Better Shelter units are housing formerly displaced families who have been able to return home The city of Ramadi is rising from the ruins after the Iraqi government retook control over the province last year. Violence and fighting forced 250,000 people to flee... View Post
The Better Shelter team is happy and humbled to be awarded the Beazley Design of the Year prize. The shelter was up against many amazing creations and ideas and we were not sure we would stand a chance! So, thank you... View Post
The IT education network Coders Trust has joined forces with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to create a pilot program, Youth Employment through Skills (YES), to teach young Bangladeshis the technical coding, communication and freelancing skills they need start earning a... View Post
UPDATE: CALL CLOSED on Sep 23rd Designers, creatives, humanitarians and makers – join Better Shelter at CORE RELIEF, a 7-day (3-9 Oct) multinational humanitarian non-profit design innovation lab on the Greek island of Lesvos, organised by Architecture & design agency LATRA. The workshop... View Post
Better Shelter is nominated for the Beazley Designs of the Year! There are 67 nominees over 6 categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Graphics, Product and Transport, which will be exhibited at the London Design Museum, between 24 November 2016 and 19 February 2017.... View Post
57,000 refugees are currently stranded within the borders of Greece. More than 260,000 have arrived by sea during 2016 alone. http://d325ty7uqiufcm.cloudfront.net/global/assets/31015/1.1.0/HD.mp4 2016: Kara Tepe site, Lesvos, Greece There’s nothing more natural for parents than the desire to give their children a... View Post
Exhibition: October 12th 2016 at the National Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm A smartphone is an invaluable tool for those fleeing to escape armed conflicts and natural disasters. Facebook and Skype are apps that we take for granted in our daily... View Post
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 ago, in June 2015, we delivered the very first shipment of Better Shelter units. Then, little did we know that... View Post
Welcome to a very special house viewing this Saturday, June 11th, on Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm together with the Better Shelter team and Sweden for UNHCR. Take the chance to step inside a Better Shelter and learn more about how you can contribute to the... View Post
During the World Humanitarian Summit, visitors have been able to go through the process of registering as a refugee in Jordan. See when Melissa Flemming, spokesperson of UNHCR, is registered by a colleague from UNHCR Jordan inside a Better Shelter.
Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter Museum of Modern Art, New York October 01, 2016–January 22, 2017Insecurities brings together works by architects, designers, and artists in a range of mediums and scales that respond to the complex circumstances brought about by forced displacement.... View Post
Nesta is an innovation charity with a mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life. In their new publication, Innovation for International Development, Per Heggenes, CEO of IKEA Foundation and Johan Karlsson, Head of Business Development/ Interim... View Post
AL JAMEA’A CAMP, BAGHDAD, IRAQ Mohammed Abdikarim Hamid, 32, his wife Iman Mohammed, 36, son Qoutaiba, 7, and daughter Rimas, 4, from Taemeem, Anbar province. Mohammed was born with arm and leg disabilities and doesn’t have a full-time job. He... View Post