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„Escape from Kabul“ - The dramatic experience of the Shelter Now helpers in a Taliban prison – among them: Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer
Now available in the U.S. - the amazing true story of the miraculous escape in 2001 of eight Shelter Now staff members from the draconian dungeons of the fundamentalist Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan. The eight Western aid workers - Dayna Curry, Heather Mercer, Georg Taubmann, Diana Thomas, Margrit Stebner, Peter Bunch, Silke Dürrkopf, and Kathi Jelenik - spent three and a half horrifying months in prison, and without God’s miraculous intervention (with a little help from the U.S. Special Forces!), they would most certainly have been executed. Read their awe- and faith-inspiring story. The book contains 16 pages of photos.

Buy at half.com or contact the American office.

In South Africa available by Jakes and Annelie Naude, PO Box 100138, Moreleta Plaza 0167, Pretoria, South Africa, Telephone: ++ 27 (0) 82 576 9786, Fax: ++27 (0) 12 807 0164 (att Annelie)

News and information about ongoing projects you find also in our reports "Shelter News" appearing roughly every three months.
"Afghanistan is still a land of adventure. Our journey takes us to the far north of the country, over the famous Salang Pass – for many years the frontline in a fight between various warring parties – to the people of Shignan in the province of Badakhshan. We travel ..." Read Shelter News Autumn 2006...

Earthquake in Pakistan

Earthquake in Pakistan – Shelter Now is Helping
Udo Stolte, the German Director of the International Relief Organization Shelter Now personally surveyed the earthquake regions and spoke with victims. Still shocked and greatly moved by the tremendous suffering and need with which he was confronted...

The official death count is now at 40,000 though some estimates are as high as 60,000. More... Donate...

On site: Udo Stolte, Director German Shelter Now office

Udo Stolte, Director Shelter Now Germany, was just on a normal regular visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, to visit the aid projects of Shelter Now and to discuss future projects with the local workers. In the midst of this trip suddenly the news of the terrible earthquake in Pakistan broke. Udo Stolte reports: More...

20 Years of Shelter Now

20 Years of Shelter Now
Georg Taubmann, Director of Shelter Now Afghanistan, looks back on how it all began and gives an overview about the activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan since 1983. More...

Our Work

Overview
Shelter has been conducting humanitarian and development aid projects since 1983 in Pakistan and 1988 in Afghanistan. More...

Refugee children in Shalman refugee camp, Pakistan

Reports
Our reports appear roughly every three months and contain news, pieces of background information from Afghanistan and Pakistan and information about running projects. More...

About us

The organisation Shelter
Shelter is an international aid organisation based in Germany. It has been working since 1983 in Pakistan (under the name "Shelter Now Pakistan") and since 1988 in Afghanistan (under the name "Shelter Now Afghanistan"). More...

History
Shelter has been running projects to provide relief to refugees in Pakistan and Afghanistan for about the last 20 years. The organisation was founded... More...

Further Literature
For more literature, order informational literature about our work or download our leaflets. More...

Afghanistan

Project: Hope Villages
Refugees returning to Afghanistan receive materials and instruction from our staff on site, enabling them to rebuild their destroyed villages. More...

Project: Irrigation systems
Shelter is repairing the old irrigation systems in a suburb of western Kabul. Owing to the years of war, most of them no longer operate. Some were... More...

Project: Concrete Factories
Many refugees returning to Afghanistan find their villages have been completely destroyed. When they try to rebuild their houses, they find it impossible to get hold of roofing materials. Since 1992, Shelter has set up six factories especially for manufacturing roof beams made of concrete. More...

Other Projects:

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Pakistan

Project: Food Distribution in Refugee Camps
Refugees registered with the UNHCR receive dry food rations. These are distributed by the WFP (World Food Program) through Shelter. The rations usually involve wheat, pulses and cooking oil. More...

Project: Bakeries
For people in the camps, it is difficult to turn these dry foods into suitable meals. So Shelter decided to assist by building bakeries. More...

Project: Water Distribution
The shortage of water is a huge problem in most refugee camps and often leads to outbreaks of serious disease. Shelter has dug wells in its camps... More...

Other Projects:

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