MONTHLY

AR-RAQQA: Ain Issa Camp has been receiving thousands of displaced people mostly from Ar-Raqqa and Aleppo gover-norates. Humanitarian agencies are distributing relief items and improving infrastructure at the camp to improve conditions and boost capacity to meet the needs of expected new arrivals.

The Shelter Monthly is a monthly publication of the Shelter Sector of Syria Hub which is co-led by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Ministry of Local Administration

and Environment of Syria. This publication aims to provide an overview of humanitarian response of the sector inside Syria for each month. All information presented in this publication are

based on information provided by shelter sector members with operational presence inside Syria. For more information, please contact the sector at syrdashltr@unhcr.org.

KEY DIGITS MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

June 2017, Issue No. 08

4.0 million

Estimate number of people in need of shelter within Syria hub’s AoR (30% of the estimated 13.5 million total people in need of humanitarian support in 2017)

30%

742,000

Estimate number of targeted people in need of shelter in Syria (19% of the estimated 4.0 million people in need of shelter in 2017)

19%

303,385

41%

150

Total number of shelter projects planned/ implemented since January 2017

people in need (PiN) of shelter

PiN targeted entire Syria in 2017

PiN targeted by Syria Hub in 2017

shelter projects planned/ implemented

17%

52,884

Total beneficiaries assisted by shelter

projects since January 2017 (17% of

303,385 targeted people in need by

Syria Hub)

people assisted

23

Number of active shelter sector

partners with operational presence

shelter sector partners

© UNHCR Syria

Estimated number of targeted people in

need of shelter by Syria Hub (41% of the

estimated 742K targeted people in need

in Syria in 2017)

SHELTER

Sector partners continue to provide assistance to IDPs who

were displaced from Ar Raqqa. In June, road construction and

site preparation in Mabrouka and Ein Issa camps were

completed. Construction of communal kitchen and rehabilitation

of fence and installation of camp lighting are in progress.

IOM has completed the repair of 236 partially damaged houses

for returnees in Homs. The targeted communities and relevant

stakeholders were actively involved.

In Aleppo, ADRA and PUI received the official approval to

launch technical assessment for 200 damaged houses. The

technical assessment aims to identify the rehabilitation scope in

details, to be followed by tendering and implementation.

UNHCR held a verification mission to four villages in the

northern rural area of Lattakia governorate. UNHCR is planning

to support returnee families with rehabilitation of damaged

houses. The mission revealed that families are only willing to

return, if they will be supported with shelter rehabilitation. They

also expressed the need for livelihood support to fully rebuild

their lives.

A two-day Whole of Syria Shelter/NFI Meeting was organised

on 19th to 20th of June in Beirut, Lebanon for the sector

operational updating and planning. Among the highlights of the

meeting include the discussion of the planned needs assess-

ment that would help to inform the 2018 Humanitarian Needs

Overview and the review of severity scales and winterization

planning approaches.

An assessment registry was developed to compile all

assessment, and monitoring and evaluation related activities

conducted inside Syria. The registry aims to evaluate the

available and missing information pertaining to shelter needs

situation. This way sectors partners could better plan out their

assessment and monitoring projects.

CRISIS BACKGROUND: The crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic

that started in March 2011 has transformed into a complex emergency

that has displaced around 6.3 million people and forced around 4.8

million people out of the country to seek asylum. As per the 2017

Humanitarian Needs Overview, around 13.5 million people are in need

of humanitarian assistance of which around 4.3 million people are

desperate to receive adequate shelter support and other multi-sectorial

assistance as they continue to struggle in an unsafe and uncertain

environment. Due to the protracted nature of the hostilities, many of

both displaced and host communities become more vulnerable and

their ability to cope and find safe and durable shelter solutions have

been greatly affected. The humanitarian community has been

challenged to both provide emergency and life-saving shelter solutions

while building back community cohesion and resilience through

provision of sustainable shelter assistance.

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GAPS AND CHALLENGES

June 2017, Issue No. 08

SHELTER MONTHLY

PARTNER IN FOCUS

Ar Raqqa response is becoming more difficult due to

continued insecurity, lack of partners, and logistics

challenges.

Lack of financial resources to pay transportation and to

rehabilitate damaged houses in places of origin such as

Aleppo continue to discourage IDPs in Tartous from

returning;

Limited access to hard-to-reach areas and lack of

long-term presence impede the provision of proper

shelter support;

In most cases, available shelters are not enough to

accommodate newly displaced persons;

Insufficient income/unemployment lead to poor living

conditions;

The operational capacity of the sector is insufficient to

meet the needs.

Shelter Sector Coordination Team

Pankaj Kumar Singh, Shelter Sector Coordinator (singhpa@unhcr.org)

Bareaa Alkafre, Asst. Sector Officer (alkafre@unhcr.org)

Muhammad Shazad, IM Officer (shahzadm@unhcr.org)

Corazon C. Lagamayo, IM Officer (lagamayo@unhcr.org)

Maha Shaaban, IM Associate (shabanm@unhcr.org)

Ashraf Zedane, IM Associate - Aleppo (zedane@unhcr.org)

UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General

Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and

protection to some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its

mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria,

West Bank, and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human

development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to

their plight. UNRWA services encompass education, health

care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and

improvement, and microfinance.

UNRWA launched its operation in Syria in 1953, four years after

its establishment. Its field office is in Damascus and it operates

across the country in the areas where Palestine refugees reside.

The Agency runs installations in Aleppo, Damascus, Dera’a,

Hama, Homs, Latakia, Rural Damascus, and Sweida. To date, it

has approximately 4,300 staff members providing services to

Palestine refugees across Syria.

