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Publisher’s Corner
Peace Prize 2022
The Santa Barbara UNA Peace Prize started as a project of the Santa Barbara Chapter of the United Nations Association to recognize outstanding community members of the TriCounty area (San Luis Obispo, Ventura, and Santa Barbara). The Prize is given each year to an individual or organization that has achieved worldwide impact in the service of peace in a way that is tangible and measurable.
– President Harry S, Truman, celebrating the signing of the Charter of the United Nations April 25, 1945
Come celebrate the presentation of the 2022 Peace Prize and learn more about the amazing work of ShelterBox
Scan to donate
October 24, 2022, 5:30 pm Downtown Santa Barbara with refreshments.
Tickets available at http://unasb.org
21 years ... 300 emergencies; 107 countries, providing shelter to more than 2.2 million people.
Since 2000, Carpinteria-based ShelterBox has provided shelter, warmth, and dignity as it responds urgently to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami, or conflict by delivering boxes of essential shelter, aid and other lifesaving supplies. ShelterBox was begun as Rotary project in the UK and the partnership has grown to be a worldwide force wherever families are being displaced by natural disasters or war. The organization was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 and 2019. Imagine a city the size of San Diego being destroyed in an instant. That's the 2010 earthquake in Haiti ... 1.5 million people lost everything in an instant and hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Or imagine Pakistan where monsoon rains have affected over 30 million people. ShelterBox was deployed within days and emergency coordinator, Kitty Sadler shares, “Human-induced climate change is increasing the risk of floods globally, putting millions of people at risk and making coastal and low-lying areas more vulnerable. We’re seeing this in Pakistan where, although floods are not uncommon, the scale of what’s unfolding is catastrophic with swathes of the country underwater and unrecognizable. After weeks of flooding the heavy rains are not letting up – homes are being washed away, people are losing their livelihoods, and in too many cases their lives.”
