Learning from the Urban Transitional Shelter Response in Haiti

Author(s)
Hirano, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
34pp
Date published
01 Jan 2012
Type
Lessons papers
Keywords
Disasters, Earthquakes, Shelter and housing, Urban
Countries
Haiti
Organisations
Catholic Relief Services
Link
http://www.crsprogramquality.org/publications/2012/4/27/learning-from-the-urban-…

This handbook documents Catholic Relief Service’s experience in planning
and implementing its urban transitional shelter response in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The following pages highlight challenges, successes and key aspects that could
be useful in future responses to urban disasters. This publication is a result of
site visits, studies of internal and external documentation and interviews with
beneficiaries and community members during the 2010–2012 post-earthquake
period. CRS is currently planning for permanent reconstruction programs in
Haiti and is scheduled to pilot such a program in May 2012.