International disaster relief charity ShelterBox, a global Rotary club project, has announced that popular British actress Joanna Lumley is to become one of its Patrons.
Miss Lumley OBE – the star of such hit television series’ as the New Avengers and Absolutely Fabulous – said that ShelterBox was a charity “she really loves and admires”.
Rotarian Tom Henderson, ShelterBox Founder and CEO, said: “I am so pleased that Joanna has agreed to become one of our Patrons and support our work. These are momentous times for ShelterBox. Since 2000 we have provided emergency shelter in the aftermath of 80 disasters in more than 50 countries. We have now set ourselves the goal of helping 500,000 people a year by 2013. I know that her support will help us reach our goal.”
ShelterBox, which exists to provide humanitarian aid worldwide in the form of shelter, warmth and dignity for people displaced by natural and other disasters, started in 2000 as a project of the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard, Cornwall. ShelterBox.
It is now the largest Rotary Club project in the world and has raised over £25 million and responded to over 80 major disasters including the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma) and has operated in 57 countries.
For more information, visit www.shelterbox.org
03/06/09
