IOM Pakistan-One Room Shelter Program

The Program The IOM ORS program

is a shelter assistance program aimed at providing permanent shelter to the more vulnerable victims of the floods

Cash is provided directly to beneficiaries at reaching construction milestones

Strong emphasis is given to community participation.

Program Statistics Currently the program is

being implemented in: 3 provinces: KPK, Sindh &

Punjab 17 Districts 136 Union Councils 1664 villages and village

councils and focal points Currently planned for: 37,276

ORS Assessed and first tranche:

35,601 ORS KPK

1,100 North Sindh

11,418 South Sindh

10,398 Punjab 12,685

227,846 people housed in permanent shelter

44 Implementing Partners

Beneficiaries are selected on established vulnerability criteria

Elderly Disabled Women or Orphan

led households Very poor Totally damaged Protection issues Large families.

Village Councils Village Council formed

amongst villagers Village Council

nominates a Financial Focal Point

Village Council nominates vulnerable beneficiaries

Implementing Partner verifies selections

Implementing Partners Primary role is to verify

village council selection of beneficiaries according to vulnerability criteria

Mobilize community to build their own shelter and assist those less able

Provide technical guidance in Disaster Risk reduction and “Build Back Better”

Supervise and monitor cash distribution

Progress to Date

35,601 in progress 29,272 plinths

completed 15,666 walls

complete* 6,389 roofs

complete 4,379 occupied

Issues and Lessons Learned Duplication by other

programs Lack of information on their

programs Delays in cash transfers

between banks Access to banks often difficult Slow banking procedures Low technical and managerial

capacity of some implementing partners, requires a lot of capacity building and skills transfer.

Some regional lack of skilled masons and carpenters

Timelines of beneficiaries between need to earn income and need to construct shelter