Shelter Group Meeting - #6
06.07.2017 at CHA Office at 10.00am
Agenda
- Introductions
- Information Management
- District Focal Point Update
- Protection & Shelter
- NBRO Drone assessment
- Strategy update
- AOB and Next Meeting
IM Update
Overview of planned response (4 districts)
Partially Damaged Houses - 20439
Fully Damaged Houses - 2967
Items / Total Response Needed / Response Plan / GapCash/ Shelter Repair Kits / 20439 / 6158 / 14281
Cash/ Household NFI Kits / 23406 / 26635 / (3229)
Permanent House/Transitional Shelter / 2967 / 830 / 2137
Shelter Sector WG Coordinator
Ø Mr.Anuradda Wijayakumara (NBRO) has been appointed as Technical Advisor to the Shelter Sector Working Group / government focal point.
Ø Open invitation to all agencies for share their documents related to the shelter sector for uploading on the ShelterCluster.com website.
District Focal Point Update
· World Vision briefed field level progress in Rathnapura district.
o Implementation is ongoing in 4 DS divisions: affected people are scattered among camps and host families.
o The repair kit contents are insufficient, in particular the number (6) of GI sheets are not sufficient to fully repair damaged houses.
Protection & Shelter
· Briefing by the Protection Sector Working Group coordinator:
o The working group faces difficulties in getting the correct displacement details from government counterparts.
o A draft protection strategy document was developed, agencies are requested for their review and suggestions before finalizing.
o Psychosocial support to children in camps is requested from the four district focal points.
o UNDP is planning/working on women’s friendly spaces.
o Livelihood support for women is envisaged.
o Agencies need to be aware of the risks of child labour.
NBRO Drone assessment
· Mr.Anuradda Wijayakumara presented NBRO’s drone assessment, which includes images and schemes of landslides, to determine the safety of affected locations.
· NBRO developed a form to assess beneficiaries status and preferences.
· 37 sites had been affected by landslides.
· The extent of damage to building structures determines whether a shelter is fully or partially damaged. If a structure is damaged for more than 40% it is considered fully damaged, while below 40% is considered partially damaged.
Strategy update
· LEADS suggested to make minor changes in wording of the strategy document.
AOB
· LEADS identified that there are protection issues in the Alapathara Camp, Rathnapura.
· The shelter working group needs to consider the protection issues when implementing shelter activities.
· In Rathnapura CBO’s are functioning well, and play a large role in coordination, while being able to support humanitarian agencies.
· Women, children and protection of other vulnerable groups needs to be considered before implement any shelter plans.
Next Meeting (Shelter and WASH)
Venue :- A-PAD Head Office,
24, Kassapa Road, Jawatte, Colombo 05
Date: Thursday, 13 July 2017
Time: 10:00hrs
For further reference:
www.sheltercluster.org
https://www.sheltercluster.org/response/sri-lanka-floods-2017