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…
Top 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…
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.…
Hjälporganisationer använder idag svenska Better Shelters tillfälliga byggnader i kampen mot coronaviruset i Sverige och i världen. Vanligtvis används de som tillfälliga hem och fältkliniker i flyktingläger, men under coronakrisen finns behov för snabbinstallerade småhus även i vården, bland annat…
April 6, 2020 International and local humanitarian aid organizations are using the Swedish organisation Better Shelter’s temporary shelters in their response to the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Sweden and around the world. The accommodation produced by Better Shelter is normally…
Humanitarian organisations are implementing RHUs in their coronavirus outbreak responses around the world. The modular design of the structures can be altered to suit different requirements and has proven suitable as a temporary health infrastructure in various contexts. The UN Refugee Agency,…
As part of the Saint-Louis Emergency Recovery and Resilience Project (SERRP) financed by the World Bank, the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in cooperation with the national agency in Saint-Louis (L’Agence de Développement municipal, ADM), supports the Government of…
In Matamoros in Mexico, on the banks of the Rio Grande river, lies a refugee camp with around 2500 asylum seekers from different parts of Central America. They are all waiting for their asylum cases to be processed by US…
We wish all our partners and supporters a peaceful holiday season and a happy new year! Highlights from the year: LATIN AMERICA, EUROPE, AFRICA and ASIA: In 2019 alone, we delivered more than 15,000 shelters to four continents. INDONESIA: 181…