Roofus Award, hosted by the IASC Global Shelter Cluster, awarded to Shelter Centre
During the Global Shelter Cluster Shelter Week 2022, Shelter Centre was honoured with a Roofus Award for its commitment.
During the Global Shelter Cluster Shelter Week 2022, Shelter Centre was honoured with a Roofus Award for its commitment.
Read the full article by Geetanjali Krishna and Sally Howard at the BMJ.
Innovation in the private sector has often cost the humanitarian sector more than it has helped. The Better Shelter by Ikea, which won the 2016 design of the year, encompasses recommendations made by Shelter Centre and is big enough to allow livelihoods work to be undertaken within it and for users to stand up in….
Humanitarian work needs lasting investment in systems to manage knowledge, not just information, says Tom Corsellis. In shelter, as in other humanitarian operations, innovation and technical knowledge save lives — from implementing building regulations in the Philippines to knowing how to use bamboo to increase the durability of buildings in Liberia. Decades of experience of…
When IKEA, the undisputed king of flatpacks, created a ready-to-assemble refugee shelter for the United Nations, the media fawned over its clever design: a lockable door, solar panels, a USB outlet (USB outlet!) and more—all in two cardboard boxes. Compared to the standard humanitarian aid tent, IKEA’s Better Shelter is, well, just that. Read the full…
Tents have long played an essential role in the emergency phase of humanitarian responses to refugee influxes. They are relatively light and cheap, and they can be stockpiled, flown in and erected in a short timeframe. But as anyone who has slept in one can attest, tents also have major shortcomings – they provide minimal…
Not content with filling our homes with £5 side tables and lining our stomachs with 50p hot dogs, Swedish furniture giant Ikea has been known to diversify – from building a post-Olympic model village in east London, to launching a range of budget hotels. But its most recent venture is the most ambitious yet: the…