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Emergency SHELTER in Natural Disasters
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Shelter after disaster…
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What is shelter
Emerging trends & challenges – the big picture
Phases in shelter
Shelter as a process not a product
Shelter in emergency operations
The shelter tools
Time: 90 minutes
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Defining “shelter”…
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Shelter concept on a disaster response…
Shelter and Settlements
Emergency, early recovery, recovery
Community
participation
Organisational
Development
Cross-cutting
issues…
Housing and Urban issues
Land and
housing
property rights
Construction
Camp Management
Coordination with
others
Other issues…
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Infrastructures
Safe
Construction
Appropriate
technologies
Construction
Management
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Some shelter numbers…
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66 million – people with houses damaged by 2007 Asia floods
(Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, DPRK, Vietnam, India)
1.8 million – homes destroyed or damaged in Pakistan by the last
Floods in 2010
47.9% - housing as a percentage of total cost of tsunami damage in
Indonesia
CHF 100 million - IFRC spend on Aceh transitional shelter
programme
140,000 HH helped by RCRC in Haiti with Emergency Shelter
(covering kit, tents & STK)
CHF 310 - cost of a family tent to international specifications
CHF 100 – cost of air freighting one family tent
CHF 60 – cost of IFRC Shelter Kit
CHF 600 – cost of building materials, tools, fixings etc. for Pakistan
earthquake transitional shelter 2006
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Disaster trends…
Climate change
+
urbanisation
+
social & economic marginalisation
=
INCREASED SHELTER RISK
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IFRC and shelter…
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IFRC is the leading agency in the shelter sector
for natural disasters– and few other agencies
have shelter in their mandate
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National Societies implement a wide range of
emergency, transitional and permanent housing.
However only since 2006 IFRC has created a
Shelter Department.
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The process of sheltering…
Before disaster
Before disaster
over time households
build, extend and
upgrade houses
using materials,
cash, contracted
local labour or selfhelp
Disaster
& emergency
response
Beyond emergency
response
Beyond emergency
response
households will over time
extend and upgrade
shelter solutions provided
using materials, cash,
contracted local labour
or self-help
Emergency response should support the sheltering process
providing materials, cash, contracted local labour or self-help +
technical support as appropriate
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Recovery
shelter/housing
Emergency
shelter
Self
recovery
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Early
Recovery
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Product vs. process…
Product / Phase
Approach
Tent
Container
Process/ Needs
Approach:
Support
Money
Guidance
Materials Tools
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House
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Shelter Operations…
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Assessments
 Programming and Coordination
 Implementation
 Monitoring and Evaluation
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Informed assessments
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Assessments: Rapid, detailed, ongoing
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What are affected households doing themselves
to meet their shelter needs and how can we assist
them? (use Sphere 2011 Shelter Checklist – adapt
as needed)
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Consider separate needs of:
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Those displaced temporarily or permanently
From those who can return to the site of their
damaged/destroyed home
The issues of tenure
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Displaced and non-displaced population
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Shelter Programming
Emergency Shelter (live saving) – 3 options:
1. Coverage kit: (2 tarps + rope)
2. Shelter Kit: (2 tarps + tools (includes rope + fixings))
3. Family tent (tents can delay recovery process)
+ basic/simple technical advice
+ complemented with NFIs + new HH kit.
Early recovery Shelter – 5 options:
1. Transitional shelter (T-shelter)
2. Construction material (roofing, walling, flooring)
3. Tools
4. Cash & Voucher/ credit card
5. Technical support/ awareness campaign (safe shelter)
Get Emergency Shelter going & move to Early Recovery ASAP
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Coverage Kit
Contents:
 2 tarpaulins (to specs) + 20 metres of rope (10 kg)
 Technical advice (one pager on how to fix tarp to rope,
wood, and bamboo)
Cost: 40 CHF
Challenges: Rope has to be bought locally.
When to use:
• Need for quick, low cost response
• There are other materials available (salvaged…)
Plastic Sheeting Guidelines, Shade Nets Guidelines
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IFRC Shelter Kit
Contents:
 2 tarps + Shelter Toolkit (20Kg)
 Technical advice (one flyer on how
to fix tarp to rope, wood, and
bamboo)
Cost: 60 CHF
Challenges:
Bulkier than coverage kit. Machetes.
When to use:
• Variety of situations, versatile
• There are other materials
available (salvaged…)
Shelter kit guidelines + SK training
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Use of “Shelter Kit”…
Repair or build
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Family tent
Contents:
 16m2 family tent (64 kg)
 Technical advice (one-pager
on where to put the tent, how
to prepare the ground and how
to erect it)
Cost: 310 CHF
Challenges: difficult to combine, evolve, adapt
When to use:
• Life-saving need for quick answer and no materials available
• Big emergencies (all solutions are needed)
• Non-technical reasons
• Political issues (Gvmt/ HNS)
Tent guidelines (available with assembly instruction)
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Implementation Shelter response…
Shelter FACT
STT
(Shelter Technical Team)
Logistic FACT -> ERU
SUPPORT SERVICES
Relief FACT -> ERU
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• Initial assessment – Initial POA
• Identification needs STT
• Shelter Movement Coordination
• Shelter Programme Manager IFRC
• Technical support to shelter
implementation
• Coordinate/provide logistic support
technical programmes.
