To document and learn from the challenges and successes of over twenty years of Shelter & Settlement humanitarian responses funded by USAID/BHA (then OFDA):
CARE and CENDEP USAID/BHA Shelter and Settlements Review
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To document and learn from the challenges and successes of over twenty years of Shelter & Settlement humanitarian responses funded by USAID/BHA (then OFDA):
CARE and CENDEP USAID/BHA Shelter and Settlements Review
Research objectives:
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CRS provided interim support for communities displaced and facing relocation through a ‘menu of options’:
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11 INGOs were funded to implement S&S programming in severely hit districts
Those on map plus BBC Media Action, IOM, NSET
Mostly emergency distributions in 6-month projects
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In the gap between emergency assistance and reconstruction, people lived in inadequate conditions in ‘long-term temporary’ shelters.
Issues of widespread debt, incomplete and inadequate houses suggest the need to consider transitional solutions and a longer-term and more holistic approach to humanitarian assistance which connects with development actors
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Afghanistan
Program trends:
Mixed initial emergency response (2002-2005)
Multi-sectoral integrated urban response (2006-2010)
Transitional shelter programs (2010-2019)
Preparedness, DRR and resilience programs (2013-18)
Later return to area-based programming
Context:
Ongoing conflict, political instability, returning refugees, high risk from natural hazards leading to widespread displacement and high shelter needs
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Importance of shelter assistance:
Elements for effective and sustainable shelter assistance:
Greater attention should be paid to knowledge management and evaluation to support learning and improvement
Afghanistan Findings
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Emerging themes from the three country contexts
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