ShelterBox and Rotary sign Rotary Partnership

Fri, Mar 30th 2012 at 12:00 am -

ShelterBox and Rotary sign Rotary Partnership

ShelterBox and Rotary sign project partnership

ShelterBox and Rotary sign project partnership ShelterBox Founder and CEO Tom Henderson signing project partnership agreement with Rotary International's CEO and General Secretary John Hewko.

ShelterBox and Rotary International (RI) have formed a project partner agreement this month, signed by John Hewko, Rotary International's CEO and General Secretary, and Tom Henderson OBE, ShelterBox Founder and CEO.

The formalisation of this partnership cements a 12-year relationship providing emergency shelter and life-saving humanitarian aid for hundreds of thousands of families around the world, who have been made homeless by disaster.

ShelterBox began as a Rotary Club Millennium Project in 2000 and today continues to have a significant input from Rotarians in its governance Board, senior management, operational capacity and international development.

'Rotary and Rotarians have been integral in the operational development of the organisation, from being eyes and ears on the ground during deployments, to providing logistics, accommodation and translation services, right to assisting with the pitching of tents,' said Tom. 'Many of our global Response Team volunteers are Rotarians. Others have joined the Rotary family having seen the difference that Rotary and ShelterBox make on the ground. They have always helped us in endless ways.'

ShelterBox International Director Lasse Petersen with Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee.

Not only have Rotary clubs and Rotarians historically contributed a huge amount to ShelterBox