Communication on progress: Better Shelter 2019-2020
Better Shelter joined the United Nations Global Compact in 2018, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. Since joining the initiative in…
1476 shelters to house Venezuelans in Brazil
Yessenia Guarique, 32, and her husband left Venezuela because of the increasing food shortage. Yessenia lives in Rondon III camp…
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…
Rothko in Lampedusa (in parallel to the 58th Venice Biennale) in Venice, Italy
Exhibition: Rothko in Lampedusa in collaboration with UNHCR. Location: Palazzo Querini, Dorsoduro 2691, 30123 Venice Opening hours: May 11th to November…
768 shelter for South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
We are supporting UNHCR with assembly training and set up of RHUs in Imvepi Refugee Camp – host to 62,700 refugees from South…
The American Swedish Historical Museum
An RHU will be exhibited in conjunction with the Where the Children Sleep exhibition on 21 October 2017 – 4 March 2018 at…
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…
Better Shelter in Iraq: Hamid family
Mohammed was born with arm and leg disabilities and doesn’t have a full-time job. He used to work as a…
Botswana Innovation Hub
Better Shelter and Botswana Innovation Hub have launched a pilot programme in Kweneng West, Botswana. Several shelters will be evaluated as…
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…