Transitional shelter

Who do you think you are? Not an academic Recent graduate from Cardiff - did this course Working for ELRHA – part of Save the Children Previous Operation’s Co-ordinator for EWB- UK Worked in Uganda and India

What are you on about? Humanitarian vs Development Emergency cycle Disaster risk reduction Construction without infrastructure Systems vs product Further information

Emergency response Heavy surge and no regrets –Large and rapid response 85% self funded Huge organisation Employs professionals Alleviates suffering International Development Massive small change Two outputs Low budget Largely voluntary Student / recent grad Alleviates poverty

Grey area Disaster cycle Transition Emergency  Development International development / disaster risk reduction / capacity building Emergency relief / humanitarian aid

Package strapping Josh Macabuag

Josh Macabuag

Bamboo retro-fit Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones

Building in UgandaDig foundation trench by hand

Fill and ‘grade’ hardcore by hand

Mix and pour several tonnes of concrete by hand

Construct walls and roof by hand

Deliveries?

The wacker-plate

Process vs product Hexayurt Universally rejected by Shelter sector Brilliant design Yet inappropriate

Dignity Living conditions –Would you want your Mum to live in it? –Would you live in it? –Where / how do you: Wash? / Cook? / Sleep? / Relax? / Defecate? –How much space do people need? –How do you ensure security? What are the aspirations and expectations? Is their acceptance by the local population?

Participation Include the people in the design –Participatory planning sessions Needs assessment –Consider (ask) what they want/need Have you included all social group? –Women, children, elderly, disabled, discriminated How will the people manage their homes?

Ownership Who owns the land? –Has the population migrated? –Has the disaster displaced them? –Do they have land tenure? Who ultimately owns the shelter? –How do you ensure ownership? How will it be maintained?

Labour Where does the labour come from? –Pay a contractor? Good in extreme circumstances. Who pays? Who gets the houses? Who owns them? –Source from a community base? Good if communities still exist and for central buildings Who builds? How do you distribute? –Get individuals to build their own homes? How can they afford this? What about livelihood? Child protection?

Resource and distribution Where do the materials come from? How do you distribute them to people? –Cash / voucher systems –Handouts –Local suppliers / markets How quickly do you need them and at what scale? How will you transport materials? Are materials sustainably sourced?

Skills What skills are available locally? How complex is your design? Would people need supervision? What about setting up capacity building programme? –Advice and information centre –Construction training

Governance Humanitarian agencies do not work without the consent of the Government Projects must be established within existing governmental structures Does aid remove the burden on governments to provide for their own people?

Further information Sphere Standards – The Shelter Cluster – The Shelter Centre Library – Practical Answers – ELRHA – CENDEP – UNDP, UNHCR, UNOCHA, IFRC, etc Prevention Web, Relief Web and Alertnet