Venezuela
2022-03 Factsheet - Venezuela
March 2022
Apr 2022 > , 2022
Highlights
- By the end of March, the Shelter, Energy and NFI Cluster reached 5,911 direct beneficiaries through partner organizations. Activities covered 11 states and Capital District. As key figures for the response, 14 spaces delivering essential services to communities were built and rehabilitated, 4 Refugee Housing Units (RHUs), 27 street solar lamps and 8 systems to generate energy were installed, 668 portable solar lamps and 146 habitat kits were delivered for the most vulnerable population, 2208 individual kits were provided for people on the move, and 1124 people occupied temporary collective shelters.
- During the first quarter of 2022 the HPC Tools Platform was opened for partners to propose their projects for the HRP 2022-2023. 26 projects presented by 27 partner organizations were approved by the Shelter Energy and NFI Cluster. The financial requirement for these projects in 2022 is 54,2 million dollars to directly benefit 345.528 persons in need of assistance, and also reach indirectly through access to spaces providing essential services to more than 1.5M people.
- The process of validation of NFI kits was conducted by the Shelter, Energy and NFI Cluster with the participation of partner organizations, WASH and Health Clusters and the validation of the Strategic Advisory Group. As a result, 3 kits were reviewed: 1) kit for persons on the move; 2) kit for families on the move; and 3) habitat/domestic kit. The results are available here.
- In January, the survey for the Cluster Coordination Performance Monitoring was launched to get feedback on the partner organizations and identify potential areas of improvement based on the cluster core functions. 20 organizations provided their inputs resulting in four areas identified as strong areas for the cluster (providing services, informing decision making, planning and strategy development, and monitoring and reporting) and three areas evaluated as “satisfactory” with minor improvement needs (developing capacities for contingency preparedness and response, contributing to a solid incidence plan, and promoting accountability for affected population). As a result, an action plan was prepared and revised with partner organizations and the Strategic Advisory Group.
Need analysis
- In a conjoint work with the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG), the analysis of humanitarian needs - within HPC 2022-2023 framework – was completed. 8 vulnerable groups were prioritized by age, gender and diversity considerations: children, adolescents and young population, elder people, women, people with disabilities, indigenous population, LGTBI and refugees. Also, geographically, 8 states were identified as high priority including Zulia, Delta Amacuro, Bolívar, Amazonas, Miranda, Sucre, Apure and Falcón, and a second group of 8 states were identified as medium priority was established including Monagas, Anzoátegui, Capital District, Lara, Táchira, Carabobo, Trujillo and Yaracuy.
- Shelter, Energy and NFI Cluster actions in 2022-2023 cycle will be addressing the impacts of the humanitarian context on the population including the infrastructure of health and education institutions, shelter and NFI needs related to persons on the move, the impact of disasters in the country, the protection risks, as well as the access to essential services focusing on energy needs.
- During the first quarter of 2022, armed conflicts between irregular armed groups have taken place in the border areas in Apure State creating limitations in the humanitarian access in the area. This situation has impacted on human mobility creating needs related with NFI assistance, basic services including energy, and access to temporary shelters. A subnational interagency contingency plan was presented to local authorities.
Response
- By the end of March 2022 5,911 direct beneficiaries were reached by Shelter, Energy and NFI activities (50% female and 50% male) in 11 states and the Capital District. The states covering the highest number of direct beneficiaries were Táchira and Amazonas. Also, by interventions in institutions and other spaces providing essential services to population, the actions from organizations have reached indirectly 44.204 people of concern.
- As part of the Shelter Response, 14 spaces providing essential services to population were built and rehabilitated. 3 community centers and recreation spaces were built with the participation from the communities Miranda and Carabobo, 4 schools were intervened in Apure and Miranda states, 2 health centers in Portuguesa and Miranda, 1 coordination authority center in Capital District, 1 temporary collective shelter in Portuguesa, and 3 communities in Apure and Barinas. 543 people in mobility were also assisted in temporary shelters in Apure and Barinas. Also 4 RHUs were installed in a school in an indigenous community in Amazonas state. This shelter response in spaces and institutions can reach indirectly 13.952 people of concern.
- As part of the Shelter Response, also 1.285 people were directly benefited by the Shelter response, 1124 occupied temporary shelters in Apure, Táchira, Zulia and Sucre states, and 161 received trainings for the sustainability of shelter interventions in Zulia communities.
- Activities to improve access to Energy included the installation of 27 street solar lamps in communities, community centers and schools in Miranda and Carabobo State. 8 systems to generate electricity were installed in spaces to benefit the population of interest in Zulia, Portuguesa and Táchira, and 39 portable solar lamps for spaces providing essential services to vulnerable population were installed in Apure, Bolívar, Táchira and Miranda. Overall, 3175 people of concern were benefited indirectly from these activities. Also, 81 people were directly benefited from energy interventions receiving trainings on alternative energy.
- Regarding access to basic NFIs, 4505 individuals were benefited directly by distributions of NFIs including 2208 individual kits delivered for people in mobility in Táchira state, 146 habitat kits for vulnerable indigenous population in Amazonas state and 631 portable solar lamps delivered directly to vulnerable people to mitigate protection risks. Also 62 spaces and institutions received NFI to provide services to population in need.
Gaps / challenges
- In addressing the gaps of technical capacities of local organizations, the Cluster started in March a series of capacity building sessions including face to face trainings on solar energy. Also, during the Cluster monthly meeting with partners, a Protection Mainstreaming sensibilization was made with the support of Protection Cluster.
- To develop and reinforce capacities in contingence planning and preparedness was the basic function of the cluster receiving the lowest rate in the CCPM evaluation for 2021. In this regard, liaises with Civil Protection authority at the national level (taking advantage of the relations already built at the local level), monitoring of emergency stocks and conjoint actions in emergency preparedness have been identified as priorities.
