- ShelterBox
A ShelterBox is a box of
disaster relief supplies designed to help an extended family of up to 10 people survive adisaster for at least 6 months.cite web
url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/05/heroes.henderson/index.html
title=Home for 10 people ... in a portable box - CNN.com
publisher=cnn.com
accessdate=2008-09-05
last=
first=] Tom Henderson, an ex-Royal Navy search-and-rescue diver andRotarian from theUnited Kingdom came up with the idea in 1999 as he saw relief workers responding to a disaster on television.The design of the box is such that two people are able to carry it. The box contains "a 10-person
tent , blankets, basic tools, water-purification tablets and containers, a multi-fuel or wood-burning stove,mosquito net s and other items tailored to the particular region in crisis."The project was first implemented in January 2001 for relief in
India . [cite web
url=http://www.shelterbox.org/history.htm
title=History of ShelterBox
publisher=www.shelterbox.org
accessdate=2008-09-05
last=
first=]References
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