Your impact in 2025

Sudden-onset disasters

In 2025, powerful earthquakes, extreme storms, and severe flooding displaced hundreds of thousands of people across multiple regions. Thanks to pre-positioned aid and strong local partnerships, ShelterBox was able to respond quickly when families needed support most.

• Myanmar: Following the strongest earthquake in over a century, we worked with local partners to help thousands of families repair damaged homes in rural communities, despite heavy rains and ongoing conflict.

• Pakistan: Unusually heavy monsoon flooding left communities underwater. Together with Islamic Relief Pakistan, we delivered tents, tarpaulins, blankets, solar lights, hygiene kits, and kitchen sets, while also creating paid debris-clearing work for local residents.

• Afghanistan: A series of powerful earthquakes flattened remote mountain villages. Because preparedness plans were already in place, we quickly provided winter tents, clothing, stoves, blankets, and essential household items in partnership with Islamic Relief Afghanistan.

• Philippines: Storms and earthquakes struck during typhoon season, leaving hundreds of thousands without shelter. Working with FACE Inc. and Rotary partners, we supported families to rebuild stronger homes and repair damaged structures.

• Jamaica: With aid stored in Barbados and Panama, we were ready to respond to Hurricane Melissa, supporting up to 10,000 people alongside Food for the Poor and Rotary partners.

Long-term recovery and resilience

In protracted crises, emergency shelter is only the first step. Throughout 2025, ShelterBox continued investing in longer-term recovery solutions, including durable and transitional shelters, shelter repair kits, and community-driven rebuilding projects.

In Somalia, a multi-year partnership launched in late 2024 continued through 2025, delivering thousands of shelter solutions ranging from emergency kits to durable mudbrick homes designed to withstand heat and flooding. These projects also created paid work within camps and improved access to sanitation and water infrastructure, helping families rebuild with greater dignity and stability.

Somalia

Somalia continues to face one of the world’s most severe and prolonged humanitarian crises. Years of conflict, economic instability, and repeated climate shocks have left millions of people displaced and living in overcrowded camps with limited access to safe shelter.

In late 2024, ShelterBox launched a three-year partnership with the Juba Foundation to support tens of thousands of displaced families with emergency shelter kits, transitional shelters, and more durable homes designed to withstand flooding and extreme heat. The project also creates paid work opportunities within camps and expands space for latrines and water stations, helping strengthen community infrastructure alongside shelter support.

In the first year of the project, we have:

• Built 650 basic shelters in Baidoa using wooden frames, tarpaulin walls, and raised flood-resistant bases

• Built 200 strengthened shelters in Baidoa with reinforced wooden frames, lined walls, and solid plinths that families can upgrade over time

• Built 130 durable mudbrick shelters in Dollow that stay cooler in extreme heat and offer longer-term protection

• Delivered 1,500 shelter repair kits to families in Baladweyne following flash floods

Impact so far:

• 15,400 people supported

• 53% women and girls

Families have shared that they feel safer, more protected from the elements, and better able to focus on rebuilding their lives. In Dollow, communities that were initially uncertain about mudbrick shelters now recommend them after seeing how well they withstand heavy rains and intense heat.