THE NETHERLANDS: Museum of Humanity
The Dutch photographer and former humanitarian health worker Ruben Timman had a dream in 2001 while on a photo report…
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BEAZLEY DESIGNS OF THE YEAR: Better Shelter awarded two design prizes
The Better Shelter team is happy and humbled to be awarded the Beazley Design of the Year prize. The shelter…
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…
Building Sustainability SGBC – Stockholm, Sweden
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…
How do Syrian refugees register in Jordan?
During the World Humanitarian Summit, visitors have been able to go through the process of registering as a refugee in Jordan.…
Better Shelter @ Movies That Matter, Den Haag
The annual Movies that Matter Festival aims to open our eyes by offering a platform for poignant fiction films and documentaries…
Newsletter December
[Don’t miss out on any news – sign up here] There are 3,9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in…
What Design Can Do in urban areas
We’re at What Design Can Do (WDCD), an international design conference that highlights design challenges and work by design professionals…
Better Shelter at the Global Consultation for WHS
Will you #ReshapeAid at the Global Consultation for the World Humanitarian Summit in Geneva? During 3 days, Global Consultation participants…
Better Shelter at Falkenberg Museum
Better Shelter’s Head of Service, John Tzanos, recently returned from Mytilini, Greece where refugees from Syria rest in the Karatepe…
The Telegraph: Design Miami/ Basel: André Balazs curates Design at Large
…a pale grey house with the simplicity of a child’s drawing. The last turned out to be by Better Shelter,…
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