Shelter Box

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Starting as the brainchild of one Rotarian with the support of his Rotary club in year 2000 – Shelter Box has grown to become one of the largest Rotary Club projects in the 100 year history of the organization.

Recognizing this worldwide support from the Rotary community, Shelter Box was designated as a Global Rotary Club Project in 2009. Logos with this designation now appear on all Shelter Boxes, tents, blankets and ancillary materials.

The Rotary International Shelter Box program delivers humanitarian aid and relief on a worldwide basis in the form of material and equipment that provides shelter, warmth and comfort to people displaced by natural and other disasters. Each box contains a 10 person tent, 10 thermal blankets, a multi fuel cooker and ancillary equipment such as water purification tablets, a torch and batteries, spade, rope etc. the basics a family would need after losing everything in a disaster.

Haiti, Chile, Peru, Japan,  wherever natural disaster strikes, Rotary Clubs throughout the world send aid through the Shelter Box program.