• Coordinate/implement relief response,
including Emergency shelter/NFIs.
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Implementation EMERGENCY Shelter
response…
ACTIVITY
WHO DOES
WHO
SUPPORTS
COORDINATES
WITH
WHO APPROVES
Define EMERGENCY Shelter
Response
- Initial assessments
- identifying technical solution
- target beneficiaries caseload
- working plan & budget
Shelter FACT/
HNS
Counterpart
STT
IFRC ZO/HQ
(technical line)
Relief ERU
Relief FACT
Logistic FACT
FACT members
RC/RC Movement
Shelter CLUSTER
FACT TL/HoOp/HNS
PROCUREMENT
- national/international
Logistic FACT/
RLU/ HNS
Counterpart
IFRC ZO/IFRC HQ
(logistic
departments)
Shelter FACT/
STT TL
FACT TL/HoOp/HNS
<50.000 Log FACT
>50.000<400.000 RLU
>400.000 IFRC HQ
DELIVERY
- HH assessment for
distribution
- registration & ticketing
- volunteers training
- distribution and M&E
Relief ERU/
HNS
Counterpart
Relief FACT
Shelter FACT/STT
Logistic ERU
Relief FACT
Shelter CLUSTER
RC/RC Movement
FACT TL/HNS
AWARENESS
-develop material
- volunteers training
- awareness campaign and M&E
STT/ HNS
Counterpart
Relief ERU/ HNS
distribution
teams
Shelter CLUSTER
RC/RC Movement
Shelter FACT/ STT TL/
HNS Counterpart
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Implementation EARLY RECOVERY
Shelter response…
ACTIVITY
WHO DOES
WHO
SUPPORTS
COORDINATES
WITH
WHO APPROVES
-Define EARLY RECOVERY
Shelter Response
- technical solution
- target beneficiaries
- working plan & budget
Shelter FACT
or shelter
programme
coord/ HNS
Counterpart
STT
IFRC ZO/HQ
(technical line)
MDAT (recovery
surge capacity)
Relief FACT/ERU
Logistic FACT/ERU
FACT members
RC/RC Movement
Shelter CLUSTER
FACT TL/HoOp/ HNS
PROCUREMENT
- national/international
Logistic
FACT/RLU
IFRC ZO/IFRC HQ
(logistic
departments)
Shelter FACT/
STT TL
FACT TL/HoOp/ HNS
<50.000 Log FACT
>50.000 <400.000 RLU
>400.000 IFRC HQ
DELIVERY
-Need/damage assessments
- registration
- community mobilization
- volunteers training
- implementation
STT/ HNS
Counterpart
Logistic FACT/ERU
Relief FACT/ERU
Shelter staff
Beneficiaries
Shelter CLUSTER
RC/RC Movement
FACT members
(integrate
approach)
Shelter FACT/shelter
programme
coordinator/HNS
AWARENESS
-develop material
- volunteers training
- awareness campaign
STT/ HNS
Counterpart
Shelter staff
Shelter CLUSTER
RC/RC Movement
Shelter FACT/ STT TL/
HNS Counterpart
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Other aspects to consider…
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Lack of shelter counterpart within HNS
Shelter response should be linked with watsan, health,
livelihood (integrated approach) and general relief
programming.
Shelter is often a key component of recovery
programming – consider household livelihood activities
and potential local economic impact of shelter response.
Procurement & Logistics and relief are key to
successful shelter.
Gender and crosscutting issues
Include monitoring & evaluation of the solution in
budget.
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Shelter resources and support
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Globally pre-positioned tarps, shelter kits and
tents in Regional Logistics Units
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Emergency Items Catalogue (ERIC) online
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FedNet & DMIS: tools and resources, guidelines,
videos, documents, examples
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Technical focal points within Secretariat (ZO &
GVA) to support shelter response, specifications,
programming tools, guidance, and longer term
programming
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Shelter & Settlement TECHNICAL support
IFRC HEAD QUARTER (GVA)
Sandra D’URZO
Graham SAUNDERS
IFRC ZONE OFFICES
Carmen FERRER
Policy
Americas
Americas Zone , Panama
Ela SERDAROGLU
Gregg MCDONALD
Capacity Building
Asia Pacific & MENA
Asia Pacific DMU,
Kuala Lumpur
Head of Department
Corinne TREHERNE
Rea IVANEK
Technical Support
Africa
Senior Assistant
Marta PEÑA
Support Ops & Trainings
Europe & Central Asia
Pablo MEDINA
Global Shelter Cluster
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Alberto MONGUZZI
Europe Zone, Budapest
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For more information…
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Questions?
Thanks for your interest !
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