Living and working in Idlib, Syria
Meet Bana, 27, a humanitarian aid worker in Idlib for the last five years. She works for our partner ReliefAid and is the only woman in the team.
Kunyumba – home
Having lost everything after Cyclone Idai, Stephano and Mary were determined to rebuild their livelihoods, together with the rest of the community in Mwalija. Their story is one of recovery.
Hamda’s story: Facing the harsh Syrian winter
Hamda is just one of the millions of people pushed from their homes in Syria. Read her story here.
Aicha’s story
Aicha lives in a village in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Her community was rocked when they experienced an earthquake. Discover her story.
Moh’s story
Moh lived in a ShelterBox tent in Gaza as a child after being displaced from his family home. Discover his story.
Mohamed’s story
Mohamed faced personal tragedy in the Morocco earthquake, but has led his community towards recovery. Discover his story.
Hawa’s story
Hawa and her family were forced from their home by the conflict in Sudan. Now in Chad, learn about her experiences and how ShelterBox helped.
Salwa’s story
Salwa and her family were forced to move many times due to the conflict in Yemen. Learn more about her story and how ShelterBox has helped.
Dawla’s story
After being forced to move several times due to the conflict in Yemen, learn more about Dawla’s story and how ShelterBox have helped.
Nurgül’s story
Nurgül and her husband Imam’s home was destroyed in the Turkey earthquakes. Learn more about her story, and how ShelterBox has helped.
Samira’s story
Samira and her six children had to flee their home after drought conditions led to conflict. Read their story and how ShelterBox has helped.
Natalia’s story
Discover how Natalia and her daughter fled to Moldova from the Ukraine conflict, and the support they received from ShelterBox.
Ghulam’s story
Ghulam and her family lost everything in the devastating Pakistan floods in 2022. Learn about their story and recovery after the disaster.
Aleu’s story revisited
We re-visited Aleu to see how the family have been getting on since receiving support from ShelterBox, partnered with Rotary, after the Turkey earthquakes.
Kaltoumi B’s story
Kaltoumi B fled to Cameroon from violence in Nigeria. She is one of three women who received ShelterBox aid in Minawao Camp who we regularly visited over six months, to learn about their lives and experiences.
Dogidem’s story
Minawao Camp in northern Cameroon receives several dozen refugees every week. Dogidem is one of three women in Minawao Camp who received ShelterBox aid that were visited regularly over six months, to learn about their life and experiences.
Kaltoumi W’s story
Kaltoumi fled to Cameroon in 2014, after extremist group Boko Haram made repeated attacks on her village in Nigeria. We visited Kaltoumi several times over a 6 month period to hear her story.
Rustam’s story
Rustam’s family lost everything when the floods hit their village in Pakistan. Read Rustam’s story of recovery.