Roughly 1,750,000 people are homeless in the United States. Without a place to live or a comfortable place to sleep, people are constantly suffering all over the nation. Especially the homeless people affected during natural disasters. Tina Hovsepian, a young entrepreneur, has drastically changed the lives of homeless people everywhere with Cardborigami. Cardborigami provides instant housing to protect from the elements through innovation and design. The design is lightweight, durable, structural, and treated cardboard. No assembly is required and the cardboard is insulated. Below is an example of a Cardborigami shelter, costing $250.00. With its spacious design, the tent can fit two adults comfortably. These shelters can house homeless men and women, but also can be used for a fun camping trip on the beach or in a park. 
This shelter, along with most of the tents, was built locally in Los Angeles by veterans and homeless youth. All proceeds from a purchase of a shelter go directly into Cardborigami’s homeless aid and disaster relief programs.
While the shelters may be more expensive to purchase, the company also sells small and large Nepali bags. These handcrafted bags were brought back from Nepal by our CEO and Founder, Tina Hovsepian. They are hand sewn by Nepali wo
men in the villages of Gorkha. The proceeds from Nepali bags sold will go towards rebuilding more earthquake safe structures in Nepal.
This company has been recognized all around the United States, and has been featured in prominent newspapers and journals across the states. A simple idea using some simple materials, has revolutionized shelters for the homeless and those in crisis.
Tina Hovsepian, the founder and inventor, was featured in Forbes 30 under 30 this year. Her innovative solutions to the homelessness problem continues to bless countless people and I encourage you to donate to the cause!
This is such an admirable cause! It’s cool to see how Tina recognized a need in her community and then designed an idea to help out those who are less fortunate. I also like that Tina realized that some people would want to donate but might not be able to afford the $250 price; and, in response, she implemented the Nepali bags for those people. Overall, this is a really encouraging story.
It’s neat how she took two different concepts and combined them. Cardboard shelters for homeless people already exist; origami already exists. She took these two completely separate categories and mashed them up to create a solution for a huge problem that she saw. And doing something as simple as that has made a huge impact in the problem that Hovespain addresses. I wonder if they have outside fundraising groups raise money to buy Cardborigami structures for their own towns or local cities. Great idea!
Wow! l love how her company not only provides shelter for the homeless, but she also provides jobs for the homeless youth and veterans in Los Angeles. In this way she has solved two problems, first by giving homeless people easy to set up shelters and then by actually providing them with jobs they will need in order to get out of the situations their in.
What a great way to help solve the worldwide issue of homelessness! I admire Tina’s creative and innovative thinking. This reveals that even a simple idea can expand and become well-known. This is a great way to make a difference in the world. I specifically love how she made something useful out of cardboard and origami…very creative!
The social world always has a need for great entrepreneurs. Here is one of those places where people step in to do what’s right by using their skills. I love how Tina used innovation to create such a profound yet simplistic solution to homelessness. I want to see this spread!