The Rotary Shelterbox scheme administered by The Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard is Rotary's first response scheme to disasters anywhere in the world. A shelterbox cost £490 and it provides:

A dry shelter A warm bed light and heat clean water cooking aids tools And all this for ten people in a single robust box.

It is often said that the shelter box scheme is the worlds first response to disasters. While the governments of the world organise and prepare these boxes provide immediate practical help. The following are just a few examples of the scheme in action.

Photograph By:Mark Pearson 21/04/2005 Polet Cargo Airlines is a major aviation company that successfully operates a fleet of Antonov 124 aircraft, one of the largest cargo aircraft in the world today.Shelterbox a UK based charity supplied Oxfam with 4000 tents for the devastated earthquake island of Nias, Indonesia.

Photograph By. Mark Pearson 21012005 Ulle, Sri Lanka. The first Shelter boxes arrive on Ulle where the
bridge was destroyed by the Tsunami, The Sri Lankan Navy and the 4 man team from England help in
the logistics on the island

Photograph By:Shelterbox 09/11/2005 Shelterboxes are loaded by the US National Guard for victims of
Hurricane Katrina that hit the Gulf coast regions of the United States in August.

A Ugandan refugee walks through the Shelter Box emergency tents in the Spinning Wheel Camp for Internationally Displaced Persons, Lira Northern Uganda.....

Photograph By. Mark Pearson / Shelterbox 23012005 Ariyampathy camp, Batticalou, Sri lanka. A girl watches as tents are arranged from Shelterbox in the 1000 strong Internally Displaced Persons camp