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This video published by the IFRC on December 2010 shows the Red Cross building transitional shelters in Haiti.
This film shows how to build a safer wooden shelter and serves as tutorial on hurricane resistant techniques.
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...
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of humanitarian responses where cash has been used to help facilitate shelter & housing reconstruction. To encourage a broader...
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...
The speaker described the role of the Movement in the provision of shelter after natural disasters. Operational differences were highlighted between NGOs and National Societies, which are linked...
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...
The speaker spoke about the IFRC's experience to date as Emergency Shelter Cluster Convenor. He discussed the responsibilities of the cluster as a whole in coordinating response, assessing local...
The speaker described the work of the IFRC in supporting cash-based approaches to transitional shelter in Yogyakarta. After a careful recovery needs assessment, the IFRC provided small scale cash...