Shelter meeting Challenges in Haiti IOM May 2010

1. Shelter meeting Challenges in Haiti IOM May 2010

2. Background • Response and preparedness - 2008 • Pre-positioning of NFIs – rapid response • Shelter strategy – shaping humanitarian assistance • Humanitarian and non-humanitarian actors • Massive Log emergency

3. Very early challenges • Informing partners – emergency shelter guidelines for urban settings (spacing) • Non-humanitarian actors – coordination of response • Information management / Figures / Common Log database - submerged • Tarpaulins / Tents / Transitional shelter - predictability

4. Early challenges • Transitional shelter models – agreement • TS Hurricane proof - cost / permanent • Procurement – local markets / timber • Integrated humanitarian strategy / GoH – shelter component + movements

5. Continuing challenges • Property rights and land for construction • Urban planning – coordination • Rubble removal – coordination • Hurricane season – preparedness • Hurricane shelters – coordination • IM – quantification of needs • Transportation – urban context • Host families – scope of action

6. The good news • CCCM / Shelter integration – tools DTM / Registration / Mapping / CMOs • Land issues – partially unblocked (Land & property / reparations unit) • TS built at the community level –local authorities and community leaders • Prepositioning – 20,000 families

7. T Shelter strategies Proposed options for providing shelter in Haiti • Returning to their homes if they are safe • Returning to a safe plot from which the debris has been removed (preferred) • Staying with a host family • Staying temporarily in a site in proximity to their area of origin, or, where possible, staying in an existing spontaneous site • For those who do not have another option, temporarily relocating to planned sites identified by the Government (last resort)

8. Beneficiary selection • IOM works in coordination with local government representatives • Following are considered: • Degree of damage to original house • Current temporary living situation (with host family or in an IDP site) • Priority is given to more vulnerable IDP families (families with persons living with disabilities or chronic illnesses, single-headed households etc)

9. Progress to date • IOM introduced the project to all affected communes • Identification of sub-communes in progress • Beneficiary selection and registration ongoing • Stabilisation work completed in some areas • Shelter construction in progress

10. 20 Apr 10 / Mangeoire Pilot Project, Port-au-Prince – Transitional shelters are being built on the same location where beneficiaries used to live prior to the earthquake; 06 Apr 10 / Petit Bois, Commune de Croix des Bouquets Representatives from the Mayor Office and IOM staff met community representatives explaining the transitional shelter program, including the criteria of selection for the beneficiaries. 21 May 10 / Hopital de l’Universite d’Etat d’Haiti, Port-au-Prince The construction of the first Transitional Shelter Units is currently underway (40% completed). The 2 Transitional Shelter Units, made of 16 rooms each and hosting up to 56 patients at the time. communities representatives (Comites de Quartiers) are actively engaged to confirm land tenure matters during the beneficiary selection process.

11. 16 May 10 / Commune de Croix des Bouquets, Sub-Commune de Petit Bois I– A beneficiary family in front on the 18 M2 shelter erected and handed over by IOM.

12. Challenges and solutions • Rubble removal Solution: partnership with organizations implementing cash-for-work schemes on rubble removal. • Land property issue • - absence of a comprehensive legal framework over land ownership and tenure • Solution: Nomination letter

13. Nomination letter Aims to establish key agreements to provide temporary solutions in relation to land use, confirming that the beneficiary: 1) lived in this same plot prior to the earthquake, 2) the beneficiary is responsible for gaining approval from the land owner for the construction of a temporary shelter unit 3)witnesses from the community representatives are also used as signatories in this nomination letter. No major issues have been encountered during the IOM pilot project in Port-au-Prince and Croix-des-Bouquets.

14. Shelter Design Study Design Condition • Space • Budget • Duration/Strength • Climate • Material availability • Cultural/Religious context

15. Guideline for Transitional Shelters Reference; Shelter Cluster Haiti: Transitional Shelter technical guidance, 19/02/10 [1] 18m2 is Based upon 3.5m2 for an average family of five.

16. Seek local available/common materials Visit Camps to see available materials Champ de Mars Golf Club

17. Shelter Design Study IOM Gonaive Model, 2008 CHA Haiti Model, 2010 IOM Haiti Model 1, 2010

18. Sample Shelter Construction (1) IOM Haiti Model 1 (Single Slope Roof)

19. Understanding local workers' skills

20. Lessons Learned • Difficulty in Keeping the similar quality/speed of Workers -> Simplify the ground work 1) Prefabricated Panel 2) Implementing 4’ x 8’ Module (Plywood size) • Difficulty in procuring materials as specifications -> Continue improving process and communication • Hurricane Resistance -> Gable Roof recommended -> Installment of Bracing and Improvement of Timber Joints • Impression as House -> Gable Roof preferred

21. Finalized Floor Plan IOM Haiti Transitional Shelter 18m2, Gable roof design (12m2 design to be used in urban area where lands are limited.)

22. Design Improvements • Hurricane Resistance IOM Haiti Shelter Design considered most of points (except 07 and 10 on the right poster) advised by Shelter Cluster

23. Construction Process 1/2 Preparation for Foundation Preparation for Timber Frame

24. Construction Process 2/2

25. Construction finished