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On July 1st in Sacramento, CA over 300 people demonstrated for “Safe Ground”. They marched to a city-owned vacant lot next to a police station, asking the city to provide Safe Ground for homeless people to sleep.
70 of the marchers slept in the lot overnight. The event was covered by local media and attracted national media [...]
World Shelters is honored to be working with a collaboration of organizations in Sacramento to promote the “Safe Ground” model for ultra-low cost shelter with integrated complementary services. Loaves and Fishes, the lead agency, has provided services to the needy in Sacramento for over 20 years. On Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20th World [...]
Check out Jesse Robbins’ recent speech at the Web 2.0 conference by clicking on the link below. Jesse was our lead organizer of the World Shelters Task Force in Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina. Jesse says, “For the past few years I have been trying to find ways that technology can be used to “Serve those [...]
On Saturday September 20, World Shelters participated in the national Day of Caring. Sponsored by United Way and other community groups including Americorps, the HSU Service Learning Center and the Volunteer Center of the Redwoods, the Day of Caring is a way for local businesses and organizations to take a day [...]
World Shelters was featured in the Eureka Reporter on Saturday, July 12th. The article included a picture of Rick and Bruce on the front page as well as a detailed write-up on the cover of the Home section. Focusing on the U-Dome, reporter Melody Stone covered the variety of proposals and projects that World Shelters [...]
Jesse Robbins was interviewed by BusinessWeek.com about his time spent doing Hurricane Katrina relief work for World Shelters and the technological tools that aided his humanitarian efforts in the disaster zone.
The original story is located here , or the full text of the article can be found below.
Making Maps Work When Disaster Strikes
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June 25th 2008 –Finally everyone is back and work at World Shelters continues in full-swing in America after an Italian expedition that continues for our U-Dome. Bruce, Rick, and Steven traveled to Milan where World Shelters was honored by the renowned Triennale di Milano museum of architecture and design by featuring their newest disaster [...]
You can now donate your sales on Ebay to World Shelters! We are a registered non-profit with Ebay MissionFish, with a direct link at: http://www.missionfish.org/NPMMF/nphomepage.jsp?NP_ID=10469
Any seller can donate to World Shelters while listing an item on eBay. Sell anything from collectibles to cars and donate a portion through eBay Giving Works. Learn how.
World Shelters has recently been seeking to collaborate with governments, agencies, and organizations throughout the U.S. to provide shelter and complementary services required on the path towards permanent housing for people who are currently homeless.Specifically, World Shelters proposes initiations of Integrated Transitional Program’s (ITP)’s with governments, agencies, and organizations working together to provide the [...]
World Shelters invites you to join us at an information networking group, the Shelters Discussion Forum.
Hosted by ning.com, the forum is a place for people to share ideas and questions about shelters in the field, in varying design stages, modifications and troubleshooting, and broader discussions related to housing in disaster relief and development.
We’ve created [...]
