Iglou - insulated shelter homeless Ostrava Havirov Karvina

What is Iglou

IGLOU

An innovative solution designed to save lives

+ 15°C to 18°C

inside versus outside temperature

Warmed by the body heat and kept by the thermal insulation

Compact & Foldable

Kompaktní a skladné

Kompaktní a skladné

Assembles in less than a minute
and takes very limited footprint

Sestavení iglou není náročné, je potřeba maximálně minuta a nezabere mnoho místa

Sestavení iglou není náročné, je potřeba maximálně minuta a nezabere mnoho místa

Flexible

Adapts to any kind of terrain, aimed to be installed at the place where the homeless person already lives and stays by night, usually hidden.

Emergency shelter only

Easily installed for the period of freeze, and then collected and stored during spring, summer and autumn.

Designed in France by Geoffroy de Reynal

Already tested more than 1.000 nights in Paris and Bordeaux with success!

Why

Capacity & Conditions

Not all cities have enough capacity for all homeless people during the freezing periods and the conditions for being accepted in emergency shelters are not always reachable for all.

Security

Some homeless people do not go to emergency shelters due to fear to come among other people even under the most severe weather.

Privacy

The Iglou often creates the only space where the homeless person has its own intimacy.

Flexibility & Emergency

Some people will refuse shelters in fear of losing their friends, their things and their place.

Stories

Láďa a Monika

Láďa a Monika

test 2 Iglou

Láďa, lives in the street for already 27 years. The 43 years-old man suffers from schizophrenia and his illness does not allow him to work. All the money he gets from his invalidity pension he uses to buy the pills he needs. In parallel, he collects paper and metal and resells it. He spends the freezing nights in an old tent with holes. He does not drink, does not smoke. This winter, with his girlfriend Monika, he is testing 2 iglous.

pan Petr

pan Petr

spi v teple

Petr, 60 years-old smiling man, lives outside for about 20 years. After divorcing, he went back to Slovakia where he discovered that his brother registered him as dead, and he had lost everything. He came back to Czechia, lived in a hut and worked. After an hospitalization, his hut was occupied by somebody else. Petr relocated behind a church where he sleeps. He also tried to sleep in night shelters but because of thefts, he quitted. He begs for buying the drugs he needs for his sick heart. During the freezing nights he is travelling by train to be inside and have a small rest... A few weeks ago, Natalie contacted us and asked for an Iglou for him. Like everytime in this case, we directed her to local charities ... and they found him a room in a social house! And we are very pleased to share with you the story of Petr at a time when he sleeps warm… He finally never slept in an Iglou, but even like that, the Iglou helped him!

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News

Feb, 11

Feedback and field visit

11. 2. 2019

Feedback and field visit of Iglous – the emergency shelter for homeless people
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Jan, 30

Iglou is developping in Czechia

30. 1. 2019

Already 46 iglous delivered all over the country and warming those who need it the most.
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Nov, 28

First Iglou in the field

28. 11. 2018

Our first Iglou is warming a person who really needs it!
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Nov, 10

Follow Iglou on Facebook !

10. 11. 2018

Iglou is on Facebook at Iglou CZ !

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Oct, 25

Iglou at Mash-Up !

25. 10. 2018

We presented the Iglou at Mash-Up ! Big thanks to Impact Hub Ostrava for this opportunity and to Evzen for his support !

Look at the video 🙂
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Oct, 24

Night outside – Noc venku

24. 10. 2018

Noc venku is an action which is aimed to share with the public about life of homeless as well as giving a chance to all to experience the sleeping conditions in winter outside.
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Oct, 21

First trial of Iglou

21. 10. 2018

Over the weekend, we have tried the Iglou ourselves. We took with us 2 iglous to the Beskydy mountains. See more tests details below.
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Oct, 15

Iglous and winter 2018-19

15. 10. 2018

Our plan for this winter is ready!

See the details below.
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Aug, 30

Choosen to be part of Impact First acceleration program !

30. 8. 2018

Today, we have been choosen with 8 other projects (out of 26 applicants) to be part of the acceleration program Impact First. A 3 months program organized by Impact Hub and sponsorized by Ceska Sporitelna. That will help us to develop our project, learn more about the non-profit organisations world and organise our minds. Looking […]
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Aug, 10

Visit of Geoffroy de Reynal

10. 8. 2018

Geoffroy de Reynal, the french inventor of the Iglou for homeless people, visited us in Ostrava!
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Team

Pavla Klečková

Pavla Klečková

project founder
pavla@iglou.cz

Manu Chilaud

Manu Chilaud

project founder
manu@iglou.cz

Media

Partners