Shelter Needs Assessment

1. Demographics2. Risks3. Household activities4. Materials and Design5. Local Resources and constraints6. Essential services and facilities7. Social and Environmental impact8. NFI needs

Interviews to date• Agencies interviewed

• Manila• UNDP• UN Habitat• IFRC• NNDC

• Albay • Government

− PNDC − Albay − Camarines Sur

− Planning and Development− Housing

• INGO and agencies− Oxfam GB

• LNGO− CAS

• Church groups− Scientologists− Little Sisters of Mary− CWC

• Remaining Agencies• Manila

• NGO and Agencies− IOM− Save − Care

• Government− National mapping− Geographical group?

• Donors− EC− Echo− UsAID− AusAID− Difid− etc

• Albay − IOM− Care − Save

Demographics• What we think we know

• Up to 8Million people effected • 3-400,000 houses lost • ALBAY 100,000 families homeless

− 10,000 to be relocated− 4500 currently in evacuation centre,

to be moved to transitional camps• 70,000 Camarin Sur

• What we think we don’t know• Background data

− Population, poverty indicators− House vs household vs Family

• Validated data− Consolidated and desegregated

• Barangay breakdown• Current Shelter activity

− Host families− Rebuilt or rebuilding− Assisted

Risks• Immediate risks

• Increased ARI and other diseases due to exposure and poor living standards

• Inability to return to livelihoods• Potential risks

• Build back worse• Disease spread

• Risks from current provision• Insufficient assistance• Not typhoon resistant• Below sphere standards• No training

• Who are the most vulnerable and what are their risks• The poor, injured, women headed households• Social overload on host families• Urban landless

• Potential further risk• Loss of livelihoods

• Future calamity• Landslides• Tropical storms

Household activities

Inside• Sleep (protection issue)• Work• Social

Outside• Cooking • Washing & toilet

• River• Well• Outhouse

• (Protection issue)• Play• Work• Social

Inside• Cooking • Washroom & toilet• Sleep (protection issue)• Work• Social

Outside• Play• Work• Social

Poor (rural and urban) Middleclass (urban?)

Materials and Design

GeneralSmall, single story structures, 20-30m2

Floor• On ground• Dirt floor• Concrete when affordable

Walls• Timber frame• Some bamboo

RoofNipa roofGraduating to CGI when affordable

Window and doorsMakeshiftTimber when affordable

General Small to medium structures, 20-50m2

Floor• On ground• Concrete • 1 or 2 floors

• (2nd floor concrete or timber)

Walls• Timber frame• Concrete and brik

RoofCGI roofing

Window and doorsTimberAluminium when affordable

Poor (rural and urban) Middleclass (urban?)

Local Resources and constraints

Physical/EnvironmentalConstruction materials

• Timber• Lots of fallen coconut

• Bamboo• Seems like good supply (needs to be confirmed

• Plenty of Rocks, gravel and river sand for Concrete and foundations

Labour• Plentiful but low skills and lack of knowledge on Typhoon

resistant construction

Supply chain• Good local supply chain• Good access to Manila• Free transport by IOM

SocialHigh background povertySocial structures largely undamagedStrong church/NGO networksStrong PDCC networkBayanihan system

FinancialEC 2 million, Red Cross 6-8Million?, Oxfam

GBP350,000, IOM?, Care?, Save? LNGO?Gov funds • For Relocation• Shelter Assistance kits

Environmental• Tropical area

• Low Mass, high eves, steep pitch roof• Extremely broad effected area

• 22 Provinces• Difficult to access, asses, let alone respond• Remote Islands and mountain areas

• Timber deforestation• Coco milling will require training and has

potential to cause increased deforestation

• May require Government approval

• LAND for relocationSocial• Relocation may effect existing social

structures and power balances• Corruption in both public and private

sector

Financial• Extremely Limited funds• Potential that Governments may not be

transferable to next financial year

Resources Constraints

Essential services and facilities

Electricity• Remains cut off in many areas• Livelihoods and security

implications?

Phone• High usage of Mobile phones• No Network in some areas

Transport• Public vehicles, boats, aircraft and

private hire vehicles all still available

Water• ????

Government Services• PDCC highly operative

Education• Many schools damaged• Many being used as relocation

centres

Health• Many schools damaged• Many being used as relocation

centres

Roads and bridges• Major roads open• Many minor roads close or access by

motorbike only

Services Facilities

Shelter related NFI & Cross Cluster needs

Household kits• Outstanding need

• Particularly for relocation families

Sleeping • Outstanding need

• Particularly for relocation families

Hygiene• Outstanding need

• Particularly for relocation families

Wat-San• Essential Core houses tie in with

Watsan activities

Shelter related NFI Related cluster

Summary• Demographics

• Desegregated data need to be gathered and validated• Risk

• Continued risk of disease, Typhoons and landslides• Shelter Usage

• Shelter mainly for rain and sleeping• Materials and Design

• Predominance of timber framing and tin roofing, poor construction skills

• Resources and constraints• High availability of Coco timber, bamboo and Nipa may

face regional unavailability, (IOM free tranport)• Essential services and facilities

• Transportation remains a concern• Pressure to reopen schools

• Shelter related NFI`s and related clusters• Remaining NFI need • Watsan linkage essential