Better Shelter’s co-founder and managing director, Johan Karlsson, recently participated in the 2024 Civil Protection Forum (CPForum2024), which was organised by the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) in Brussels. Johan shared his experiences collaborating…
We have partnered with the H&M Foundation to aid those affected by the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye. Through this collaboration, we aim to provide much-needed housing, and a generous donation of USD 100,000 from the H&M Foundation will support this.…
The H&M Foundation is now initiating a partnership with the Swedish organisation Better Shelter with a donation of 100,000 dollars (approx. 1,070,000 SEK) for investments in temporary homes. In February 2023, several strong earthquakes hit southeastern Türkiye and northwestern Syria.…
I februari 2023 drabbades sydöstra Turkiet och nordvästra Syrien av flera kraftiga jordbävningar. Tre miljoner förlorade sina hem i Turkiet — bland dem många flyktingar från Syrien — när över 230,000 byggnader skadades. Ett år senare pågår fortfarande återuppbyggnadsarbetet och…
The exhibition “Mova-se! Clima e deslocamentos” at the Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, was co-produced with the United Nations (UN) and developed by the museum and several partners, such as UNHCR and IOM. The exhibition gives…
“I have worked in some of the world’s most severe humanitarian disasters in the last 30 years, but I have never seen anything like this,” says an aid worker and representative for a government donor over a cup of instant…
One year after the earthquake in Türkiye-Syria, people remain displaced. While humanitarian organisations, civil organisations, corporate and governmental donors joined forces to save as many lives as possible, rebuilding takes time. Affected Syrians found themselves displaced once more, living in…
“It felt like I was in a boat in the ocean with my family, and we were sinking. I didn’t know whom to save first … I didn’t want to lose any of them.” Ahmad Ali Watfa Ahmad comes from…
In a tranquil, shaded meadow, the sun’s gentle rays filter through the lush forest of palm trees, betel nut trees, and bamboo. Various kinds of basil grow here, alongside bushes adorned with the white crape jasmine, integral to many Hindu…
Uncle Ömer Uncle Ömer is from the Boğaziçi neighbourhood in Islahiye, Türkiye. He lives in a Better Shelter unit provided by CARE and donated by the IKEA Foundation with his wife and 30-year-old son. “My house is majorly damaged and…