We Are shelterbox

We are project partners with Rotary International, a global community of 1.4 million neighbours, friends, leaders and problem-solvers. Their aim is to create positive, lasting change in communities at home and all over the world.  

By working together with Rotary, we are able to collaborate and combine resources to ensure that we can support more communities in desperate need of shelter after disaster.  

Rotarians and Rotary groups across the world support us in a variety of ways, from raising funds and awareness to providing support on the ground during our response to a disaster. This enables us to work more effectively and reach more communities around the world.  

ShelterBox began in 2000 as a Cornish Rotary Club’s millennium project. With the support of Rotary members and clubs around the world, ShelterBox grew to become an internationally recognised, independent disaster relief organisation. Since 2012, ShelterBox and Rotary have been official Project Partners in disaster relief.  

Each year, Rotary helps us to go further, support more people and access areas that would otherwise be impossible to reach. Read what we achieved in partnership across 2023 here.

We know that Rotary members like to engage with ShelterBox in different ways, so we’ve developed a few ideas and resources to inspire your club, district and wider community.

These resources offer a chance to get together and raise vital funds and awareness of both ShelterBox and the Rotary Project Partnership we share. There is something for all clubs, big and small.

Get your community together to support people around the world through stocking your own virtual Shelter Box – helping us to be prepared for the next disaster.

By raising the amount it costs to provide typical packages of emergency aid items, you’ll make sure we’re ready to help those who’ve lost their homes to disaster.

Learn More https://shelterbox.org/stock-the-box/stockthebox/

With the help of amazing supporters like you, we’re working hard to provide emergency shelter for vulnerable families around the world who have lost their homes after disaster.

Take a look at:

• How your support made a difference last year
• How we spend your money
• How we calculate our running costs

Learn More on 2023 spending https://shelterbox.org/about/where-your-money-goes/

Many Rotary clubs find that when they engage with their local Rotaract and Interact clubs to fundraise together, the collaboration yields fantastic results. You could encourage your clubs to host a talk or dinner to support families around the world, or hold a joint event to raise funds and awareness.

• Rotary Interact students at Portadown College in Ireland raised money through a Tug O’War event held at the school. The Interactors from the school planned and ran the fundraiser themselves!
• Rotaract members from the Rivercity club in Australia, teamed up to hold a ‘Swing for ShelterBox, Drive for Hope’ event, where people were invited to a special day of golf, with raffle prizes donated by local businesses to raise funds. The club raised over $2,600 to support people after disaster.

I learned everything about ShelterBox, I’ll go home knowing so much more about what they do. We 100% need to get other Rotaract clubs involved with ShelterBox.

– Jennifer, Rotaract member of Vaasa Rotaract Club, Finland after attending a ShelterBox training event.