RESTORING LIVES,

REBUILDING COMMUNITIES

Shelter is
more than a roof
and four walls.

Shelter For Life International, Inc. (SFL) is an international faith-based relief and development organization with more than 30 years of experience in providing sustainable development and humanitarian assistance to those affected by conflict and disaster around the world.

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OUR MISSION

Demonstrating God’s love by enabling people affected by conflict and disaster to restore their lives and rebuild their communities.

OUR VISION

To be one of the leading international Christian humanitarian aid organizations, providing disaster relief with long-term development and sustainability.

OUR APPROACH

Address disaster relief and long-term development needs of the communities we serve, by tailoring and implementing a range of contextually sensitive programs.

WHERE WE GO →

"When the road was completed, we came back and realized that the road had also brought peace with it."

Read Bourama’s Story →

30 years

Of providing sustainable development solutions for internally displaced persons, refugees, ecological migrants, and disaster victims.

82% of funds

Go directly to our projects, including population movement and settlement, public infrastructure reconstruction, and social & economic development projects.

100+ projects

Assisting people around the world to restore their lives, and rebuild their communities.

Jawar Bibi shares her story in a matter-of-fact tone that belies the tragedy she is describing. Perhaps because in a country that has gone through four decades of conflict, her story is not unlike many […]

2018: A year in review

Natural disasters and conflict continue to be on the rise and as a result, numerous people around the world are displaced, escaping violence or food insecurity […]

More than just a box

A group of young boys and girls each gather to open their bright red boxes. They are excited as this is the first gift that many have received in some time […]

An Afternoon with the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal

A lengthy low-level conflict in the Casamance region of southern Senegal disrupted local communities and displaced thousands of local people. […]

Providing Opportunities to Restore Lives

The Baconding Bindada road in Senegal is bordered by four abandoned villages which were abandoned in 1981 due to sustained conflict in the Casamance region. After an attempt to return […]

Vocational Training Brings Renewed Optimism to Women in Taloqan

Education is said to be the key to unlocking the golden door of freedom. While women in Afghanistan increasingly move further towards this freedom […]

SFL Joins NGO Statement Of Support for Final 2018 Farm Bill

Shelter For Life International (SFL) has joined more than 30 U.S.-based charities, including other faith-based organizations, in praising the […]

5 Things our Beneficiaries are Thankful For

Feeling thankful? So are we! In the spirit of thanksgiving, we thought we would share 5 things our beneficiaries are thankful for […]

New Emergency Response Fund

Each year, millions of people are impacted by large-scale emergencies and disasters around the world. The circumstances can range from […]

A Celebration of Change

What better way to celebrate the completion of a 12-month shelter project than a community ceremony!? In Senegal last month, our team was able to […]

2017: A year in review

Last year provided us a number of opportunities to continue our work as agents of transformation and catalysts of peace. In 2017, we saw great gains to our ongoing work […]

The Box Drop Continues!

Across four schools in Takhar province this week, the SFL team were able to continue their distribution of Operation Christmas Child boxes, creating a sea of red rectangles […]

Christmas Comes Early in Afghanistan

The anticipation of opening gifts on Christmas morning has long been a joy experienced by children around the world. For some however, this tradition is a completely new […]

Rebuilding Casamance, A Win-Win

As the number of people affected by conflict grows worldwide, the need to address mass displacement also grows. Last month our CEO traveled to Senegal to […]

Empowering Community Mobilizers to Thrive in Liberia

Morie* was born to a farmer in Eastern Liberia. Like many Liberian children, his elementary and high school education took several years longer than normal because […]

Earthquake Resistant House Brings Renewed Joy to Family

There is a certain calmness in her face but under that almost serene face lies years of trauma and pain that she has undergone in Afghanistan. Mari is just 35 years old […]