Welcome
VPF is a grant-making foundation dedicated to supporting social entrepreneurs and the dynamic charities that they run. We are recognising some of these unsung, everyday heroes creating the most exciting young charities in the world. Through innovation and inspiration, these social entrepreneurs are tackling the biggest problems with the leanest financial resources. It is with them that your support can make the most difference.
VPF's Haiti Appeal in aid of ShelterBox
ShelterBox is one of the most recent additions to VPF’s portfolio. ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity, based in Cornwall, UK, focused on providing rapidly delivered, high quality emergency shelter, to those caught up in natural or man made disasters.
ShelterBox has already responded to the earthquake in Haiti and had it’s first team into Haiti on the 14th January, a day and a half after the earthquake struck.
It is now working 24 hours a day in Miami, Haiti and at it’s base in Cornwall to ensure that boxes get packed, shipped, forwarded and distributed to those most in need.
If you would prefer to make an electronic transfer to VPF please use these bank details:
Name: The Venture Partnership Foundation
Sort code: 18-00-02
Acc no: 08639841
What is inside the box
Each box costs an average of £490 including all materials, packing, storage and distribution to individual recipients worldwide. Based on six months use only this equates to 27 pence per person per day.
Your donation will help ShelterBox reach families whose lives have been devastated by this earthquake. Your help will make a huge difference.
Visit www.shelterBox.org for more information on the boxes
ShelterBox Press Release
18 January 2010
ShelterBox team on the ground: ‘There is no more Haiti’
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