ShelterThey rebuilt the
table first.
Across 34 countries, families are returning to something they thought was gone. You can be part of what brings them back.
34 countries.
One commitment.
We follow the crisis, not the coverage. Our teams are deployed in regions where international attention has faded but the work is far from finished.
In ProgressEastern Africa
Ethiopia · Kenya · Somalia · Sudan
RebuildingSouth & Southeast Asia
Myanmar · Bangladesh · Pakistan
In ProgressEastern Europe
Ukraine · Moldova
Active CrisisMiddle East
Syria · Yemen · Lebanon
Every window, a different family.
Every card, a door.
Scroll through the arc — from the first night under a tarp to the morning the bakery reopens. Click any card to go deeper.
Amara & Her Three Boys
Northern Syria
When the floods took their home in March, Amara moved her sons into a storage shed with a tin roof. Eight weeks later, Shelter crews arrived with prefab wall panels and a water filtration unit. By June, the boys had their own room for the first time in two years.
Classrooms Rebuilt
Since 2022, our education recovery program has restored learning for 31,000 children across 12 conflict-affected regions.
Meals Served in 2025
Our mobile kitchen units served hot meals across 9 active disaster zones last year, with zero administrative overhead on food costs.
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April 2026
Chicago Relief Gala
Annual Fundraising Dinner
Roof Raising in Jijiga
Ethiopia · Completed Feb 2026
Forty-two families watched their roof beams go up in a single morning. Local carpenters led the build alongside our team — skills transferred, not just structures.
The School Opened on a Tuesday
Rakhine State, Myanmar
Principal Khin Khin Oo had kept attendance records in a plastic folder through two years of displacement. On the first day back in the rebuilt school, she called 87 names. Every child answered.
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March 2026
Volunteer Day — Houston
Pack 500 Medical Kits
Fatima Opened Her Bakery Again
Kharkiv, Ukraine
The oven survived. The building didn't. Shelter's small-business recovery fund helped Fatima lease a new space six blocks away. She now employs four women from the neighborhood and delivers bread to two displacement centers every morning.
Funds Reach the Field
Our lean operational model means nearly every dollar you give goes directly to materials, labor, and local partnerships — not administration.
The table has room.
Reserve your seat.
Whether you're coming as a church group, a corporate team, or a family with roots in the places we work — there's a seat waiting for you at the table.
Bringing a group?
Church coordinators and corporate CSR managers can organize a dedicated event for your community.
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Takes less than two minutes.