RHUs in Education
The Relief Housing Unit (RHU) is a modular temporary shelter unit, designed to allow for alterations and adaptations for different areas…
Report release: Preliminary assessment of the pilot Structure approach to humanitarian sheltering
Better Shelter, in partnership with Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), an agency of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and…
Better Shelter launches Structure: an emergency shelter and fundraising campaign, with first implementations in Kerala with SEEDS
PRESS RELEASE 01 February 2021 The Swedish social enterprise Better Shelter releases “Structure” – a low cost emergency shelter which can be…
Introducing Structure – a Better Shelter initiative.
Image: Vijeesh and Gopika in front of their Structure in Kerala, India, November 2020. © Sameer Raichur Happy New Year When looking back on last year, our thoughts are with those…
113 shelters to HEKS/EPER in Iraq
Eight million Iraqis have been left displaced, and much of the country has been destroyed (primarily concentrated in the urban…
Aktuell Hållbarhet på Almedalsveckan
We exhibited a shelter at Aktuell Hållbarhet’s space at Almedalsveckan with Sweden for UNHCR and Better Shelter’s managing director participated…
UN GLOBAL COMPACT: Towards a sustainable future
The World Bank reported last year that if no climate actions are taken, there will be 143 million “internal climate…
500 shelters to UNHCR in Iraq
Iraqi families return to rebuild their lives: Better Shelters offer a feeling of home in a city in ruins Across…
Human Shelter at the IKEA Museum in Älmhult, Sweden
“We bought this fabric from the market. We hung it up like this, so it will look nice in here.…
See you at the International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition (DIHAD)
We will showcase a Better Shelter unit at the 16th edition of Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference &…
One to Another
San Antonio, Texas: Over the last few years, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled their homes—places like Syria, Myanmar,…
TEDx London: Beyond Borders
We exhibited our work at TEDx London Beyond Borders, a full-day festival at the Royal Festival Hall. Scientists, musicians, activists,…