We help refugees create homes they can rebuild their lives in.

In Nakivale Refugee Settlement, families live with a constant fear—their mud-brick homes could collapse at any moment. After each rainy season, walls crack, foundations crumble,

The Problem With Roofs in Refugee Settlements When students at this summer’s Design School began discussing shelter durability, one issue rose to the top: roofs.

Among this summer’s Design School students, Joy was the only woman—and from day one, her determination was clear: to confront and address gender-based violence (GBV)

As part of our monitoring and evaluation, we recently gathered feedback and stories from participants of our latest programs this past year. What we heard

In Nakivale Refugee Settlement, you can fill a jerrycan from the ground, the lake, or even a tank of rainwater saved from the last rainy

August 20th is World Mosquito Day. It marks the 1897 discovery that mosquitoes spread malaria. For many, it’s just a fact from history. But for

This summer marks the launch of something we’ve been dreaming about for a long time: Every Shelter’s first-ever Design School, an intensive, hands-on course that

From water access to community-led innovation, this program is growing fast. When we launched our Brick Mold Lending Program in Uganda’s Nakivale Refugee Settlement, our

In the vast, open fields of Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda, rows of white tarps stretch to the horizon. Each one holds a story of

Imagine waking up in a home not in your ancestral homeland, where the roof leaks when it rains, the walls are cracked, and termites silently

In early 2024, Every Shelter unveiled Tukul 2.0, a prototype home built with sustainable materials like Interlocking Stabilized Soil Blocks (ISSB), bamboo, and palm fronds.

The violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has escalated into a regional crisis, displacing millions and pushing thousands across the border