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Supporting flood-affected Kenyans

With Habitat for Humanity, we have piloted shelters as transitional homes, converted into permanent ones with local materials and artisan support.

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Evaluating our shelters

For the third time in the past year, our product team travelled to India to evaluate shelter performance in collaboration with our partners STS Global and SEEDS.

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We design and provide safe and dignified shelters for displaced people.

Shelter

Safe and dignified shelter for conflicts, disasters, and homelessness.

Health

Modular health facilities in emergencies and pandemic responses.

Education

Classrooms and libraries ensuring the continuation of education activities.

Protection

Private, safe spaces for community- and early childhood development.

Our impact

Shelters serve as temporary homes, clinics, classrooms and community buildings.

We have delivered shelters in 87 countries worldwide.

We have improved the living conditions of more than 456,250 people in displacement.

Recent news

What Design Can Do in urban areas

We’re at What Design Can Do (WDCD), an international design conference…

December 9, 2015
Lectures and panels

What Design Can Do (WDCD) – Sao Paulo, Brazil

December 8, 2015
Exhibitions

Better Shelter in Mytilini (Lesvos)

‎Better Shelter‬ for refugees in Mytilini. We have delivered 520 shelters…

November 19, 2015
Stories

Our vision

A world in which all people have a safe place to call home.

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