Through the Global Shelter Cluster’s vision of maintaining sustainable and resilient shelters for refugees, IDPs, conflict-affected and disasters-affected communities, shelter humanitarian leaders worldwide formed communities from shelter-specialized to determine the essential context, inquiries and required adaptations for the vulnerable communities’ inhabitants. Moreover, to develop shelter and human settlements responses by focusing more on localization, reduction of climate change and environmental impacts, and promotion of self-recovery strategies. The study was supported by the USAID-BHA Grant 2020-2022, the DG ECHO Contribution 2021-2023 and the Global Shelter Cluster (GSC) - including YFCA- through its partner CRAterre University.


YFCA, through Ms. Basma Sharaf, Shelter and CCCM program manager, contributed to developing the Yemen Shelter response profile toward more sustainable and resilient habitats. The Shelter Response Profile was published on Sep 2022, introduces reference data on local building cultures and sociocultural strategies that can result effectively in people’s resilience. It also provides evaluation criteria that can help in elaborating locally adapted project strategies.
 
Shelter Response Profile