Shelter Box works with disaster-affected communities to provide an emergency shelter (large tent) together with essential items and training needed to support families in the long process of rebuilding their lives.

The aftermath of a hurricane in the West Indies. Devastated houses and landscape.

They listen and adapt their support to the needs of each community, working together with those affected by disaster, alongside their supporters and partners.

Shelterbox is providing temporary accommodation for people in Lebanon whose homes have been destroyed

Each of the distinctive green boxes contains essential items which provide shelter and aid for up to ten people. These include a large family tent, groundsheets, thermal blankets, cooking equipment, a solar light, mosquito nets, a tool kit, water containers, a water filtration kit and a children’s activity pack.

The distinctive green Shelter Box storage container containing emergency shelter supplies.

Following the Tonbridge Rotary Club’s donation of £564 to Shelter Box in support of their essential work in Lebanon, we have received the following letter in reply –

Thank you everybody at The Rotary Club of Tonbridge for your Club’s recent donation of £564. We are extremely grateful for your club’s contribution to assist families in Lebanon and across the Middle East.

We are working together with a local organisation and Rotary in Lebanon to provide families with essential items such as blankets, mattresses, food containers, solar lights, kitchen sets, and hygiene kits. Our teams continue to liaise with Rotary in Lebanon to identify vulnerable communities as we design the project to support people there.

Thank you again for the role your club plays in disaster response.