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Syria

Syria: Shelter Monthly, November 2017, Issue No. 13 [EN/AR]

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MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS

  • The first draft of the Shelter Sector Strategy was shared with the sector members for comments and feedback. Meanwhile, a smaller Technical Working Group of 6 members was formed to review and elaborate the guideline for “Rehabilitation of Damage Houses”.

  • In November, a court order from craftsmen union demanded the evacuation of IDPs from Zone 1 in Jibreen collective shelter. The governorate, UN agencies, and the craftsmen union reached to a solution to postpone the evacuation until February. A rapid assessment in Zones 1 and 2 is underway to better evaluate the situation of IDPs and to estimate the number of population who intend to move either to Zone 2 or to their areas of origin.

  • The Rapid Technical Assessment in Aleppo covering nine priority (9) neighborhoods is still ongoing. As of this report, 57% of the total target buildings (4,105) were assessed. Of this figure, 73% (2,464 buildings) were classified as green, 23% (797 buildings) as yellow, and remaining 4% (132 buildings) as red.

  • A total of 383,455 people have been assisted with different shelter interventions until November 2017.