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Transitional shelter

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

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Transitional shelter

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  1. Transitional shelter

  2. 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

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

  4. 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

  5. Disaster cycle International development / disaster risk reduction / capacity building Grey area Emergency relief / humanitarian aid Grey area

  6. Package strapping http://www.ewb-uk.org/system/files/Macabuag+Bhattacharya+report.pdf Josh Macabuag

  7. http://www.ewb-uk.org/system/files/Macabuag+Bhattacharya+report.pdfhttp://www.ewb-uk.org/system/files/Macabuag+Bhattacharya+report.pdf Josh Macabuag

  8. Bamboo retro-fit Stephen Jones http://www.ewb-uk.org/knowledge/habitat

  9. Stephen Jones http://www.ewb-uk.org/knowledge/habitat

  10. Stephen Jones http://www.ewb-uk.org/knowledge/habitat

  11. Dig foundation trench by hand Building in Uganda

  12. Fill and ‘grade’ hardcore by hand

  13. Mix and pour several tonnes of concrete by hand

  14. Construct walls and roof by hand

  15. Deliveries?

  16. The wacker-plate

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

  18. 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?

  19. 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?

  20. 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?

  21. 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?

  22. 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?

  23. 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

  24. 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?

  25. Further information • Sphere Standards • http://www.sphereproject.org/ • The Shelter Cluster • https://www.sheltercluster.org • The Shelter Centre Library • http://sheltercentre.org/library • Practical Answers • http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/?url=practicalanswers • ELRHA • http://www.elrha.org/ • CENDEP • www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/be/research/cendep/index.html • UNDP, UNHCR, UNOCHA, IFRC, etc • Prevention Web, Relief Web and Alertnet

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