ShelterBox turns 25 in 2025

2025 marks 25 years of ShelterBox.

Thanks to you, our amazing supporters, volunteers and partners, we have been there for more than three million people after disaster.

For 25 years, we’ve had one focus – shelter. Today, it remains the same. No one should be without shelter after disaster.

Help us be ready for the next 25 years.

Our work has never been more urgent


Right now, over 120 million people worldwide have been forced from their homes by disasters, conflict and the climate crisis.

That’s compared to less than 40 million people displaced by disaster when ShelterBox was founded in 2000.

Today, three times more people are affected – and the number is growing every day.

In the next 25 years, around 1.2 billion people could be at risk of losing their homes to disaster too – that’s the same as 1 in 6 people alive today.

Extreme weather is getting worse, forcing more people to flee, damaging and destroying homes. New and long-running conflicts continue to force families to flee. Communities don’t have a chance to recover from one crisis to the next.

People need our support now, more than ever.

25 Years of Impact


Thanks to your support, we have been there for over three million people in around 100 countries. That’s about 300 people a day.

Our work has spanned Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania, Europe, and North America.

We respond as many times as people need us. That means we’ve helped in many places more than once.

In the last 25 years, we’ve been there for 300,000 people in the Philippines – responding to more than 30 disasters.

We’ve helped ten times in Pakistan and Indonesia. Six times in Niger, Somalia, Kenya, and Haiti. Five times in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sudan, Madagascar, Paraguay, Colombia, and Mexico.

In 2022, we partnered with Islamic Relief to support people in Pakistan with tents, tarpaulins, water filters and carriers, mosquito nets and solar lights.

The next 25 years.


Together we can do more. Help us be ready for the next 25 years.

When disasters strike without warning, emergency shelter can be the difference between life and death. Being prepared means we are ready and can reach people more quickly and efficiently.

Your support now can help us be ready in the future.

Help us have shelter aid ready to go in warehouses around the world. Together, we can make sure more people have emergency shelter and other essential items to survive and recover. Because shelter is the foundation for life.

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25 Years of Learning


Over the last 25 years, we’ve listened to communities to understand what they need the most after disaster. Every situation is different, so our responses need to be too.

A tent isn’t always the right option after a disaster. So we have different approaches and emergency shelter items, for different climates and cultures – and we train communities on how to get the most from them.

We still offer tents and shelter kits, but now we have more robust emergency shelters too.

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Working in Partnership


We achieve so much more for people after disaster by working together. A shared purpose unites us – the unshakeable belief that shelter provides the foundation for life.

Operational Partners

How we work with local partners, organizations, and Rotary Clubs to get your aid to the families who need it most.

Our Partnership with Rotary

Read more about our Project Partnership with Rotary International and how together we make a greater impact on people affected by disaster.

Affiliates

Our international offices share our belief in a world where no one is without shelter after conflict and disaster, and help make this a reality.

Help us prepare for disaster

Your suppport makes sure we have shelter aid ready to go in warehouses around the world.