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E. Doerr (Project Manager)
We provide emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies for families around the world who are affected by disasters at the time when they need it the most. Our Founder, Tom Henderson OBE, saw the humanitarian response in most disasters was in the form of food and medicine. Little or no assistance was being given in terms of safe, secure shelter to help families survive the first days, weeks and months as they try to rebuild their lives. ShelterBox was created to fill this void.
Since our inception in 2000, we have responded to earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, typhoons and conflict, delivering emergency humanitarian aid to families in need on every continent.
From the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, we have responded to some of the largest disasters the modern world has ever known. Alongside this, we have also helped many thousands of people affected by disasters that you do not see in the media. Simply put, if there is an unmet need for emergency shelter, we will do everything we can to meet it.
The ShelterBox solution in disaster response is as simple as it is effective. We deliver the essentials a family needs to survive in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Each large, green ShelterBox is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, water storage and purification equipment, cooking utensils, a stove, a basic tool kit, a children’s activity pack and other vital items.
We rely on public donations and could not operate without the generosity of people the world over. Our supporters constantly go the extra mile to help make a difference to the lives of families who survive disasters. We have had fundraisers climb Mount Kilimanjaro, row the Atlantic, cross India in a Tuk Tuk and even cycle 10,000 miles on a tandem. Every box we send out bears its own unique number so our donors can see where their box has gone.
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Since our inception in 2000, we have responded to earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, typhoons and conflict, delivering emergency humanitarian aid to families in need on every continent.
From the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, we have responded to some of the largest disasters the modern world has ever known. Alongside this, we have also helped many thousands of people affected by disasters that you do not see in the media. Simply put, if there is an unmet need for emergency shelter, we will do everything we can to meet it.
The ShelterBox solution in disaster response is as simple as it is effective. We deliver the essentials a family needs to survive in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Each large, green ShelterBox is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, water storage and purification equipment, cooking utensils, a stove, a basic tool kit, a children’s activity pack and other vital items.
We rely on public donations and could not operate without the generosity of people the world over. Our supporters constantly go the extra mile to help make a difference to the lives of families who survive disasters. We have had fundraisers climb Mount Kilimanjaro, row the Atlantic, cross India in a Tuk Tuk and even cycle 10,000 miles on a tandem. Every box we send out bears its own unique number so our donors can see where their box has gone.
More information:
- 135 news from the project – the latest from 04 March 2013
- About the carrier of this project “ShelterBox Germany”
- Location: Duhok, Iraq
- Updated on 14 June 2013, published on 04 February 2010
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Susanne B.: answered over 2 years ago
Dear Mr. Ogihara,
we do understand that the Japanese government have not yet requested any international assistance for the provision of emergency shelter but specifically. However, they told us specifically they would welcome international NGOs operating autonomously and self-sufficiently in the country.
As ShelterBox is aware of the danger that accompanies this deployment, we have our most experienced ShelterBox Response Teams (SRT) on the ground, who have been assessing the need in the norther provinces around Sendai. They now have arranged logistics and as the first 444 ShelterBoxes have arrived in Tokyo, will continue to distribute them as soon as possible. Water and fuel shortage still remain the biggest difficulties at the moment as well as the insecure nuclear situartion that is monitored by our team on the ground and HQ back in England all the time.
An estimated number of 600,00 people are left homeless at the moment. Mark Pearson, one of our SRT, said it was snowing up in Sendai. Facing these circumstances we will try to put as much people into shelter as we can.
Please be assured that our donations are used properly and in consultation with Japanese authorities! On order to act in the most efficient way, we do not take any restricted funds. The donations raised within this project are likely to go into relief efforts in Japan but may also help at other destinations worldwide when needed. Right now we have to further deployments in Peru, Bolivia and Madagascar going on, where our help is also urgently required.
For more information please also visit http://shelterbox.org/deployments.php?category=1 and feel free to contact us at any given time.
Thank you!
Susanne
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M. Benz asked over 2 years ago
Wir würden eine Fam.mit 2 Kindern in unserer Ferienwohnung bei uns auf nehmen. 62 m² voll eingerichtet.Ist ja nur möglich wenn die Familie mit dem Flugzeug raus kommt.mit frl . G.Benz
E. Doerr: (Project Responsible) answered over 2 years ago
Das ist ein tolles Angebot! Leider ist uns nicht bekannt, wie man einen solchen Kontakt vermitteln könnte. ShelterBox schickt Überlebenskisten mit Zelten, Wasseraufbereitungsanlagen, Mosquitonetzen und allem was eine Familie für das Überleben nach einer Naturkatastrophe benötigt ins Land. Vor Ort werden die Hilfsgüter dann von unseren ehrenamtlichen Katastrophenhelfern, den ShelterBox Response Teams (SRT), an die am stärksten betroffenen Familien verteilt.
Vielen Dank für den Willen zu Helfen, Manfred!
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