Better Shelter

UNHCR signs for 10,000 flat-pack shelters

Tue, Mar 24, 2015 10:00 CET

Dubai (24 March, 2015) The unique collaboration between the IKEA Foundation and the UNHCR has resulted in a new, innovative, safer and more durable shelter for refugee families around the world. UNHCR has placed an order of 10,000 units with the social enterprise Better Shelter. Better Shelter was started by the Housing for All Foundation, a non-profit foundation established by the IKEA Foundation.With a safe and functional temporary shelter delivered in flat packs, Better Shelter together with the UNHCR and the IKEA Foundation wants to bring dignity and safety to the millions of

Better Shelter, IKEA Foundation and UNHCR invite to a press meeting; Better Shelter is presented and reveals its first large order

Fri, Mar 13, 2015 10:00 CET

Hereby we invite media to the official launch of Better Shelter.You are welcome to participate in a press meeting at the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition, DIHAD, in Dubai. There we will present Better Shelter, a housing solution made in collaboration with the IKEA Foundation and UNHCR, which will improve the lives of many thousands of displaced people. Better Shelter will also reveal its first large order. In 2013, the IKEA Foundation and the UNHCR publically announced their partnership. Prototypes of Better Shelter were completed and tests in

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UNHCR signs for 10,000 flat-pack shelters

Better Shelter, IKEA Foundation and UNHCR invite to a press meeting; Better Shelter is presented and reveals its first large order

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