Every year thousands of communities, often with no warning, lose their homes, their possessions and their livelihoods. We provide emergency shelter and vital supplies to support communities around the world overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crisis. Since we began in 2000, we have responded to earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, typhoons and conflict, delivering
emergency humanitarian aid to communities in need. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Syria crisis, and the biggest storm to ever make landfall – Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines; we have responded to some of the largest humanitarian crises the modern world has ever known. Alongside this, we have also helped many thousands of people displaced by disasters that are not featured in the media. Simply put, if there are families in need of emergency shelter, we will do everything we can to help them. Our vision
A world in which all people displaced by disasters and humanitarian crises are rapidly provided with emergency shelter and vital aid, which will help rebuild their communities and lives. Our mission
To rapidly provide emergency shelter and vital aid to stabilise, protect and support communities overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crisis. ShelterBox social media house rules:
People are at the heart of everything we do. We have created our social media channels to connect with like-minded people who share our passion for supporting families around the world after disaster. We love hearing opinions and ideas and welcome different perspectives. We recognise the inequalities suffered in the communities we live in and work with. We are not all equal, particularly in the face of disasters, and we work to understand the vulnerabilities faced by certain groups so that we can best support the people who need it most. In order to reach it we need to stand in solidarity with groups facing oppression anywhere in the world, educate ourselves and strive to learn more. We will enforce our house rules to make sure our social media pages are safe places for everyone. We will delete and/or report comments that we consider inappropriate or disrespectful, including:
-Offensive comments against a culture, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender
-Abusive language including swearing, anger, hate, violence, obscenity, harassment, inflammatory comments or any comments that are racist, homophobic or sexist.
-Offensive or inappropriate usernames.
-Derogatory or threatening comments about our staff, volunteers and the people we feature.
-Personal information like names, addresses, email or phone numbers
-Off topic remarks not relevant to the conversation.
-Advertising or marketing posts
