Disaster Preparedness
• Boosts ShelterBox’s capacity to respond more efficiently and quickly to disasters around the world
• Groundwork
ShelterBox Disaster Fund• Invest in supplies• Pre-position ShelterBoxes• Train ShelterBox Response Teams• Increase capacity to store & distribute ShelterBoxes• Develop specialist equipment
ShelterBox
• Public donations make up the SDF
• 3 choices:
- where money is needed the most
- sponsor a box
- ShelterBox Disaster Fund
Disaster Fund
Prepositioned ShelterBoxes
Prepositioned ShelterBoxes
• Enables instant response• Space at HQ for more boxes
Haiti Earthquake
• January 12, 2010, 7.0-magnitude quake• 1.5 million homeless• ShelterBox responded immediately using
prepositioned stock.• 7,000 boxes delivered in 4 days• More than 28,000 in total
ShelterBox Response Team Training
• ShelterBox Response Teams (SRT) assess the need and distribute boxes on the ground
• Undergo vigorous training in field operations• ShelterBox has SRT volunteers worldwide to enable
instant response to disasters, saving time and donors’ money.
New Zealand Earthquake
• February 23, 2011, 6.3-magnitude quake struck Christchurch• SRT: Arnold Kelly (NZ), Lyndon Tamblyn (NZ), Walter van der Kley
(NZ) in the area – immediately began to assess the need.
Invest in supplies
• Some ShelterBox lifesaving items can take a long time to be manufactured.
• Need time to invest in them to be pre-packed.
• Extra supplies stored at HQ warehouse.
The ShelterBox disaster relief tent
• 6 months to manufacture
Develop Specialist Equipment
• Deliver the best possible aid package
Here are ShelterBox’s recent additions to the ShelterBox kit:
Thermal layer Midi Tent
Solar Lights
Relationships• Ensures donors money will go further• Free freight:- TAM airways – Brazil- Avianca – Colombia- Virgin Atlantic – Japan quake/tsunami 2011- FedEX – discounted on charters- DHL – main freighter & free storage for prepositioned boxes in some
countries.• Airlink – US-based charity that connects airlines with charities
Our vision is a world in which all people displaced by disasters and humanitarian crises are rapidly provided with emergency shelter and vital aid, which will help rebuild their communities and lives
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