North Hub
Humanitarian Repairs
Humanitarian repairs are those that ensure the safety and dignity of the individuals living in them and enable them to remain in their usual residence. This activity aims to cover the necessary repairs to restore the habitability of homes with minor non-structural conflict-related damages.
HUMANITARIAN REPAIR (SN301)
- Humanitarian Repairs of Common Spaces in Multi-Apartment Buildings with conflict-related damage to make damaged apartments eligible for a government compensation program. Includes work on roofs, entrance doors, windows, stairwells.
- Humanitarian Non-Structural Repairs. Repair of houses and apartments with minor non-structural conflict-related damage (roof, windows).
- Heavy Repair. These are repairs to private households to restore habitability to homes that have sustained conflict-related structural damage affecting the core integrity of the house.
- IDP House Repair. This activity aims to bring houses/apartments in substandard conditions up to the minimum humanitarian standards, enabling IDPs to live in dignity and safety that have not been damaged by hostilities.
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Humanitarian Repair of Social Facilities. This activity includes the humanitarian repairs of government-led social infrastructure (basic services, schools, medical facilities, etc.) damaged as a result of the conflict.
COORDINATION AND REPORTING
- The SIDAR platform is being used to avoid duplication and ensure effective coordination of humanitarian repair work.
- Partners report on project details, activities, targets and locations on the Activity Info platform (Response Planning and Monitoring Platform) by the 10th of each month.
- International organizations and UN agencies, Ukrainian non-governmental organizations, local authorities, and the Hub coordinator coordinate in Telegram and WhatsApp groups.
TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
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Updated documents and technical guidelines that regulate and are used in the implementation of Shelter and NFI Cluster projects are available in the Documents' section.
TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HUMANITARIAN REPAIR
- HNRP 2024 ACTIVITIES HANDBOOK.
- SOP Humanitarian Repairs of Common Spaces in Multi-Apartment Buildings.
- Light and Medium Repair SOP.
- Major repairs and reconstruction SOP.
- CBI Implementation Guidelines for L&M Repairs.
MONITORING VISITS
Shelter Cluster representatives conduct monitoring visits with partners to coordinate humanitarian repair work, assess program effectiveness, understand local conditions and community needs, and improve and align strategies based on feedback for facilities and households damaged by conflict-related damage.
Five monitoring visits were conducted in 2024:
- Monitoring Visit to Chernihiv Region. Humanitarian and Heavy repairs, July 24, 2024.
- Monitoring Visit to Chernihiv Region. Heavy repair. Humanitarian Repairs of Common Spaces in Multi-Apartment Buildings, September, 2024.
- Monitoring visit to Chernihiv and Sumy .Humanitarian Repairs of Common Spaces in Multi-Apartment Buildings.IDP House Repair, October 14-16, 2024.
- Monitornig visit to Makariv, Kiev Region . Insulation of Substandard Houses, November 13, 2024.
- Monitoring Visit to Chernihiv and Sumy regions. Insulation of Substandard Houses. Humanitarian Repairs. Humanitarian Repairs of Common Spaces in Multi-Apartment Buildings, December 12, 2024.