Philippines Typhoons 2024
Shelter Humanitarian Needs Priority
Shelter Humanitarian Needs Priority
Lead and Co-lead Agency: IFRC - National (Sub-National (BICOL)l: IOM and CRS)
Target Areas (Province: Municipality): Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Batangas. Laguna, Quezon, Albay, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Catanduanes, Sorsogon
People in Need: 260,696
# of People / Households Targeted: 221,790 individuals (44,385 households) + 19,235 individuals (3,847 households) to be supported by Government
Funding Required (US$): $11.977 Million
Sector Overview:
The consecutive impact of five typhoons successively hitting the communities previously hit by Super Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) within a 3-week period, has dramatically increased the vulnerability of affected families and severely limited their capacity and ability to recover and rebuild, resulting in an exponential increase of 260% in the number of identified families in need of humanitarian shelter assistance.
Based on the latest DROMIC Report (DSWD DROMIC Reports 24,33 and 60 on November 23 and 29, 2024 for the 6 Typhoons Kristine, Leon, Marci, Nika, Ofel and Pepito), 323,520 houses are damaged, 30,288 are no longer livable / destroyed and 293,232 houses are needing repairs. In this updated report, the provinces of Cagayan, Camarines Sur and Catanduanes are found to be severely impacted and with the highest reported number of damaged houses - 123,273, cumulatively.
Due to the increasing frequency and intensity of the Typhoons, the government’s funding and resources for humanitarian response, particularly on Shelter Assistance has been depleted. As of Nov.14, the government resources can only assist approximately 4% of the total number of families with damaged houses, leaving a gap of approximately 96% of the affected families in need.
Without access to shelter assistance which is urgently required, and in an effort to resume normal domestic functions, families were left with no option but to return their damaged houses by either building makeshift shelters adjacent to their structurally compromised house, or worryingly, forced to shelter inside. This is unfortunately the case in the province of Albay, where around 500 families have no option but to continue on living inside their damaged homes within the landslide prone areas.
In support of the government's request for humanitarian shelter assistance, the shelter cluster partners have already provided shelter relief assistance to disaster affected communities. Around 16,750 families have received emergency shelter kits and 21,000 families have received Essential Household items, in particular cleaning kits, kitchen sets and sleeping kits to facilitate the movement of families back into their houses and the decampment of evacuation centers and displacement sites .
The majority of the affected families are still unable to recommence living in or return to their house while seeking safety from standing flood waters or having their houses destroyed or in need of substantial cleaning, debris removal, and repair, while safety concerns may still be unresolved (risk of future flooding, landslides, declaration of no build zones, etc.). Relief and recovery assistance is still needed to support families to achieve an adequate level of safe and dignified shelter through emergency shelter solutions and house repairs where possible, and to support families to resume their normal domestic functions wherever they are.
As flood waters continue to recede and more areas become accessible for assessments, it is expected that more of the houses that had remained flooded for the last 3-4 weeks, will need walling and framing materials to replace the waterlogged building components.
It is anticipated that families inside evacuation centers and spontaneous displacement sites, and families living in hazard-prone areas and no build zones will likely face prolonged displacement. The shelter cluster will continue to work collaboratively with the CCCM cluster in identifying appropriate sheltering solutions for these families, while supporting those households willing and able to return to their communities, where safe to do so.
Priority Response:
The priority needs of affected households are diverse and depend on their current situation (e.g. households staying in makeshift shelters, being hosted by families or friends, living in their damaged houses, etc.). The aim is to support the different streams of need while promoting safe and early return by moving directly to durable sheltering solutions where possible, through the following streams of assistance:
- Improvement of home/shelter/enclosure. Immediate distribution of emergency shelter kits or shelter repair kits and roofing, framing and walling materials or cash-voucher equivalent, accompanied with technical assistance on building back better to families with damaged and destroyed houses including host families. Promote safe early return by moving directly to durable house repairs where possible.
- Provisioning of safe home/shelter/enclosure. Provisioning of temporary shelter, distribution of construction of materials and labor support accompanied with technical assistance on building back better to families or cash-voucher equivalent for temporary shelters where there is an availability of land or relocation sites in safe/build zones. Support alternative temporary sheltering options such as rental subsidy and hosting when land or relocation site is not available.
- Essential household items to support the resumption of domestic life. Immediate distribution of essential household items or cash-voucher equivalent for cleaning kits, cooking utensils or kitchen kits, sleeping kits, family kits to families with damaged and destroyed houses including host families.
- Settlement improvement. Dissemination of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials on Building Back Safer (BBS), Housing Land and Property (HLP), Beneficiary Feedback, Grievance and Complaints Hotlines, GVB and PSEA Hotlines and Referral Pathways and disaster preparedness. Alignment with and support for the roll-out of the Philippine Post Disaster Shelter Recovery Framework Policy.
- Promotion of safe early return by moving directly to durable house repairs where possible.
- Consideration of vulnerable groups including persons with disabilities and older people consultation to ensure that any shelter assistance provided is tailored to their specific needs. Vulnerable groups including Persons with disabilities and older people will be consulted to assess the accessibility of shelter assistance to ensure that any shelter assistance provided is tailored to their specific needs.
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Consideration of Specific costs to provide reasonable accommodation (such as but not limited to transportation for persons with disabilities, labor support, revision of the design to incorporate their specific needs) is considered to ensure access to shelter assistance and equitable participation to the response processes.
- Consideration for mainstreaming of environmental issues into the shelter response as guided by the Philippine Environmental Country Profile for Shelter and Settlement Response. This may include an environment review within the first few months.
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Consideration for efforts to be made in understanding the extent to which affected housing sites are in dangerous areas such as flood/landslide, lahar flow prone zones. This will inform the development of appropriate IEC materials and DDR activities for this response and future responses.
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Consideration for pro-active coordination with other clusters and working groups, cross-cutting issues, monitoring and collaborative action to address issues. (e.g. Cash Working Group – the impact of cash on demand for local resources, Early Recovery – the impact of harvest damaging the vegetation (e.g., palm trees) for housing repair or construction materials, WASH – the impact of flooding on latrines and water supplies, Protection – HLP, GVB, counter-trafficking and other protection issues).
- To address the protracted displacement of families inside evacuation centers and spontaneous displacement sites, families living in hazard-prone areas and no build zones, the shelter cluster will prioritize the provision of temporary shelter assistance, such as construction of transitional shelters and rental and hosting support subsidies. The cluster will work collaboratively with the CCCM cluster in identifying other durable sheltering solutions, while supporting those households willing and able to return to their communities, where safe to do so.
Target Areas
Region 2: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya
Region 3: Aurora
Region 4A: Batangas. Laguna, Quezon
Region 5: Albay, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Catanduanes, Sorsogon
A specific list of target municipalities will be declared on a later time following the conduct of the Shelter Severity Classification analysis
Partner Organizations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Philippine Red Cross (PRC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Habitat for Humanity Philippines, Habitat for Humanity International, Save the Children, Build Change, ShelterBox Operations Philippines, Assistance and Cooperation for Community Resilience and Development, Inc (ACCORD), Humanity and Inclusion (HI), Caritas Philippines, Caritas Germany, Caritas, Caritas Libmanan, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Humanitarian Services, Plan International, Care Philippines, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
Contact
Government Lead: Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development
HCT Lead: IFRC
Shelter Humanitarian Needs Priority
