Official website (https://www.shelterbox.org/)
ShelterBox
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Official website
ShelterBox Emergency Disaster Relief
ShelterBox provides emergency shelter to families who have lost their home to disaster, enabling them to rebuild their lives. Join us.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- nonprofit organization
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Employees
- 161
- Revenue
- 20128000
- Official website
- www.shelterbox.org
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- Commons category
- ShelterBox
- inception
- 2001-00-00
- donations
- 18864000
- number of volunteers
- 150
- bequest income
- 3651000
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years
- Notable responses
- Evolution of the charity
- Responding to disasters
- ShelterBox Response Team
- Funding
- Patrons
- Partnerships and collaboration
- Rotary International
- International affiliates
- In-country humanitarian partners
- References
ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity established in 2000 in Helston, Cornwall, UK, that provides emergency shelter and other aid items to families around the world who have lost their homes to disaster or conflict.
ShelterBox responds to natural disasters such as earthquakes, tropical cyclones, tsunamis, floods and volcanic eruptions. The charity also provides emergency aid to families who have been displaced by war or conflict, in places such as Syria and the Lake Chad Basin.
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