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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In April 2025, Shelter Cluster hubs across Yemen navigated complex challenges, including escalating displacement, recurrent evictions, and climate-related risks. Key achievements included infrastructure improvements, distributions of emergency shelter and non-food items (NFIs), and progress on transitional shelter projects. However, funding shortages, depleted contingency stocks, and security threats hindered response efforts. Coordinated advocacy, partner engagement, and preparedness for the rainy season dominated activities.
KEY ACHIVEMENTS
TRANSITIONAL SHELTERS AND PROTOTYPES
MARIB HUB: A collaborative effort between BCHR and ShelterBox resulted in the approval of a transitional shelter prototype during a field visit to Marib. The prototype, designed for durability and scalability, integrates feedback from displaced families and adheres to protection standards. It will serve as a model for 200 shelters planned across conflict-affected areas. Additionally, the hub completed rigorous technical reviews of Bills of Quantities (BOQs) and architectural drawings for YHF-funded projects, ensuring cost-efficiency and compliance with shelter guidelines.
SANAA HUB: Technical support was provided to a YHF partner implementing 110 transitional shelters in Wusab As Safil, Dhamar Governorate. Three coordination meetings ensured adherence to due diligence protocols, including cross-checking beneficiary lists against prior interventions to eliminate duplication. Site assessments confirmed safe land use, and community consultations guaranteed culturally appropriate designs. Procurement for materials is scheduled for May 2025, with on-ground implementation set to begin in June.
WEST COAST AREA COORDINATION: Under ECHO funding, DRC commenced construction of 68 transitional shelters in Alkhukha District’s Alata’a site. The shelters target families displaced by frontline hostilities and recurrent flooding. Each unit includes reinforced foundations to withstand seasonal rains, and the project incorporates WASH facilities co-funded by UNICEF. Concurrently, IOM finalized registrations for CERF-funded transitional shelters and shelter rehabilitation activit ies, prioritizing households in high-flood-risk zones