About Us
About Us
For over 10 years, ShelterBox has provided immediate humanitarian aid after earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, hurricanes, typhoons, volcanoes and armed conflict across the globe.
This experience, alongside our training provision for more than 150 international ShelterBox Response Team members, puts Shelterbox in an ideal position to help advance learning and development in the international disaster management community – helping ensure the world's most vulnerable people get the most effective help when they most need it.
What does the Academy do?
The International Academy of Disaster Relief is ShelterBox's disaster relief work taken 'outside of the box.' It works with people from a number of different sectors – from businesses to higher education, journalists to humanitarian agencies, the Scouts to ShelterBox Response Team volunteers from all walks of life – to share skills, training and expertise that not only boosts their knowledge and capabilities, but also directly funds ShelterBox's international humanitarian effort.
The Academy is therefore a vital component in driving ShelterBox towards its target of helping half a million people every year.
How will the Academy grow?
The Academy is developing all the time, forging ahead in its mission to deliver world-class disaster relief training and inspire community resilience. As it continues to grow, the Academy will ultimately provide:
- College and university courses
- Young ShelterBox and international youth development programmes
- Corporate team and leadership development
- Adventure training programmes
- Fieldwork and research projects
- Post-disaster analysis
- Product development and research
- Continuing professional development for ShelterBox volunteers
We would like to thank the English Speaking Union (ESU) Cornwall Branch for providing a bursary to enable an international candidate to attend SRT training.
How can I get involved?
Click here to find out more about volunteering for ShelterBox
Click here to find out about how your business can work with ShelterBox
Click here to find out about our courses and training
Click here if you'd like to speak to one of our team
