Your impact in 2024

Conflicts around the world

Last year, conflicts around the world caused major humanitarian crises.

In Gaza and Lebanon, we supported thousands of people fleeing violence. With your support, we are committed to continuing our work in these areas in 2025.

We also provided shelter assistance in Syria, Cameroon, and Chad as people faced another year of conflict. In Syria, we supported people to survive the harsh winter. In Cameroon, we assisted 49,000 people. And we provided shelter to those escaping the conflict in Sudan who sought safety in neighboring Chad.

Forgotten disasters

People in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, and Yemen face many challenges. These crises are often overlooked and don’t receive enough funding. Problems include conflict, political instability, and extreme weather.

But with support from our partners, we keep responding.

In 2024, we offered long-term shelter solutions to 9,000 people in Yemen. In Somalia, we provided aid and shelter to around 16,000 people. In Mozambique, we provided items like solar lights, blankets, and mosquito nets. And in Ethiopia, we supported 38,500 people with items like sleeping mats and kitchen sets.

Anarc – Bangladesh

Anarc had spent his retirement in quiet solitude, surrounded by the familiar rhythms of his village in Deluti Union, Bangladesh. At 92, he had lived through storms before, but nothing quite like Cyclone Remal.

In May 2024, the cyclone roared across the low-lying coast, its 75 mph winds and relentless rain leaving a path of destruction. Nearly 170,000 homes were either destroyed or severely damaged—Anarc’s was among them.

As the storm approached, he sought safety in the local government shelter, its concrete walls shielding him from the chaos outside. He sat there, waiting, hoping. When the winds finally died down, he stepped out into an eerily quiet world, the air heavy with loss.

Walking back to his home, Anarc feared the worst. “It wasn’t looking good,” he recalled. And when he arrived, his fears were confirmed—his home had been battered by the storm, reduced to little more than a fragile corner of what once was.

But Anarc did not dwell on despair. With nowhere else to go, he stayed, making the last standing piece of his home his refuge.

Then, help arrived. ShelterBox provided essential shelter materials, tools, and supplies to help Anarc and his community begin rebuilding their lives. With their support, he found not just a way to repair his home, but a renewed sense of security.

“This has given me hope,” Anarc shared. “I can repair my house and live the rest of my life in comfort instead of discomfort.”

Kamel – Gaza

Before the war, Kamel’s life was filled with routine and stability. As a mother of four sons and a daughter, she and her husband worked hard to provide a safe and peaceful home for their children. But that life is now a distant memory.

“You can see how the situation has changed,” she said. “My husband hasn’t worked since the beginning of the war. Life is completely different now.”

When the fighting intensified, Kamel and her family were forced to flee. The warning came suddenly—leaflets ordering them to evacuate, followed by the terrifying sound of rockets and gunfire.“I spent an entire hour carrying the children and running. If we hadn’t held onto each other, we would have been separated by the sheer number of displaced people.”

Now living in a displacement camp, their daily life is a struggle. “We are spending our days in thirst and suffering. We survive on water and the charitable support we receive.” The war has stolen the normalcy of childhood from her children. “Before, the children went to school safely. Today, things are different. My son was injured in the camp shelling last night. Thank God, he has been discharged from the hospital.”

Fear looms over them every day. “Of course, we are terrified. The sky is open, and there’s shelling everywhere — it’s dangerous. Planes are flying overhead, and the whole world knows we are in danger. Where are we supposed to go?”

Amid the uncertainty, ShelterBox, in partnership with PARC, has provided Kamel and other displaced families with tents and essential supplies. It is a small but vital source of relief. “Thank God we found a place to stay that offers us some shelter. This tent definitely came from God. Without it, we would have been sitting in the sun and on the street.”

Josefina – Mozambique

Josefina, 53, never imagined she would be raising her five children in a primary school. But after violent attacks forced them to flee their home in Cabo Delgado, they joined thousands of other displaced families seeking shelter in Nampula Province, Mozambique.

“We walked 10 miles to reach here,” Josefina shared. “I was afraid my children wouldn’t make it.”

The conflict in northern Mozambique has uprooted millions of lives. As a single mother, Josefina is among the growing number of women leading households after losing everything. Their arrival was met with hardship. “When we first arrived, we didn’t have anything to drink or eat. The following day we were given a food ration. I was glad to have some porridge because I was worried my breastmilk would decrease from hunger.”

Help came through CARE Mozambique and ShelterBox, providing vital household supplies. Josefina’s family received a kitchen set, sleeping mats, solar lights, and mosquito nets—small comforts in an uncertain time. “I like the kitchen set the most,” she said. “I’m happy to have the mosquito net. Now the baby will sleep safely, and I don’t have to worry about malaria.”

Despite the displacement, Josefina refuses to give up. She tends to a small farm, growing sweet potatoes, maize, and vegetables—nourishing her children and holding onto hope for a better future.