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Background
For the 2023 Humanitarian Needs Overview, the Shelter Cluster has decided to submit one indicator which is % of households living in adequate shelter. While being one indicator, this indicator in fact includes a number of proxy indicators which have been collected from numerous sources of data. The Shelter Cluster’s analysis of this indicator originated from a severity analysis exercise that was conducted in June 2022 in the Northwest and Southwest regions with Shelter Cluster partners. The severity analysis and the associated methodology are documented through the guidance document Assessing Shelter Vulnerability and Severity of Household Needs in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest Regions: A Scorecard and Ranking System. The first analysis of severity was based on a household assessment conducted by Plan International Cameroon in the Northwest and Southwest regions in December 2021-January 2022. The full results of this assessment is found online through the Shelter Cluster dashboard. The limitation of this assessment is that the results were only statistically relevant on the regional level for the 3 population groups concerned.
OCHA announced in the month of August 2022 that they would be using the same methodology as the 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview: the Joint Intersectoral Analysis Framework1 (JIAF). The JIAF requires data at the Divisional level and given the absence of a household assessment conducted in the Far North region, it was decided to use the OCHA Multisector Needs Assessment data fromAugust 2022 for both displacement crises in the Northwest-Southwest and the Far North. This would require the need to use several indicators to evaluate the qualitative condition of each site in all 3regions. The methodology for the two regions was introduced to be a composite of the following indicators which one would be able to collect through the MSNA:
• Settlement/Site Type:
o Officially recognized location
o Collective Shelter (over 20 people)
o Bush or Informal Settlement
• Condition of Settlement/Site
o Damaged
o Good Condition
• Tenure Type:
o Squatting
o Hosted
o Renting
• Shelter Type
o House
o Apartment
o Collective Shelter (less than 20 people)
o Traditional House in Thatch
o Coca Oven
o Makeshift Shelter
o Other Agricultural Infrastructure
o No Shelter/Open Air
• Structure of Main Housing Types
o Concrete/Cement
o Mudbrick
o Wood
• Condition of the Shelter
o Good Condition
o Damaged
o Unfinished
• Cause of Damage to the Shelter
o Burnt Intentionally During Conflict
o Damaged Accidentally during conflict activity
o Natural Disaster (Flooding, Winds, etc.)
o Degradation while not present at the shelter
o Lack of Maintenance