Displaced Thai families receiving ShelterBox aid

ShelterBox are making a massive impact to families’ lives in Thailand. Over four hundred ShelterBoxes are being distributed following floods that have submerged a third of the country.

According to UN situation reports two months of heavy rain and monsoons have seen hundreds of lives lost and more than two million people affected by severe flooding. The Mekong River basin has been severely affected, where thousands of families have had to flee their homes.

Tents and other essential aid equipment including water purification kits are being distributed in the provinces of Ayutthaya and Lop Buri. Due to the wide submersion of the area, the ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) have worked with local communities to pitch tents wherever possible, ensuring that families are in safety amid continuing adversity.

However, amongst such terrible conditions, SRT volunteer, Steven Crabtree (UK), said that families are incredibly relieved after receiving their gift of life-saving aid from ShelterBox.

‘It’s so unfortunate that such wonderfully warmhearted people have to face such treacherous conditions but when we’ve given a family a ShelterBox the smiles that light-up their faces are infectious,’ he said.

‘We’ve managed to give homes to small communities and you start to get the feeling that these people are returning to some normality following two months of relentless flooding.’ 

With floodwaters starting to encroach on the capital, Bangkok, an additional commitment of five hundred tents is due to arrive in the area within the next few days so the team can distribute tents even more widely.

‘We are looking forward to bringing even more families back to normality over the coming days’, Steven added.