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| TOM HENDERSON |
| Published on 07-07-2009 | Email To Friend Print Version
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 ShelterBox founder and CEO
After identifying a gap in relief responses to natural disaster in 1999, Tom Henderson developed the ShelterBox system, which utilizes easily transportable containers to provide tents and other essential survival supplies to disaster victims. Based in Cornwall, England, ShelterBox began as a project of the Rotary Club of Helson-Lizard. A registered UK charity, ShelterBox now receives support from Rotary clubs worldwide. Since operations began in 2001, ShelterBox has responded to more than 80 major disasters, including the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan and China earthquakes, and the Myanmar cyclone. The organization has provided shelter to over 800,000 people. In 2008, Henderson was named one of 27 CNN Heroes by the U.S.-based cable news network.
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