Happy new year!
Best wishes for a peaceful holiday season and a happy new year from the Better Shelter team!We want to thank…
TIME MAGAZINE: Better Shelter is one of the best inventions of 2016
Every year, TIME selects the best inventions that are making the world better, smarter and perhaps, a little more exciting. This…
Follow up: CORE RELIEF workshop by LATRA
Core Relief workshop by LATRA in Kara Tepe transit site, Lesvos, Greece between 3-9 Oct, 2016. During a week in…
Better Shelter donates shelters to unique UNDP & CodersTrust project
The online IT education platform CodersTrust has joined forces with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to create a pilot program…
SWEDEN: Better Shelter displayed in Tekniska Museet exhibition
This is Rahel’s phone. Fearing forced military recruitment, Rahel fled Eritrea in 2015. Together with a friend, she left with…
BANGLADESH: UNDP supported RHU classroom
The IT education network Coders Trust has joined forces with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to create a pilot program, Youth…
Temporary shelter in a seemingly permanent situation
A lot is being discussed on the topic of temporary shelter vs permanent or semi-permanent housing: why do architects and…
GREECE: Open call for designers!
UPDATE: CALL CLOSED on Sep 23rd Designers, creatives, humanitarians and makers – join Better Shelter at CORE RELIEF, a 7-day (3-9 Oct) multinational…
GREECE: “We consider this our house…now”
“When there are no loud sounds, no planes, no shooting, I can make my kids go to sleep…”, Amina, mother…
I’m alive
Exhibition: October 12th 2016 at the National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm A smartphone is an invaluable tool for those…
World Refugee Day
Today, on World Refugee Day, we want to thank our supporters and also extend our thanks to our valued partners, the Ikea Foundation and UNHCR. One year…
The journey from Syria: No choice
For two and a half years, Syrian jeweler Aboud Shalhoub tried to build a life in Turkey, having fled the…