ShelterBox Charity
Fibre Optic Communications sponsor ShelterBox Charity
UPDATE - contributions by FOC will help up to 30 lives...
| Location: | Year: | Disaster: | Boxes sent: | People helped: |
| Niger | 2009 | Floods | 700 | 7000 |
| Haiti | 2010 | Earthquake | ongoing | ongoing |
What is ShelterBox Mission?
"To provide humanitarian aid worldwide in the form of shelter, warmth and comfort to people displaced by natural and other disasters"
The ShelterBox Trust is a registered charity in Cornwall that provides emergency aid for victims of natural and other disasters anywhere in the world. Since operations began in January 2001, ShelterBox have helped over 600,000 people and in more than 45 countries, responding to earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, wars, volcanoes etc.
A unique solution
A tough, green plastic box containing a 10-person tent and ancillary equipment designed to enable a family of up to 10 people survive for at least six months.
Made to a unique design using high quality materials, tents are suitable for a wide range of conditions. Other items may include insulated groundsheets, thermal blankets, a multi-fuel stove, cooking equipment, tools, mosquito nets, water containers etc. The exact contents will depend upon local conditions and what is deemed most needed.
Each ShelterBox costs approximately £500 for a completed box.
To find out more about the ShelterBox charity log-on to: www.shelterbox.org
Over many years, FOC have made donations to several charities, as a way of putting something back into society, which includes:
| Great Ormond Street Hospital Saint Dunstains British Heart Foundation British & International Sailors Amigos Worldwide |
Poppy Appeal Cancer relief Foot and mouth painters Other local charities |
Your continued business support is FOC's life blood and like FOC, charities need all the support they can get.