Emergency Housing Rehabilitation And Reconstruction In Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory

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The project aims at (i) supporting reconstruction of 100 new housing units for affected non-refugee families in the Gaza Strip whose houses were completely destroyed during Dec 2008-Jan 2009 conflict, and (ii) developing some basic community infrastructure

Specific Objective

·         Support self-help reconstruction through the provision of social, technical and financial support while using the ‘Self-help Construction Booklet' developed by PHC in cooperation with UN-Habitat;

·         Promote more environmentally-friendly and cost and energy-efficient building practices ('green' measures) at the level of the house and neighborhood with regard to the design of houses and the basic community infrastructure, keeping the future maintenance and recurrent costs in mind