How ATAA Relief sheltered 182 Syrian families in a few weeks
The conflict in Syria continues to ravage the country and the needs of the population remain high. Humanitarian organisation ATAA…
Aga Khan Development Network and Better Shelter build Covid-19 rapid response centres
Gilgit, Pakistan, 11 June 2020 – In Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral in Northern Pakistan, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH)…
MEXICO: Global Response Management prepares for a Covid-19 outbreak in Matamoros
As governments around the world continue to battle the Covid-19 pandemic – which to date has claimed at least 374,000…
COVID-19: Better Shelter responds to a global outbreak
Humanitarian organisations are implementing RHUs in their coronavirus outbreak responses around the world. The modular design of the structures can be…
WORLD REFUGEE DAY: In solidarity with the world’s refugees
Today, on World Refugee Day, we stand in solidarity with the millions of women, men and children worldwide who have…
SWEDEN: See you in Almedalen!
Better Shelter will participate in the annual Almedalen Week in Visby, Gotland in Sweden. Almedalen Week is a democratic meeting place…
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…
IRAQ: Better Shelter classrooms across Iraq
The humanitarian crisis in Iraq remains one of the largest in the world and has entered a new phase since…
SENEGAL: 3 shelters delivered to Access to Water
WHO reports that 91% of the world’s population had access to an improved drinking-water source in 2015, compared to 76% in…
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…
Revisiting Lesvos
“It is safer for us women and children. This wall you cannot see through. However, when we change our clothes…
Konstfack exhibition: SHELTER
The exhibition ‘Shelter’ at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm features interdisciplinary projects by students in Textile, Industrial Design and…