and other disasters anywhere around the world. The Shelter Box project was conceived and developed by a Rotary Club in Great Britain that was struck with the urgent world-wide need for a self-contained emergency shelter unit when disaster occurs. The Shelter Boxes have evolved into tough, 49-gallon containers that include rugged 10-person tents to be used as emergency accommodation and other survival essentials as required. The boxes can themselves be very useful to aid recipients - ideal for food or water storage. They have also been put to use as cots, tables and for general storage and transporting other materials.
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As of January 2007, ShelterBox has sent aid to 31 different countries, providing shelter for 500,000 people. Disasters to which they have responded include earthquakes, hurricanes, wars, floods, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and typhoons.
Our club has funded 1-3 Shelter Boxes ($1,000 each) each year for the past 4 years.