Why a humanitarian shelter database?
Need
Humanitarian Sheltering is a key component to assist affected populations in rebuilding lives and livelihoods.
Document, Share, Save
The Open Shelter Database aims at creating a platform to collect and share with the widest possible audience, ranging from decision makers to field implementers, key information on humanitarian shelters, including the contacts of the organisations behind them
Everyone
Open source database made available to the contribution of Humanitarian Shelter actors. Implementing organisations with relevant experience are invited to openly share their shelter data to the benefit of all.
Global
Disasters hit parts of the globe with little or no predictability and their amount and consequences are alarmingly increasing year after year. See also the third party emergency events database.
Open
The shelter database is open and searchable for everyone. Users with Humanitarian.id accounts can also add shelters. For developers an API is available.
Cost effective
Sheltering is representing huge costs for agencies. Sharing open data on best practices may drastically reduce shelter solutions development costs.