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Investment in pre-crisis measures to reduce risk is always preferable to reconstruction. When crisis does occur, people will start rebuilding from the first day and the focus should be to enable...
Millions of people lose their homes due to disasters and conflict every year. Affected individuals, households and communities face the challenge of rebuilding their lives in the same location or...
The objective of humanitarian S&S assistance is to ensure access to safe and appropriate living spaces in neighborhoods where affected households can resume critical social and livelihoods...
In Syria, 75% of people said restored social services after conflict had a positive effect on relationships between IDPs and host communities.
Shelter and settlements are also often used as a financial institution, a factory, a meeting place, a granary
46% of residents from Lebanon, who benefited from housing upgrading, reported reduced community tensions, increased empathy and trust.
Affordable housing and settlement upgrading can increase involvement in neighborhood activity, community leadership roles, and community connectedness.
Affordable and stable shelter can provide opportunities for financial stability and employment. Ongoing construction and maintenance of shelter and settlements can be an opportunity for employment...
Improving shelter and settlements can reduce vulnerability and build resilience. It can reduce the cost of shelter repairs and stress on the local economy and can make people more self-reliant
Shelter and settlements can improve social cohesion and community engagement improved public spaces foster social inclusion. Livelihoods benefit refugee and host communities to recover and prosper...