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This booklet is a companion to "How to build a safer shelter" designed for village carpenters.
The work of the shelter and settlements programme supports strategic Aim 1 of Strategy 2020, to save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises.
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This film shows how to build a safer wooden shelter and serves as tutorial on hurricane resistant techniques.
This video published by the IFRC in 2011 explains PASSA, a participatory tool that allows communities to improve their living environment, build safer shelters and design better settlements.
This case study outlines the role of the environmental advisor, key activities and the impact of this role on the Shelter Cluster.
The speaker provided a brief introduction to the recent projects of the ICRC that have involved shelter.
The speaker outlined the Movements shelter response to the August 2007 earthquake in Peru, which included the building of 5,000 transitional shelters for disaster-affected families.
Graham Saunders, Head of the Shelter Department at the IFRC, addressed causes and consequences of climate change and linked this to the reality in the field.
An update on the Emergency Cluster Shelter by UNHCR and IFRC.
The Shelter Research Unit is the back office research to support field practitioners with a final aim of finding better construction materials and new technical solutions.