As part of its shelter assistance, UNRWA maintains and

manages 9 collective shelters in its premises hosting internally

displaced Palestine refugees and Syrians. In 2016, the Agency

supported around 3,517 people in these collective centers. As of

June 2017, only 1,968 individuals remained. UNRWA is

observing a decrease of the shelter population as shelter

residents seek more sustainable accommodations six years

within the crisis. Families receive a full package of humanitarian

assistance including cash assistance, daily hot meals or food

parcels, and NFIs. On the occasion of Ramadan, 4,400 suhour

food baskets and 34,825 meat pies were also provided.

UNRWA has no implementing partners as it is a direct service

provider. However, the Agency constantly coordinates with

government bodies, such as GAPAR ( the General Administra-

tion for Palestine Arab Refugees), other UN agencies as part of

the UN system, and the national and international civil society.

AL-HASSAKEH: Sector partners are doing what it can to provide life-saving shelter assistance to the displaced people from Ar Raqqa to Mabrouka Camp, one of the temporary dwelling spaces before IDPs move on to other areas or return to their places of origin.

© UNHCR Syria

Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Humanitarian reach to sub-district does not imply full geographic coverage of all the needs in the sub-district. Information visualized on this map is not to be considered complete. Creation Date: 16 July 2017Data Sources: Shelter 4W Matrix, June 2017 and Shelter HNO, 2017 Feedback:syrdashltr@unhcr.org

SYRIA: SHELTER SECTOR RESPONSE SNAPSHOTReporting Period: January - June 2017

Shelter Sector Syria HubSheltercluster.orgCoordinating Humanitarian Shelter

± TURKEY

IRAQ

JORDAN

LEBANON

Dhameer

Kisweh

Qatana

Raheiba

Sa'sa'

Masmiyyeh

At Tall

Duma

GhabaghebMasaadaKhan Arnaba

Rankus

Dimas

Nashabiyeh

Al Qutayfah

Jirud

Bait Jan

Ma'loula

SidnayaAz-Zabdani

Sarghaya

Madaya

Maliha

Damascus

Ein Elfijeh

Babella

Qudsiya

Haran Al'awameed

GhizlaniyyehSahnaya

Harasta

Darayya

Kafr BatnaArbin

Jaramana

Esal El-Ward

Hajar Aswad

An Nabk

1,301 - 2,735

601 - 1,300

271 - 600

171 - 270

75 - 170

TOTAL BENEFICIARIES COVERED

BENEFICIARIES COVERED PER GOVERNORATE

BENEFICIARIES COVERED BY TYPE OF SUPPORT

SHELTER SECTOR PARTNERS AS APRIL 2017

NO. OF SHELTER PROJECTS PER STAGE

4.0 M OVERALL PEOPLE IN NEED (PIN)742 K TARGETED PIN / HRP 2017

17% OF 303,385 TARGETED PIN (IN SHELTER) BY SYRIA HUB

52,884

EMERGENCY: SHELTER

DISTRIBUTION

EMERGENCY: PRIVATESHELTER

REPAIR/REHAB

EMERGENCY: SETTLEMENT

TOTAL NUMBER OF PLANNED / IMPLEMENTED SHELTER PROJECTS

EMERGENCY: PUBLIC

SHELTERREPAIR / REHAB

DURABLE: DAMAGEHOUSES

SEASONAL:WINTER

SHELTERASSISTANCE

35 4 44 35

PLANNED FOR MOLA APPROVAL APPROVED BY MOLA TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT PHYSICAL IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETED AND HANDOVER

27

150

TRANSITIONALUNIT

20,265

15,050

8,217 5,415

2,877 910 150

5

LEGEND2017 Shelter People In Need (PiN) per sub_district

0 - 10,000

10,001 - 20,000

20,001 - 50,000

50,001 - 100,000

100,001 - 150,000

150,001 - 200,000

200,001 - 651,000

CO-LEAD AGENCIES

ALEPPOSHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

IOM

SIF CCS UNHCR

MOLADRC

HAMASHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

UNHCR

AL-HASAKEHSHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

UNHCR

AR-RAQQASHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

UNHCRIOM MOLA

PUIGOPA

LATTAKIASHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

PUIMOLAIOM UNHCR

TARTOUSSHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

UNHCRDRC GOPA SIF

DAR’ASHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

HOMSSHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

ADRA AOUNAL-BERR

GOPA MOLAIOM

SIF UNHCRPUI

DRC

CCS

MEDAIR

PUI

UNHCRSIF UNRWA

MOLA STD

ADRA DRC

RURAL DAMASCUSSHELTER PARTNERS

IOM

SIF

PUI

UNHCRPUI UNRWA

DAMASCUSSHELTER PARTNERS

Al TaaloufADRA GOPA

MEDAIR

UNHCRUN-Habitat

DRC

GOPA MOLA UNHCR

AS-SWEIDASHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

MOLA SIF UNHCR

QUNEITRASHELTER PARTNERSSHELTER PARTNERS

STD

MOLA

STD

Homs

Aleppo

Deir-ez-Zor

Al-Hasakeh

Hama

THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Ar-Raqqa

Rural Damascus

Idleb

Dar’a As-Sweida

Lattakia

Tartous

Quneitra

Damascus

16,914

8,394 7,853 7,334

4,700

2,558 2,000 1,533 1,308 195 95 -

ALEPPO RURALDAMASCUS DAR'A HOMS AL-HASAKEH TARTOUS AR-RAQQA HAMA DAMASCUS QUNEITRA AS-SWEIDA LATTAKIA

Number of beneficiaries

ACF

AOUN

NRC

SIF

ADRA

CHILD CARE SOCIETY

OXFAM

SSSD

AL BIRR

DRC

PUI

STD

GOPA

Rebuild Syria

UN-Habitat

AL INSHAAT

IOM

RESCATE

MEDAIR

SARC

UNRWA