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Durable shelter helps families recover after disaster

Discover how ShelterBox provides durable and transitional shelters for families displaced by conflict and disaster. Learn about long-term shelter solutions help offer safety, dignity, and resilience.

Types of Shelter After Disaster

Learn about the different types of shelter after disaster, from emergency shelter and home repairs to transitional and durable shelters.

Your impact in 2024

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Mosquito nets

When disaster strikes and families and are left vulnerable to insect-borne diseases like malaria, mosquito nets can help reduce the risk of infection.

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Water filters and carriers

When disaster strikes, clean water is compromised. Emergency aid items like water filters and carriers can help families produce safe drinking water.

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Solar lights

When disaster strikes, families often have no access to electricity. Solar lights can allow families to rebuild a sense of normality.

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Shelter kits

Our shelter kits provide communities with the tools they need to start rebuilding their homes and their lives.

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Tents

When disaster strikes and families lose their homes, durable tents can offer shelter and a sense of safety and normality – a place to call home.

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ShelterBox strategy 2022-27

ShelterBox exists to ensure no one is without shelter after disaster. Discover our new 5-year strategy here.

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Response criteria

Learn how we make the decision to respond in a disaster or conflict

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Helping communities recover with cash assistance

Learn how we’re using cash assistance alongside our tents, tools and household items to help families recover after disaster.

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Theory of change

Our new Theory of Change sums up what we will do and why to support communities affected by crisis, building on 20+ years of our experience.

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ShelterBox Trust and Rotary International are official Project Partners in disaster relief. ShelterBox and the ShelterBox Canada affiliate are registered charities, independent of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation.

ShelterBox Canada’s charitable registration number is 846283208 RR0001

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