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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.

Woman holding a child outside a tent in Syria

Facing the harsh Syrian winter

Hamda is just one of the millions of people pushed from their homes in Syria. Read her story here.

Woman standing in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco

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.

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Moh’s story

Moh lived in a ShelterBox tent in Gaza as a child after being displaced from his family home. Discover his story.

Man standing in remains of a house destroyed in an earthquake in Morocco

Mohamed’s story

Mohamed faced personal tragedy in the Morocco earthquake, but has led his community towards recovery. Discover his story.

Woman with children in Chad

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.

Woman and two children outside a shelter in Yemen

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.

Woman wearing headscarf and face covering in front of a tent in Yemen

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.

Woman and man standing outside a tent after the Turkey earthquakes

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.

Woman outside a shelter in Ethiopia

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.

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Natalia’s story

Discover how Natalia and her daughter fled to Moldova from the Ukraine conflict, and the support they received from ShelterBox.

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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.

Woman wearing white head scarf next to a tree in Cameroon

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.

Family sitting on the ground in Pakistan

Rustam’s story

Rustam’s family lost everything when the floods hit their village in Pakistan. Read Rustam’s story of recovery.

A women holding her baby daughter with her young son

Aleu’s story

Before the earthquakes, Aleu’s home was a source of security and comfort. Now, her families too afraid to sleep inside.

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