Better Shelter
Better Shelter
The Better Shelter is a modular emergency and transitional shelter for up to five persons.
Better Shelter is a temporary shelter that can be disassembled and reused, designed with and for refugees. The Better Shelter ships flat-packed, with all parts and tools included. It is a weatherproof and lockable temporary shelter, which offers 17.5 m2 of space for a displaced family of 4 to 5 occupants. The delivered package includes mosquito nets and solar powered interior lighting.
The product is provided worldwide. The product was originally design for deployment in Ethiopia, Iraq and Lebanon, and has since been deployed in Botswana, Chad, Djibouti, FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Nepal, Niger, South Sudan, Brazil, Peru, Bangladesh, and more countries.
Shelters had been delivered to 70 countries.
Better Shelter and the IKEA Foundation
1260 USD (1150 EUR)
Similar products include DecaDome, Hexayurt, LumaDome, and LifeShelter
Residents of IDP/refugee camps, and communities affected by natural disasters
