Shelter Cluster Philippines
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Coordinating Humanitarian Shelter
Typhoon Haiyan – Eastern Visayas Region VIII
Humanitarian Shelter Working Group (HSWG) meeting
August 20th, 2014
Venue: Granda Manor Shelter Coordination office, Tacloban City
Present
1. HSWG coordination team
Arnaud de Coupigny – Regional coordinator
Pablo de Roulet – Information manager
Aradhna Duggal – Communication officer
Caroline Dewast – Technical coordinator
Attendees:
DSWD
ACTED, Concern inc./CECI, CRS, Food for the Hungry PH, IOM, Medair, German Red Cross, Philippines Red Cross, UNOCHA, World Vision, Shelterbox, University of Colorado, Samaritan’s Purse, Save the Children, Med Cross, Solidarites International, Plan International.
AGENDA:
1. DSWD / Presentation NCDPP
2. Coordination between DSWD and HSWG Shelter Focal Points in Region 8
3. REACH III / Initial findings
4. QSAND presentation
1. DSWD
Desiree Guiang from DSWD regional office did a presentation of the National Community-Driven Development Program of the DSWD. This program involves community in participatory planning, implementation and management of local development activities. Municipalities eligible for this programme are municipality with 40% poverty incidence or higher at the national level, and regardless of poverty, a municipality affected by Yolanda within a NCDPP province, which is the case for Leyte and Samar. Communities in this programme propose whatever type of sub-project will best address their needs. It can be (as examples) water system, school buildings, health station, foot bridge, access roads, economic support, environmental protection, etc… and shelter. For more, please visit :
http://ncddp.dswd.gov.ph/
In RVIII, DSWD will implement the NCDPP in priority within sixty (60) municipalities (see the list below). DSWD teams with an area coordinator will be active in those municipalities and a coordination with shelter agencies will be very much appreciated. For more information about the NCDPP in RVIII and if you want to link your programmes with this driven community approach, please contact:
Ms. Malo Acebedo
Monitoring and Evaluation Team DSWD-KC Field Office VIII
0915 279 5511
60 prioritized municipalities by DSWD for the NCDPP
Biliran / CabucgayanBiliran / Caibiran
Biliran / Naval (Capital)
Eastern Samar / Balangiga
Eastern Samar / Hernani
Leyte / Calubian
Leyte / Capoocan
Leyte / Javier (Bugho)
Leyte / Julita
Leyte / La Paz
Leyte / Leyte
Leyte / Mahaplag
Leyte / Mayorga
Leyte / San Isidro
Leyte / Tabango
Leyte / Tabontabon
Samar (Western Samar) / Villareal
Biliran / Almeria
Biliran / Biliran
Biliran / Culaba
Eastern Samar / Balangkayan
Eastern Samar / Giporlos
Eastern Samar / Guiuan
Eastern Samar / Lawaan
Eastern Samar / Maydolong
Eastern Samar / Mercedes
Eastern Samar / Quinapondan
Eastern Samar / Salcedo
Leyte / Macarthur
Leyte / Merida
Leyte / San Miguel
Leyte / Santa Fe
Samar (Western Samar) / Marabut
Samar (Western Samar) / Santa Rita
Eastern Samar / General Macarthur
Eastern Samar / Llorente
Leyte / Abuyog
Leyte / Alangalang
Leyte / Babatngon
Leyte / Barugo
Leyte / Burauen
Leyte / Matag-Ob
Leyte / Pastrana
Leyte / Tanauan
Samar (Western Samar) / Daram
Samar (Western Samar) / Talalora
Leyte / Hinundayan
Leyte / Albuera
Leyte / Carigara
Leyte / Dagami
Leyte / Dulag
Leyte / Isabel
Leyte / Jaro
Leyte / Kananga
Leyte / Palo
Leyte / Palompon
Leyte / Tolosa
Leyte / Tunga
Leyte / Villaba
Samar (Western Samar) / Basey
A discussion went on the Disaster Assistance Family Access Card (DAFAC). Households affected by Yolanda have received this card in every municipalities in order to avoid duplication or to identify a family that has not received enough assistance. Agencies are most welcome to fill the DAFAC card when they give assistance (The DAFAC card does not influence your own decisions). Please see below a copy of a DAFAC card.
