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Fundamental 1:
Place
A safe and sustainable environment
Why it matters
No one can thrive without a safe place to live, work, and rest. When people are displaced or living in unsafe conditions, every other opportunity — health, education, income — is at risk.
The reality
- Displacement has nearly doubled in the past decade
- An average of 22.4 million people are displaced annually by weather-related disasters
- Nearly one-third of women globally have experienced physical or sexual partner violence
- One-quarter of the world’s urban population lives in slums
The Corus approach
Corus creates safe, stable environments — from emergency shelter to long-term community resilience. We work at the household, community, and systems levels to ensure safety today and stability tomorrow.
Our work includes
- Emergency and transitional shelter
- Cash assistance and essential supplies
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
- Preventing violence against women and girls
- Disaster risk reduction
Impact snapshot
295,117safe nights of shelter for displaced families in Ukraine |
10,610survivors supported after the Türkiye earthquakes. |
60flood-prone villages in Nepal trained in disaster risk reduction |
3,030displaced families in the DRC received food, water, and essential supplies |
STRENGTHENING
THE FOUNDATIONS OF
WELLBEING
We focus on the essentials that enable individuals, communities and economies to thrive —
what we call the 5 Fundamentals:
When even one is absent, families and communities can face cycles of poverty that last generations. We work to ensure the 5 Fundamentals are within reach for everyone, everywhere.