Better Shelter in Iraq: Hamid family
Mohammed was born with arm and leg disabilities and doesn’t have a full-time job. He used to work as a day labourer, selling food items. His brother used to help him out a lot back home. His son Qoutaiba is…
Märta Terne
Join the WDCD Refugee Challenge!
Do you have a great idea for a process, product or service that could improve the lives of the millions of urban refugees worldwide? Join the Refugee Challenge today! Are you living in a city where integration and diversification isn’t working properly, and as…
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…
Better Shelter @ Movies That Matter, Den Haag
The annual Movies that Matter Festival aims to open our eyes by offering a platform for poignant fiction films and documentaries that stir debates about human rights, sustainability, and the fight against injustice. This year’s edition runs until Saturday, March 26.…
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,…
WDCD challenge: think big – think small – think different
Do you have a great idea for a product or a service that could make a real difference for men, women and children in need? Our friends at IKEA Foundation, UNHCR Innovation and What Design Can Do have launched a…
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…