The war in Syria is settling into its second decade, already having displaced 13 million people who have fled the country, or are still within the Syrian border. There are nearly 7 million internally displaced people within Syria, with nearly…
Because of its geographic location and topographical makeup, the Assam state in northeastern India is prone to some of the highest rainfall seasons in the world. With each passing year, the flooding and erosion issues affecting Assam become more intensified…
From August 4-7 2022, Better Shelter participated in the Architecture Festival hosted by the Warsaw Branch of the Association of Polish Architects, concluding the Plans for the Future | LAB in Warsaw, Poland. The theme of the festival centered around…
The benefits of gardening are well documented. For those living in a permanent home and fortunate with an outdoor space to cultivate plants, gardening is an opportunity to exercise a productive hobby. More than just an aesthetic venture to beautify…
Health, shelter and community organisations brought together across India, resulting in over 12,000 people gaining access to the COVID-19 vaccine. In July 2022, India reached 2 billion vaccinated citizens, a milestone which came at a time when cases were again…
A humanitarian is not a single profession, rather a diverse fabric of people with unique skills and perspectives, coming together with the common goal of helping people. On World Humanitarian Day, we celebrate the work of humanitarians around the world.…
Getting refugees out of tents: can we provide better shelters than tents for displaced people? On a day of record-setting heat in Sweden, the production team at the BBC World Service—People Fixing the World podcast visited Better Shelter during a building…
في لقائنا هذا, تحدثنا مع المصور الصحفي السوري الحائز على عدة جوائز, حيث أخبرنا عن مسيرته المهنية ، وأحداث طفولته التي ألهمته التقاط كاميرته وتصوير واقع الحياة اليومي في سوريا التي أنهكتها الحرب. نرى الأم الجبارة في وسط الصورة تمسك…
We talked to the award-winning Syrian photojournalist about his career, and the events of his childhood that inspired him to capture the reality of life in war-torn Syria with his camera. A family matriarch stands in the centre of a…
“I just couldn’t stay there knowing that my mom and dad go through this hell.” Svitlana, 24 Nalyvaikivka is a village in the Buchanskyi district within the Kyiv Oblast, where Yurii (60) built his family home, brick-by-brick, over several years.…