North West South West - Factsheets

The Month of October  started with the transition for the shelter cluster coordinators with the out going cluster coordinator in the person of Renee Wynveen handing over to the  incoming shelter cluster coordinator in the person of George Tibaijuka. The month of October was a busy one with the HNO/HRP process and the presentation of the MSNA data. Only two cluster partners reported activities for the month of October.

The month of September was marked by a 2 weeklong lock down observed in both the Northwest and Southwest regions. Shelter cluster partners were not able to implement any activities in the Northwest and Southwest for the month of September. This shows the limitations and harm that lockdowns have on operational response for shelter programming. UNHCR with their partner Intersos conducted needs assessments for beneficiaries in the West and Littoral regions, the aim of the assessment is to inform cash for rent and NFI interventions planned for the months of October and November 2023

Shelter Cluster partners reached 684 households in the month of August accounting for roughly 4474 people. 47 newly displaced conflict IDPs were reached with in-kind assistance. Meanwhile, other agencies started or continued rental assistance through cash assistance to 2090 individuals, and 2337 people received cash or voucher support for purchasing of essential household items. 

Shelter Cluster partners reached 5410 people from 926 households during the month of July.

After the initial displacement of approximately 600 households from Big Babanki (Kejum Keku) and Belo villages in Tubah Subdivision at the end of June, Shelter Cluster partners mobilized to support them with the distribution of in-kind NFI kits by the end of the month.

The Shelter Cluster launched its process to put in place a contingency plan.

In the month of June, the Shelter Cluster introduced its Shelter Coordination approach in the West and Littoral Regions. While the Clusters are not activated in the West and Littoral Region in order to keep a coherent approach for the internal displacement in the four regions, the Shelter Cluster trained partners on several of its tools including the 5W, the Standardized Household Needs Assessment Tool, Market Monitoring and on its technical guidelines for NFI, Shelter repairs, and Cash for Rent. A full mission report is available.

3916 individuals were reached with Shelter and NFI assistance in the month of May. This drop in beneficiaries can be explained due to the need of partners to prepare the next phase of their implementation by conducting assessments to confirm shelter needs. From the 18th-20th of May, a holiday was observed by many humanitarian agencies due to the Cameroon Republic Day. These days were also observed as lockdown days which limited humanitarian actors in the implementation of their activities. 

Shelter Cluster partners reached 12,426 beneficiaries during the month of April.

UNHCR and NRC continued to provide support to victims of the 18th March Buea Floods, while IOM responded to new displacements in Fungom. DRC and NRC continued assistance activities for protracted IDPs, and SHUMAS continued to provide support to IDP university students. 

In the month of March, the Shelter Cluster held two environmental mainstreaming workshops in which 31 Cluster participants were trained on the use of the Nexus-Environmental Assessment Tool, ECHO’s Minimum Environmental Requirements, and the mainstreaming of environmental activities in the Shelter Cluster Response. The first implementation of environmental mainstreaming in the Shelter/NFI response was also implemented through the local NGO SIRDEP.

According to the analysis of security colleagues, February 2023 was one of the Februarys with the most insecurity incidents in the last 3 years of the Northwest and Southwest Crisis. Besides ongoing rental assistance to support to 25 people in the Northwest Region, Shelter Cluster partners were not able to implement any other activities in the Northwest and Southwest. As an extension of its activities in the Northwest and Southwest, H4BF distributed NFI items to 136 households in the West Region, but these were incomplete kits.

During the month of December, Shelter Cluster partners reached 2290 individuals (520 households) with Shelter and NFI assistance. The majority of the Shelter Cluster's response in January was in response to new displacements caused by armed clashes and the burning of homes over the period of November to January in Mbengwi (Momo Divisoin), Ako (Donga Mantung division); Oku (Bui Division), Akwaya (Manyu Division), and Tubah (Mezam Division). Regular response was also provided to protracted IDPs in Bamenda (Mezam Division) and Tiko (Fako Division).