Dear Friend,
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Today marks the second anniversary of the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti, causing an estimated 230,000 people to lose their lives and leaving more than 1.5 million disaster survivors homeless.
This was by far the largest deployment of ShelterBoxes delivered to a single disaster-stricken area. Thanks to the tremendous amount of support from generous people around the world, more than 28,000 ShelterBoxes, including a total of 35,000 tents were delivered to families in need.
Despite the international community’s response to this enormous disaster, more than 500,000 people were still living in overcrowded camps on private land, seeking a place to call home. In partnership with the International Organization for Migration, ShelterBox has distributed tents and emergency equipment to these displaced families, helping them to return to their place of origin or set up homes in a new location they have identified.
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4. http://shelterboxusa.org/news.php?id=921
Since then, ShelterBox has responded to nearly 50 disasters in more than 35 countries, including the earthquake and tsunami in [5]Japan, tornadoes and storms in the [6]U.S., drought and famine in [7]Kenya and [8]Ethiopia, earthquake in [9]Turkey and flooding in [10]Thailand in the last year.
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5. http://shelterboxusa.org/deployment_details.php?id=150
6. http://shelterboxusa.org/deployment_details.php?id=154
7. http://shelterboxusa.org/deployment_details.php?id=156
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9. http://shelterboxusa.org/deployment_details.php?id=166
10. http://shelterboxusa.org/deployment_details.php?id=164
Providing families with emergency shelter and the basic living essentials they need is a crucial step to help them rebuild their lives. Your generosity is what makes our work possible. To learn more about what you’ve helped us achieve in the last year, [11]download our Annual Report here.
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11. http://gallery.mailchimp.com/7dee5a63f723b85ccf3d105d5/files/SB7076Report_email.pdf
Thank you again for your support. We look forward to another year of working
with you to provide families with the shelter, warmth and dignity they
deserve.
Brazil – Flooding & Landslides
A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) is en route to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to assess the need for emergency shelter following devastating floods and landslides, leaving more than 3,000 families homeless. [12]Read more here.
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12. http://shelterboxusa.org/news.php?id=919
Philippines – Flooding
SRTs are setting up ShelterBox relief camps on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines with help from the Philippines Air Force, Navy and Marines, who are assisting in loading and transporting prepositioned ShelterBoxes to the island struck by Typhoon Washi in December. [13]Read more here.
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