January - December 2004: Iran, Liberia, Uganda, India & Nepal, Burundi, Palestine, Grenada, Haiti, the Philippines & Boxing Day Tsunami

December 2004: India & Sri Lanka
ShelterBox has responded immediately to the Boxing Day Tsunami that has hit countries across South East Asia. Within two days the first 128 ShelterBoxes were on their way to Sri Lanka for distribution by the Rotary Club of Colombo.
The following day, a further 122 ShelterBoxes were dispatched. At the request of the Sri Lankan Embassy, Sri Lankan Airlines will fly out the boxes from Heathrow, free of charge, on 30 December.
On 30th December a further 250 ShelterBoxes left Helston bound for Heathrow from where they will be flown by Virgin Airways to Delhi. At Delhi, the boxes will be handed over to the Rotary Club of Delhi and the Salvation Amy who will be responsible for onward transportation to the affected coastal areas and distribution to victims of the earthquake/tsunami disaster.
Due to the scale of the disaster, teams are now working around the clock to collect funds and organise the packing and distribution of more boxes.

December 2004: The Philippines
Following a request from the Rotary Club of Quezon City (relayed via the Rotary Club of Teddington & The Hamptons), 50 boxes were sent to victims of a typhoon that hit the Philippines. The boxes were all sponsored with donations from Australia, Canada and USA.

October 2004: Haiti
Flood victims in Haiti were sent 50 ShelterBoxes. These were distributed by the charity Blythswood Care.

September 2004: Grenada
In response to the large amount of damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Ivan, 100 ShelterBoxes were flown, courtesy of Virgin Atlantic, to Grenada.

September 2004: Palestine
Working with the Dutch charity Motherhood, ShelterBox sent 100 boxes to The Gaza Strip in Palestine to help the people who have become homeless.

July 2004: Burundi
Working with the African based charity African Revival Ministries and the UK charity World Emergency Relief, ShelterBox assisted some 500 displaced people – mainly women and children – in Burundi, Central Africa. These people had been made homeless or displaced by a cross-border war between Burundi and the Congo.

July 2004: India & Nepal
Following severe flooding in Northern India and Nepal that displaced more than four million people from their homes, 100 ShelterBoxes were flown to Delhi in India. These were collected and distributed by the Rotary Club of Mithila and the Indian medical charity Emmanuel Hospital Association. Some of the boxes were distributed in the Bihar province of India and some across the border in Nepal.

July 2004: Uganda
As part of ongoing humanitarian aid work in northern Uganda, a further 150 ShelterBoxes were despatched. With help from the Rotary Club of Kampala, the boxes will be used near Lira Town to set up a tented village that will accommodate two thousand people displaced by war. The boxes sent to Uganda include the first to be sponsored via ShelterBox Australia.

June 2004: Dominican Republic
Thousands of people have been left homeless following severe flooding in the southern areas of the Dominican Republic. Working closely with the Salvation Army teams on the ground, ShelterBox made available enough tents and equipment to help 500 people within days.

February 2004: Uganda
Working with the African charity All Nations Christian Aid, ShelterBox has been able to accommodate another 500 people displaced by the ongoing civil war in Uganda. The aid was received and distributed by local churches working with the UK charity World Emergency Relief.

January 2004: Liberia
Help has been sent to northern Liberia for 1,500 people – mainly widows and orphans – displaced by the ongoing civil war. Nuns from a local Catholic Mission and the UK charity Feed the Children are working with ShelterBox to provide help.

January 2004: Iran
Following the earthquake that hit the southern Iranian town of Bam, 200 Shelter boxes have been sent to the town since that date, distributed by the Red Crescent. This delivery to Bam included the first box funded direct from Canada.
The disaster at Bam has been a turning point for the project. Subsequent publicity in the UK has generated a significant surge in income, producing enough funds and stock to pack nearly 500 boxes ready for immediate dispatch at the next incident.
Members of the Rotary Club of Helston Lizard are working in packing sessions every weekend to complete this backlog. Donations have now paid for nearly 2,000 ShelterBoxes and increasing numbers of boxes are being directly sponsored from our co-projects in USA, Canada and Australia.