2024 MIT IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge Virtual Showcase

BendShelthers

Team Leader

Alexander Htet Kyaw

What is the name of your project?

BendShelthers

Where our solution team is headquartered or located:

Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)

Project Summary:

BentShelters provides sustainable, modular, and easily deployable bamboo shelters for displaced populations in Myanmar, a Southeast Asian under a dictatorship. There are over 1.8 million displaced people in Myanmar, and people spend over an average of 17 years in resettlement camps. Beyond housing; there's a need for community infrastructure to foster well-being, livelihood, and hope. Currently, BendShelters is working on schools, clinics, and communal spaces to rebuild communities.