About Shelter In A Day | A Home For Haiti
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Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good, is it useful. ~Author Unknown
A Home For Haiti | Disaster Relief Housing
On the day of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, furniture designer Frank Schooley was saddened and moved by the destruction he saw replayed on the news. It’s been estimated that 3 million people were affected by Haiti’s earthquake with approximately 316,000 souls perishing and 1 million Haitians left homeless. Haiti’s government also estimated 250,000 personal residences and 30,000 commercial buildings were either severely damaged or just collapsed altogether. Over three years later, sadly not much has changed. A traveler to Haiti today will find that the same disastrous construction is being rebuilt in the same dangerous way.
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Being an industrious furniture maker, Frank knew he could help. Using the same techniques and materials he originally developed for his eco-friendly furniture line Terrapeg, he immediately starting drafting plans for an emergency and disaster relief house he calls Shelter In Day.
Shelter In A Day provides not only safe, secure and sturdy emergency and disaster relief housing, but Shelters are also termite, rust and rot resistant and come equipped with lockable doors and windows. Shelter In A Day’s homes are eco-friendly as they are crafted from waterproof, recycled wood fiber material.
But perhaps the most valuable quality of Shelter In A Day is that homes can be erected in one day, without tools or electricity, using a new patented “Tool Free Joint.” Shelter's Tool Free Joint reinvents a simple, yet solidly constructed, carpenter style joint with a secure locking peg that is very easy to assemble.
Shelter In A Day's homes are earthquake and windstorm resistant, built to last and provide those in need a very appealing alternative to traditional "box car" type shelters. Roof overhangs keep the noonday sun off the walls, keeping Shelter's cool inside. A sturdy and lockable door and windows allow light and ventilation.
Our test model disaster relief house (recent picture above) has withstood Florida's harsh elements for over two years beautifully.
Shelter In A Day provides not only safe, secure and sturdy emergency and disaster relief housing, but Shelters are also termite, rust and rot resistant and come equipped with lockable doors and windows. Shelter In A Day’s homes are eco-friendly as they are crafted from waterproof, recycled wood fiber material.
But perhaps the most valuable quality of Shelter In A Day is that homes can be erected in one day, without tools or electricity, using a new patented “Tool Free Joint.” Shelter's Tool Free Joint reinvents a simple, yet solidly constructed, carpenter style joint with a secure locking peg that is very easy to assemble.
Shelter In A Day's homes are earthquake and windstorm resistant, built to last and provide those in need a very appealing alternative to traditional "box car" type shelters. Roof overhangs keep the noonday sun off the walls, keeping Shelter's cool inside. A sturdy and lockable door and windows allow light and ventilation.
Our test model disaster relief house (recent picture above) has withstood Florida's harsh elements for over two years beautifully.
Shelter In A Day + Terrapeg = The Ultimate In Green Living
Shelter In A Day’s same patented Tool Free Joint is also used to craft Terrapeg furniture. With more than 30 attractive designs, Terrapeg’s appealing and durable green furniture offers everything a family needs to furnish a home, office or restaurant. Shelter In A Day housing combined with Terrapeg furniture makes it possible to build furnished homes, schools, clinics or churches, without tools or electric power, in a single day.
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