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The shelter cluster responded to about 4000 internally displaced persons in Widikum and Mamfe in Southwest and Northwest regions respectively after the NSAG’s attack in the Upper Bayang. The response typically was on participation in the joint inter-cluster rapid assessment and secondly, IOM through the local NGO SHUMAS prepositioned 214 emergency shelter kits to vulnerable IDPs in Widikum.

On the 19th of January 2024, Shelter Cluster held its first meeting with partners in the Northwest, Southwest, West, and Littoral regions. While many of the partners were winding up 2023 projects, at that time, they reported to have not finalized 2024 budget discussions with their main donors.

By the end of December 2023, partners who had not collected their data did so and that brought a drastic change in the figures of beneficiaries. Shelter cluster partners were able to reach 15,349 households (94,392 individuals) in 9 sub-divisions of the Northwest, Southwest, West, and Littoral regions. The shelter interventions consisted of cash distribution for light and medium repairs, reaching 60 households, and cash for rent reaching 3,595 households.

The Shelter Cluster partners reached 7915 individuals from 1187 households within November. After the incident in Egbekaw in Mamfe sub-division, about 14 houses were destroyed and persons were displaced, the Shelter cluster mobilized and partners who had contingency stock in place responded through the distribution of 442 Emergency shelter kits and NFI kits. while 697 NFI kits were distributed in other locations in the Northwest and Southwest regions. Shelter cluster partners carried out the second phase of rental assistance for three months to some 60 households in the  Northwest region.

The Month of October  started with the transition for the shelter cluster coordinators with the out going cluster coordinator in the person of Renee Wynveen handing over to the  incoming shelter cluster coordinator in the person of George Tibaijuka. The month of October was a busy one with the HNO/HRP process and the presentation of the MSNA data. Only two cluster partners reported activities for the month of October.

The month of September was marked by a 2 weeklong lock down observed in both the Northwest and Southwest regions. Shelter cluster partners were not able to implement any activities in the Northwest and Southwest for the month of September. This shows the limitations and harm that lockdowns have on operational response for shelter programming. UNHCR with their partner Intersos conducted needs assessments for beneficiaries in the West and Littoral regions, the aim of the assessment is to inform cash for rent and NFI interventions planned for the months of October and November 2023

Shelter Cluster partners reached 684 households in the month of August accounting for roughly 4474 people. 47 newly displaced conflict IDPs were reached with in-kind assistance. Meanwhile, other agencies started or continued rental assistance through cash assistance to 2090 individuals, and 2337 people received cash or voucher support for purchasing of essential household items. 

Shelter Cluster partners reached 5410 people from 926 households during the month of July.

After the initial displacement of approximately 600 households from Big Babanki (Kejum Keku) and Belo villages in Tubah Subdivision at the end of June, Shelter Cluster partners mobilized to support them with the distribution of in-kind NFI kits by the end of the month.

The Shelter Cluster launched its process to put in place a contingency plan.

In the month of June, the Shelter Cluster introduced its Shelter Coordination approach in the West and Littoral Regions. While the Clusters are not activated in the West and Littoral Region in order to keep a coherent approach for the internal displacement in the four regions, the Shelter Cluster trained partners on several of its tools including the 5W, the Standardized Household Needs Assessment Tool, Market Monitoring and on its technical guidelines for NFI, Shelter repairs, and Cash for Rent. A full mission report is available.

3916 individuals were reached with Shelter and NFI assistance in the month of May. This drop in beneficiaries can be explained due to the need of partners to prepare the next phase of their implementation by conducting assessments to confirm shelter needs. From the 18th-20th of May, a holiday was observed by many humanitarian agencies due to the Cameroon Republic Day. These days were also observed as lockdown days which limited humanitarian actors in the implementation of their activities.