Refugee art to raise awareness
Art has long been a medium to demonstrate both support and resistance for the most pressing issues in the world.…
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…
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…
Revisiting Lesvos
“It is safer for us women and children. This wall you cannot see through. However, when we change our clothes…
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…