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2022-03 Factsheet - North West South West

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@ SHUMAS Distribution of Mattresses to IDP households in Bamenda 3 Subdivision.

Highlights

During the reporting month, Shelter Cluster partners continued to implement, while mostly conducting activities for beginning the implementation of their programs in the second quarter of the year. In the month of March, the Shelter Cluster introduced an interactive dashboard to operationalize the information that partners are reporting from the Cluster 5W and to improve coordination between partners. During the Shelter Cluster meeting for the month of April, partners gave their feedback on eventual updates they would like to see in this dashboard. The Shelter Cluster continues to work with a Kobo tool to improve the accuracy of information that partners are reporting. From this dashboard, one can see that 60% of activities reported to the cluster are still planned. The Shelter Cluster also noted that there is a need to strengthen reporting of activities particularly in the Southwest region. Most of the activities are in non-food items and not yet in shelter, which highlights the gap for this pressing need in the field. It is therefore also essential, that the Cluster continue to identify improved shelter strategies for IDPs, returnees, and non-displaced particularly in the NW, where shelter assistance was limited in the previous year. The Shelter Cluster conducted a review of the data shared by Plan International on a household assessment funded by UNHCR and compared it with the data shared by IOM and OCHA from the recent Multi-sectoral Needs Assessment. Cluster Partners will be reviewing and analyzing the assessments in workshops coming up in April.

 

NFI(HH)

Shelter(HH)

Coverage against targets

Need analysis

Two assessments were conducted in the first quarter of the year, which gives some insights into the current needs of internally displaced, returnees, and non-displaced households in the Northwest and Southwest Regions. New estimated figures from the OCHA Multi-sectoral Needs Assessment (MSNA) conclude that there are now an estimated 366,300 IDPs, with 234,100 IDPs in the Northwest region and 132,300 IDPs in the Southwest region. The MSNA also identified an estimated increase in returnees with, 371,900 returnees, with 238,600 returnees in the Northwest region and 133,600 in the Southwest region.  According to data collected by Plan International in a household assessment funded by UNHCR, 89% of IDPs in the Northwest Region and 90% of IDPs in the Southwest region are living in houses with the majority of the homes being sun-dried mudbrick shelters in the Northwest, and the majority of homes being made of timber in the Southwest region. According to the OCHA MSNA, the dominant strategy of internally displaced people is still to be hosted by host families, indicating that overcrowding in shelters is still a concern. 52 % of IDPs in the Northwest region and 46% of IDPs in the Southwest region are estimated to be living with hosting families. Renting is also a frequent strategy of IDPs, indicating that affordability of shelter is a concern for the internally displaced in both regions. 30% of IDPs in the Southwest and 13% of IDPs in the Southwest are estimated to be renting their accommodation. Damaged shelters is also a high concern for returnees and non-displaced populations. 58% of returnees and 38% of non-displaced in the Northwest region and 44% of returnees and host families respectively in the Southwest region (Plan assessment) reported that their shelters had been damaged. The OCHA MSNA estimates that 27,115 returnee households have had their homes partially damaged, with over 21,000 of those households being located in the Northwest Region.

Response

North West

  • Shelter Cluster partners received several referrals from OCHA this month. NRC and PVC mobilized NFI items to assist a victim of Gender Based Violence from the NW region who had been internally displaced to the West region. 117 people were impacted by damage to their shelters in Boyo Division in mid March due to strong storms. These villages were home to internally displaced and returnees. Shelter Cluster partners lacked funds to immediately respond to these damages.
  • Shumas and Magdalene Home care and Training Center continued to provide rental assistance support on a monthly basis to internally displaced families and students.
  • Shumas distributed mattresses to 15 IDP households.
  • IRC and Shumas carried out post distribution monitoring activities for their NFI activities implemented in February.
  • Caritas for their program with UNHCR was finalizing beneficiary and village selection to begin implementation of their activities in April.
  • CRS continued to finalise beneficiary registration in targeted project locations in Mezam and Momo Divisions.
  • NRC prepared to implement Shelter and NFI activities through a voucher and in-kind modalities which will start in Donga Mentung, Meme, and Mezam Divisions.

South West

  • WESAD International distributed 40 distributed dignity kits to 40 households in Buea Division.
  • Caritas for their program with UNHCR was finalizing beneficiary and village section to begin implementation of their activities in April.

Gaps / challenges

Challenges

  • Resources continue to be a challenge for the Cluster partners to be able to cover the needs in a timely manner, particular in cases of new damages and new displacements. It is hoped that with the start of International NGO project implementation in the second quarter of the year that partners will have more resources to respond. The Shelter Cluster will also work in implementing a referral system to facilitate several national and international NGOs coming together to pool their resources to address such needs.
  • Shelter Cluster partners are attempting to strengthen their joint coordination with one another by in person workshops in April. The remote nature of online meetings and reporting has made coordination and contribution to cluster activities a challenge. These in person workshops should help partners reinitiate collaboration together and agree on a common direction forward for the strategy and agree on the priority needs and activities for the cluster.
  • Monitoring the outcome of the activities being implemented in the field and explaining the activities has been a challenge due to field access. The Shelter Cluster is looking at putting in place an easier way to share photos including through the Shelter Cluster 5W tool to showcase the impact of the Cluster’s activities.