ShelterBox Tackles Hurricane Irma

Category 5 Hurricane Irma has been barrelling through the Caribbean with sustained wind speeds of 300 km/h.

 A highly-trained ShelterBox Response Team has arrived in the region to understand how we can help the families who have lost everything. We already have 2,000 ShelterKits stored nearby in Panama.

 Hurricane Irma has wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, flattening homes on St Martin, Barbuda, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. Florida is now in the potential path of this ferocious storm. 
 
 
 

'RIP Lindsay Thorburn'

ShelterBox New Zealand was immensely saddened when it learnt of the news that Lindsay Thorburn, a former ShelterBox Director & Trustee, Rotarian and driving force behind ShelterBox New Zealand, had passed away after a very short illness.
Lindsay will be very sorely missed, but we shall ensure that his memory lives on within ShelterBox.
 
 
 
 
 

'Whole Islands Devastated''

After storming through the Caribbean and leaving a trail of devastation in its wake, Hurricane Irma has finally relented.
Since last Tuesday, Hurricane Irma has wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, flattening homes on St Martin, Barbuda, Barbados, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. Florida was the last to see the wrath of this ferocious storm.

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'Update: Shelter Kits'

UPDATE: We are shipping 500 ShelterKits in the next 48 hours to start its journey towards the Leeward Islands.
Once there our teams will continue their evaluations on how best our aid can help families affected by Hurricane Irma.
 
 
 

'Hurricane Deployments'

ShelterBox continues to monitor Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma after the devastating storms made landfall.
Visit our website here to learn more about our  current Deployments >
 
 
 
What does a category 5 hurricane look like? What do the different categories mean? Watch as James Luxton, Special Deployments Lead talks you through everything you need to know about Hurricane Irma.
 
 
 

'Stopping The Chaos'

The last few weeks have brought devastating flooding around the world. ShelterBox is working hard to stem the damage and bring back peace and stability to people's lives.
 
More than 1.7 million people have been affected in Nepal, while a third of Bangladesh is under water. Huge areas of India and Myanmar are also in need of support.

We have a ShelterBox Response Team on the ground, assessing the situation in Nepal. Another team is in Bangladesh right now. We’re working hard with local authorities and Rotarians in both countries to understand how best we can help.
 
 
 

'BREAKING NEWS'

ShelterBox New Zealand SRT Ross Mackenzie is deploying today (Friday 4pm) for Barbados to work on the complex logistics of getting aid to the most vulnerable. 300 ShelterKits are now in Antigua with the remaining 200 en route to St Kitts and Nevis, where a second team will soon start distributing aid. A third team is going to the Dominican Republic where we're hoping to provide another 500 ShelterKits, and a fourth team is going to the British Virgin Islands today.
 
We wish Ross safe travels and look forward to an update about his work on his return!
 
 
 

'Popular TV Show Supports ShelterBox'

The cast of Cornish TV show Doc Martin have been showing their support for a local disaster relief charity.

As the hit show begins its eighth series on ITV next week, the much loved actors have been checking out the work of Truro-based ShelterBox.

And it turns out the two do actually have something in common...

ShelterBox began in a small Cornish town in 2000, a great humanitarian idea that has now spread worldwide.

Doc Martin also began in 2000, as a character in the hit movie 'Saving Grace'. It has since grown into one of the world's most popular dramas, now in its eighth series with massive TV audiences in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and America.
 
 
 

'Shine For ShelterBox'

This winter, international charity ShelterBox are asking communities all over the country to get together to brighten lives by hosting a fundraising candlelit supper for friends and family.  Can you help 'Shine for Shelterbox' this winter?
 
Click here to request your free fundraising pack, Thank You!