2.Shelter Working Group Focal Points in RVIII
A first map of agencies who volunteered to be HSWG Shelter focal points was presented (See below). This is an ongoing process and agencies are still very welcome to volunteer for the other municipalities. The map will be adapted before each HSWG RVIII meeting and the contact list shared with DSWD and all shelter partners. Please note that DSWD is setting up its own network of Shelter focal persons at the municipal level through Disaster Risk Reduction Managers. HSWG and DSWD will link the two networks in the next future.
Post scriptum : World Vision also volunteered to be Shelter Focal Point for Merida and Villaba and TDH for Llorente.
Concerning specifically Tacloban, CRS volunteered to be Shelter Focal Point at the municipal level. A network of focal points will be setup at the Barangay level later on.
3. REACH III Assessment / Initials finding
A presentation was done on the first results of the last REACH assessment. Please note that a detailed report will be released very soon.
This assessment was carried out between 11th and 21st July 2014 in RVI, RVII and RVIII
4,127 households being assessed from barangays within 38 municipalities
We have used 1,054,990 households as the total population of the 50km Yolanda corridor.
Initials findings are as follow:
92% (970,590 households) of homes still showed varying levels of typhoon related damage of which 17% (165,000 households) were classified as still being totally destroyed.
38% (400,896 households) reported receiving some form of shelter assistance of which approximately 80% (320,716 households) reported receiving only emergency shelter assistance.
21% (221,547 households) believe themselves to be living in the former 40m no build zone
- 19% (42,093 households) have not started any form of recovery
- 61% (135,143 households) have started to recover but require ongoing support
- 17% (37,692 households) can recover on their own
Overall 9% (94,949 households) are considered to be in need of ongoing emergency shelter assistance. This represents those that are still living in emergency or makeshift shelter which are deemed to be unsafe or inadequate. (Including the 42,093 households which are considering themselves in a No build Zone area).
4. Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters (QSAND)
Presentation on QSAND.
Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters, referred as QSAND, is a self-assessment tool to promote and inform sustainable approaches to relief, recovery and reconstruction after a natural disaster.
The tool was developed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Group, www.bre.co.uk, for IFRC, with guidance and input from number of key stakeholders in the humanitarian sector including: UN-HABITAT, Habitat for Humanity, WWF US, Norwegian Refugee Council and other organisations.
Its key objectives are:
• To guide and inform the decision- making process in a disaster-affected community, promoting more sustainable approaches to shelter and settlement activities.
• To provide a coordinated framework for identifying and, where relevant, assessing the sustainability of solutions in the relief, recovery and reconstruction of disaster-affected communities
Benefits of using the tool include:
• Active consideration and application of sustainability approaches throughout the process from the early recovery through to reconstruction.
• Benchmarked sustainability outcomes for the project or programme
• Performance information on sustainability issues targeted by the project or programme
• Embedding sustainability thorough the life cycle of the development
• Collation of data for the on-going monitoring of the affected community and its recovery
How does it work?
The QSAND tool is organised into eight categories within which sustainability issues relating to the reconstruction of a sustainable built environment are assessed. See below.
For more detailed information and training on QSAND:
QSAND is publicly available via a dedicated website (www.QSAND.org) which includes the manual with the detailed content for assessment.
Kiru Balson, a Technical Advisor from BRE, is with the Shelter Working Group team at Tacloban until the 29th of August. Please contact her on if you require any further information.
In October 2014, BRE is planning to run a free 2 day training course on QSAND in the Philippines. Please register your interest by emailing
Next meeting will be on Thursday 4th of September in HSWG Tacloban office (Granda manor) from 2 to 3:30 PM.