From the very beginning, many partners were involved as one-off support. A total of 37 partners (including government) provided assistance in different forms emergency shelter, NFIs and cash transfers; as of August 2022, 4 partners are still actively involved including two government agencies. Active cluster partners primarily IOM, MRCS, CRS, Habitat for Humanity.

Key figures from the emergency phase:

- From combined TS Ana and Gombe- 59,860 houses were completely destroyed, and 135,941 houses were damaged

- Overall reach of the shelter cluster in emergency phase will be 33,674 HH reached with emergency shelter support, and 40,546 HH supported with NFIs  (includes ~ 9,235 HH to be reached through ongoing activities)

By organization:

- MRCS has reached over 7,000 HH with emergency shelter support and NFIs, and has ongoing recovery activities for an additional 8,770 HH (districts Chikwawa, Nsanje, Mulanje, and Phalombe)

- IOM supported 36 camps with site management services in 4 districts

- CRS supported for 5,000 HHs in emergency shelter, 750HHs with food items, 1743 HHs with multi purpose cash transfers and 2000 HH with NFIs (districts: Chikwawa, Phalombe and Nsanje)

- Care reached 1120 HHs with emergency shelter support and NFIs in 4 districts (NE, PE, CK and Mulanje)

- Habitat for Humanity – reached 730 HHs in Chikwawa with emergency shelter and NFIs

Ongoing response activities in emergency shelter:

- Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) projects, implemented by IOM (465 HH being supported with return package) and MRCS (3500 HH will receive support with emergency shelter and NFIs (return package); 500 HH supported with cash for shelter support)

- Ongoing activities of IFRC/Malawi Red Cross Appeal (4520 HH to be supported with cash for shelter improvements and NFIs; roll out of Kuwait RC support for cash-based shelter support targeting 250 HHs)

Cluster planning for the recovery phase

Limited organizations have secured funding for recovery activities:

- MRCS supporting construction of 30 permanent shelters in Chikwawa and Nsanje

- CRS has proposal for transitional shelter for 942 houses, funding not yet confirmed

- Training of artisans on housing construction is ongoing and supported by government

- Applying advisory support from Global Shelter Cluster and CRS to guide cash-based shelter programming in Malawi context

- Cluster continues to work on technical standards for recovery- for housing design and materials, size of settlement for household, site selection, other.

- Monitoring of emergency shelter support to vulnerable households to be undertaken

Challenges for recovery phase:

- Lack of funding resources for transitional and permanent shelter support

- Lack of resources also impacts quality of emergency response

- Identification of suitable land for relocation and housing reconstruction

- High number of affected households will rely on self-recovery and may not receive any external assistance from either emergency or recovery phases

- 12,012 HH still remain in camps

- Increased advocacy needed for humanitarian support to the affected population