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This sheet gives figures and information on the achievements and the challenges the members of the shelter and non-food-items cluster has been facing in Haiti. In addition, it give some...
This video made by the IFRC explains how to build / to realize a bamboo shelter. The earthquake-resilient shelters are made out of local materials such as bamboo and rope and cost the equivalent...
This film shows how to build a safer wooden shelter and serves as tutorial on hurricane resistant techniques.
Alternative Shelter solutions explain IFRC's Self-sheltering Programme in Haiti. Providing safe and improved shelter solutions which help people to leave overcrowded camps and allow them to...
This video published by the IFRC on December 2010 shows the Red Cross building transitional shelters in Haiti.
The Shelter Research Unit was founded in 2010 by the Red Cross Societies of the Benelux in collaboration with the IFRC Shelter & Settlements Department, with the aim to improve products used...
This presentation covered topics including-1. Settlement options2. Land ownership3. Phases of response4. Scale of programme5. Self built and contractor models of construction6. Logistics and...
This booklet has been developed as part of the IFRC Global Shelter Programme. This programme focuses on developing best practice and policy in sheltering, building the human resources capacity of...
The current guidelines outlined in the current document, produced with substantial contributions from many National Societies, capitalize on the expertise developed within the Movement through a...
Guidelines with a participatory approach to safe shelter awareness (PASSA, which aims to raise the awareness of the ‘everyday vulnerable’ of the ‘everyday risks’ related to communities built...