FOR A DOLLAR A DAY, YOU CAN CHANGE LIVES.

Let's empower communities to take back their own stories. As seen in FastCompany WallPaper Cool Hunting and more.

Structure is a sustainable shelter for people who have lost their homes in natural disasters. By giving one dollar a day for one year, you empower a family to create a new home and aid the building back of communities disproportionately impacted by the global climate crisis.

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    1 DOLLAR

    One Structure costs $365. This means that you can change a family's life for a dollar a day for a year.

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    5 PEOPLE

    Structure is designed to provide living space for a family of five.

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    10 YEARS

    A Structure can be built to last for at least ten years with local material and then be recycled, reused or repurposed.

Who we are

Structure is a new approach to shelter.

Instead of sending in tents, we deliver a robust metal framework that can be deployed quickly with a tarpaulin cover. This serves as emergency shelter in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.

Over time, as local materials become available and local markets start to function the metal framework can be upgraded with local materials by NGOs or residents themselves thus creating a semi-permanent home with no waste, that reflects local customs and culture.  

This home costs only $365.00, and has already created safe space for families all over the world. 

The Story

Structure is a new approach to shelter.

Instead of sending in tents, we deliver a robust metal framework that can be deployed quickly with a tarpaulin cover. This serves as emergency shelter in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.

Over time, as local materials become available and local markets start to function the metal framework can be upgraded with local materials by NGOs or residents themselves thus creating a semi-permanent home with no waste, that reflects local customs and culture.  

This home costs only $365.00, and has already created safe space for families all over the world. 

The Story

Why Structure

The emergent climate migrant crisis will be the defining social catastrophe of our generation. Millions of people are expected to lose their homes and livelihood in hurricanes and floods due to the changing climate in the coming decades.

Why Structure

The emergent climate migrant crisis will be the defining social catastrophe of our generation. Millions of people are expected to lose their homes and livelihood in hurricanes and floods due to the changing climate in the coming decades.

Why Structure
Kerala, India
Structure in India
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Better Shelter Fund is a Sweden limited-liability company operating through a fiscal sponsorship with Players Philanthropy Fund, a Maryland charitable trust recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178). Contributions to Better Shelter Fund are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.