In Camp Esperanza, a community in Austin, Texas, made up of persons experiencing homelessness, The Other Ones Foundation is taking bold strides toward radical progress for current and future residents. Despite ever-complicating circumstances and changing times, there remains one constant…
The digital premiere of Esperanza means hope followed by a panel discussion featuring Chris Baker (TOOF Founder/Executive Director), Emily Ballard (TOOF Community Engagement Specialist), Alec Gondobintoro and Jackson Prince from PhilmCo, and Märta Terne from Better Shelter.
The Norman Foster Foundation invited Better Shelter’s Johan Karlsson to participate in the Re-Materializing Housing Public Debates, supported by the Holcim Foundation. It brought together a group of experts from a range of fields to discuss sustainable building practices and…
Children are particularly vulnerable after an emergency. Addressing their mental health is crucial, especially in complex emergencies when, for example, a disaster coincides with a pandemic. Losing one’s home can be a traumatic experience and many children have been living…
بناء مخيم للنازحين من قبل منظومة وطن ومكتب تنسيق الشؤون الإنسانيّة في شمال غرب سوريا (أوتشا) – مساكن مؤقتة أكثر متانة وتوفر حداً أعلى من الحماية والأمان لساكنيها من مؤسسة بِتر شيلتر (ملجأ أفضل). خلال عام 2021، وبالشراكة مع مكتب…
The Relief Housing Unit (RHU) is a modular temporary shelter unit designed to allow for alterations and adaptations for different areas of use. Most of our shelters serve as temporary family shelters to house communities displaced by conflict, disasters and other factors…
In late July 2021, we received photos of a group of Albanian Red Cross volunteers assembling a Relief Housing Unit (RHU) in Laç, Albania for a family that had their house destroyed by an earthquake in the region. According to…
Better Shelter, in partnership with Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), an agency of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS), is proud to present the official release of the “Preliminary Assessment of…
On the 22nd of May, Mount Nyiragongo in the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) erupted, prompting vast amounts of people to flee the city and surrounding areas. On the following day, it was estimated that more than…
Better Shelter joined the United Nations Global Compact in 2018, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. Since joining the initiative in 2018, we have become increasingly aware of the policies and mechanisms already in place. This work has also helped us…