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Exhibited RHU in Warsaw repurposed as workshop space for Ukrainian refugee children
From August 4-7 2022, Better Shelter participated in the Architecture Festival hosted by the Warsaw Branch of the Association of…
Exhibitions
4-7 August: The Warsaw Branch of the Association of Polish Architects: Architecture Festival
From August 4 – 7 in Warsaw, Poland, the Warsaw Branch of…
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COVID-19
Reaching distant communities in India…
Health, shelter and community organisations brought together across India, resulting in over 12,000 people gaining access to the COVID-19 vaccine.…
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Our work in Africa
Working with African partners to shelter evacuated refugees in Rwanda
In 2018, Rwanda hosted over 140,000 refugees, with half arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the other…
Recent shelter projects
Building temporary shelters with the Italian Red Cross throughout Italy
According to figures from the Italian Ministry of Interior, 119 310 refugees arrived in Italy in 2017 by crossing the Mediterranean Sea, with a majority originating from Tunisia, Eritrea, Sudan, Nigeria and Pakistan. The rise…
Providing transitional shelter in settlements across Syria
In more than 10 years of the civil war in Syria, more than 12 million Syrians have been displaced, while much of Syria’s civil infrastructure has been destroyed. The 2019 Northwest Syria offensive left a…
Partnering with SEEDS to build community resilience and capacity in India
In partnership with SEEDS, 15 Structures were implemented throughout India as the need arose from the local communities and COVID-19 restrictions were enacted. Until the reporting date, two units have been assembled for testing and…
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