We are delighted and honoured to share with you that His Excellency Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM, QSO, Governor General of New Zealand, has graciously accepted an invitation to become Vice-Regal Patron of ShelterBox New Zealand.
In accepting the appointment His Excellency said, ‘I take this opportunity to convey my best wishes for the ongoing success of ShelterBox New Zealand, and to acknowledge the valuable work the organisation is doing to assist vulnerable communities around the world’.
His Excellency’s Patronage sends a message to the NZ public that ShelterBox is a professional organisation committed to delivering emergency humanitarian aid to those families in need on every continent. From the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami to the 2011 Japanese earthquake, ShelterBox has deployed to some of the largest disasters the modern world has ever known.
ShelterBox New Zealand is a not-for-profit entirely managed by volunteers predominantly from within the Rotary community. In twelve short years the charity has grown from a small Rotary-funded project based in the UK, to become a ‘Rotary Project Partner’, which is supporting tens of thousands of people each year all around the world.
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| His Excellency Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM, QSM |
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