Disaster Response/Shelter Box
AID to FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES
- Natural Disasters
- Humanitarian Crisis
- Temporary Assistance -Hurricane –earthquake Flood
PRIMARY AGENCY:
- Shelter
- Warmth
- Dignity
- Basic tools to rebuild
- www.shelterboxusa.org
Why ShelterBox?
- Non-sectarian
- Non-political
- Experience
- Getting aid through customs
- Delivering appropriate aid
- Deliver aid directly to individual families
Started in 2000 by Rotary Club of Cornwall, England
Responses
- 250+ Disasters
- 90+ Countries
- 1,000,000+ people sheltered
Goals
- Minimum 1 ShelterBox
- each year
- each Rotary club
- 1 ShelterBox = $1,000
- Provides shelter, warmth, dignity for a family
- Includes delivery anywhere in the world
Contact: Disaster Response/Shelter Box –Parker Emerson, Chair parker@emersonenterprises.com