Speaker request

ShelterBox Ambassadors are the voice and face of ShelterBox in and around their communities. Request a ShelterBox speaker and equipment demonstration for your community event.

LDS charities

Together LDS Charities and ShelterBox have empowered 30,000 children, women and men with essential shelter and tools.

Your impact in 2024

ShelterBox supporters helped us provide emergency shelter and aid to over 270,000 displaced people in 2024.

2024 annual benefit

Join us for an intimate dinner at Santa Barbara’s Birnam Wood to learn about ShelterBox’s life-saving work.

Disasters explained: Landslides

Landslides kill thousands of people around the world every year. Learn more about landslides and why they happen.

Re-use and recycling of our aid packaging in Morocco

This Earth Day, we share how our aid packaging found a new lease of life in Morocco through re-use and recycling.

ShelterBox Response Team

ShelterBox Response Team Volunteers go the extra mile to deliver aid to the families most in need.
(not currently recruiting)

Disasters are not natural

It’s important to understand why disasters aren’t ‘natural’ and how misleading and damaging the term natural disasters can be for affected communities.

Boko Haram and the Lake Chad Basin Crisis

Read how the conflict started, who is affected, and how ShelterBox is helping vulnerable families.

Disasters explained: hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons

Find out everything you need to know about hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons.

Disasters explained: tornadoes (twisters)

Read everything you need to know about these violent storms also known as twisters.

Disasters explained: heatwaves

Heatwaves are extreme weather events. Learn about what they are, why they happen and their link to climate change.

Disasters explained: droughts

Droughts affect millions of people each year. Learn what they and and how we’ve supported communities.

Disasters explained: avalanches

Each year, avalanches kill over 150 people worldwide. Read more about avalanches, what causes them and more.

Disasters explained: tsunamis

Tsunamis can destroy lives, homes, crops and roads in the blink of an eye. Learn more about what they are, what causes them and what the effects are.

Disasters explained: floods

Floods are among the most common and devastating disasters. Read more about why they happen and their effects.

Disasters explained: wildfires

Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year. Find out more about what they are and their connection with climate change.

Disasters explained: volcanoes

Learn what volcanoes are, how they erupt, and the effects of a volcano eruption.