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UNHCR Lebanon Shelter Update April 2014

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April developments

  • Over 11,151 families (55,730 individuals) benefited from shelter assistance.

  • UNHCR provided fire safety training and equipment to tenants in all informal settlements consisting of more than ten tents. It identified two new informal settlements in Mount Lebanon bringing the total to 17.

  • CONCERN and DRC rehabilitated three collective shelters to benefit 84 households in Akkar. UNHCR emphasized that they be situated in safe, centrally located areas, with possible job opportunities for refugees and with sustainable rents in the long run.

  • UN-HABITAT assessed 44 vacant small shelter units to house almost 200 refugee families in Zahrani, Tyr. UNHCR has in turn referred them to NRC and PU-AMI for refurbishment.

  • UNHCR requested MOSA’s endorsement for carrying out essential WASH activities in a semi-fixed tented settlement developed by URDA (Union for Relief and Development Association), Bebnine, Akkar.

  • Field offices reviewed the RRP6 targets based on actual trends of refugee population growth in order to better prioritise shelter activities defined in each region.