18 Jan 2021 Since the spring of 2020, we have been supporting partners with infrastructure for frontline staff and patients. Last year, we shipped out nearly 3000 units to Covid-19 response programs in 22 countries. Here, they serve as information hubs, quarantine…
As COVID-19 continues to spread, refugees and other displaced groups become even more vulnerable. As a measure to ensure the safety of displaced groups in Colombia, UNHCR has donated Better Shelters to local public health services. In late October 2020,…
Image: Vijeesh and Gopika in front of their Structure in Kerala, India, November 2020. © Sameer Raichur Happy New Year When looking back on last year, our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones, jobs and income during the pandemic, and with frontline workers who have been working tirelessly to…
In an effort to restore communities after the devastating 2019 Albanian earthquake, the Albanian Red Cross constructed 52 Better Shelters for families to live in while permanent housing is restored. On 26 November 2019, Northwestern Albania was struck by an…
The ongoing conflict in Yemen has, since its beginnings in 2015, forced over 3.6 million people to flee their homes. It has also contributed to creating the world’s most significant food security emergency, with more than 20 million people lacking…
The conflict in Syria continues to ravage the country and the needs of the population remain high. Humanitarian organisation ATAA Relief sought to set up a camp for displaced persons with the possibility to offer them a decent life, and…
Mrs. Lousberg celebrated her 93rd birthday together with friends and family after months of isolation. The company SABIC has made it possible for her and many other elderly care home residents to meet their loved ones inside Better Shelter “living…
Gilgit, Pakistan, 11 June 2020 – In Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral in Northern Pakistan, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) and the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS), with support from Better Shelter, are setting up six Covid-19 Rapid Response Centres…
As governments around the world continue to battle the Covid-19 pandemic – which to date has claimed at least 374,000 lives globally – our partner organisations prepare for eventual outbreaks in the camps and settlements where they operate. Matamoros, Mexico…
Six quarantine centres for Covid-19 patients are being built across Syria. The country, torn by an almost decade-long war, has reported confirmed cases of the virus, and on March 29, the authorities in Syria announced the first confirmed Covid-19-related death.…