Märta Terne

Märta Terne

Botswana Innovation Hub

Better Shelter and Botswana Innovation Hub have launched a pilot programme in Kweneng West, Botswana. Several shelters will be evaluated as accommodations for citizens with small means. While property prices are soaring, many people lack access to adequate housing. The beneficiaries of this…

Revisiting Lesvos

In September 2015 we provided support during UNHCR’s assembly of the first Better Shelter units on Lesvos. Today, more than 180 units are in use in the Kara Tepe site, around 75 in the Moria site and several more units have…

Temporary homes for 4 000 people in Iraq

UNHCR has assembled 800 shelters across five camps in Iraq, improving the living conditions of 4,000 people fleeing their homes in other parts of the country. The shelters are mounted on concrete slabs to insulate the homes further and protect the residents against floods. The…

Konstfack exhibition: SHELTER

The exhibition ‘Shelter’ at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm features interdisciplinary projects by students in Textile, Industrial Design and Interior Architecture that examine and explore the current shelter needs in a broad sense and various contexts. The results are visionary,…

Newsletter December 2015

[Don’t miss out on any news – sign up here] There are 3.9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Iraq. The Hayya alJami’a camp hosts over 300 internally displaced families from the country’s Anbar province and is located next to…

What Design Can Do in urban areas

We’re at What Design Can Do (WDCD), an international design conference that highlights design challenges and work by design professionals with an aim to let the public discover what design can be capable of. Held at the FAAP theatre in…

Better Shelter in Mytilini (Lesvos)

‎Better Shelter‬ for refugees in Mytilini. We have delivered 520 shelters to Greece, and supported UNHCR during shelter assembly training i September. More than 3000 persons arrive to the Greek island of Mytilini (Lesvos) daily, while the winter is closing…

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