Following the disastrous tsunami in 2004, World Shelters raised funds to provide 20 shelters to International Medical Corps for use in Sri Lanka as portable medical clinics. Additional shelters were delivered to a village in Galle, Sri Lanka and in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. International Medical Corps was founded in 1984 by volunteer physicians and nurses. IMC is a private, nonpolitical, nonsectarian global humanitarian organization dedicated to saving lives and eradicating suffering through emergency relief, development and health care training programs. The shelters shipped for IMC’s use as clinics measured 23 ft long x 11 ft wide x 8.5 ft tall, with 255 square feet of space. Each shelter was packed in two bundles weighing a total of 125 lbs, able to be hand-carried and easily transported by two people. IMC used additional shelters both for housing and services for displaced persons and for IMC’s own operations. (ver aqui)
