Shelter And Wash Support For Non-Camp Refugees - Iraq

The purpose of this project is to provide for shelter needs of the most vulnerable and thereby establish practices that can be replicated, and also to support the provision of basic WASH services in communities under strain. The project specifically addresses the limited capacity of municipalities to meet increased WASH demands in communities under strain. The target population are refugee families benefitting from shelter support and municipalities, as well as host communities and refugee families benefitting from better WASH services. The project seeks to identify real priorities through consulting affected communities through house-to-house surveys and local focus group discussions; interventions will be designed and implemented to meet these priorities. The proposed solutions include a range of affordable shelter support options, eg cash for owner driven improvements on host houses, basic improvements of incomplete houses being rented to allow basic appropriate shelter, etc. and provision of supplementary support eg septic tank evacuation, water trucking and garbage collection to municipalities under strain. The possible partners are local NGO Bright Future Foundation for disbursement of cash support; basic services directorates of Erbil and Suleymaniah municipalities, Governorates and Governors or Erbil and Suleymaniah, UNHCR, non-campShelter/WASH working group. UN-Habitat will incorporate lessons learnt into the non-camp Shelter/WASH strategy