Mozambique
Mozambique was one of the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance test locations in the mid-1980’s for earlier versions of the Q-Shelter, winning this particular global competition.
Guam
Guam was one of the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance test locations in the mid-1980’s for earlier versions of the Q-Shelter, winning this particular global competition.
Kosovo, Serbia
World Shelters donated shelters at the request of International Rescue Committee in 2002.
San Salvador, El Salvador
In 1986, Dymax Designs was the predecessor to World Shelters. The Dymax Quonset won USAID/OFDA’s global competition for disaster relief shelters. This first version of the Q-shelter in El Salvador was deployed as part of a field test for USAID/OFDA. Displaced families lived in the shelters. The updated shelter again won in […]
Sri Lanka
Following the disastrous tsunami in 2004, World Shelters raised funds to provide 20 shelters to International Medical Corps for use in Sri Lanka as portable medical clinics. Additional shelters were delivered to a village in Galle, Sri Lanka and in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. International Medical Corps was founded in 1984 by volunteer physicians and […]
Uganda
International Medical Corps created portable medical clinics using Q-shelters in 2004 to serve Ugandan communities.
Jordan
The Jordanian Red Crescent used Q-Shelters provided through the International Medical Corps at the border with Iraq in 2003, for use as medical clinics and agency centers.
Mexico City, Mexico
The Cruz Roja Mexicana tested and utilized Q-shelters in five separate situations following hurricanes and earthquakes in 2004.
Bonn, Germany
Bonn is headquarters for the German Agency for Technical Relief (Technisches Hilfes Werk). In 2004, World Shelters gave a demonstration of the Q-shelter and donated one for use by the agency’s staff for their operations in the field.
Hawaii - Strong Angel Project
This joint military, civilian, and NGO project in 2004 tested many different shelters, new communications and coordination technologies, and methodologies for disaster response. The team reported that the Q-shelter was especially effective for use as an agency center for communication and technology.