Palestine
2020-11 Factsheet
Highlights
This Factsheet presents updated information on the shelter cluster’s activates, needs and responses provided by member organizations in the West Bank, Area C, East Jerusalem) and Gaza. The responses focus on several aspects including, but not limited to the activities presented in this Factsheet
Covid-19 Responses
Shelter Cluster partners have continued to support vulnerable people in quarantine facilities and inadequate shelters in the Gaza Strip by provision of non‐food items (NFIs) to all active quarantine facilities including bedding sets individual hygiene kits and dignity kits, The cluster partners targeted families in 61 herding and marginalized communities in area C, providing essential hygiene and disinfectant items, and COVID related awareness materials to people at higher risk of being affected by the pandemic
NFI
Shelter
Need analysis
COVID-19
Concerns
Shelter Cluster’s main concern is the overcrowded and substandard living conditions that exist in the Gaza Strip, particularly in refugee camps and the marginalized localities, in addition to poor communities in Area C, which suffer greatly from the inability of households to secure the necessary needs, including materials for sterilization and hygiene coupled with substandard shelters conditions. Interventions to reduce overcrowding and improve hygienic conditions are urgently needed to mitigate the exposure and risks among vulnerable populations.
Response
Response Priorities
- Provide essential hygiene and disinfectant materials or cash for families and people at higher risk of being affected by COVID-19.
- Provide NFIs, such as bedding, cleaning and hygiene materials to quarantine facilities.
- Improve hygiene conditions for families lacking basic facilities, such as latrines or kitchens, by providing appropriate hygiene materials, cleaning supplies, awareness materials, and technical consultancies and guidance.
- Contribute to mitigate the impacts of economic deterioration exacerbated as a result of the loss of income of the most vulnerable families by provision of multipurpose cash or rental assistance.
the table below present the items distributed by cluster partners during the previous months, To respond to the covid-19 pandemic
Gaps / challenges
A main constraint is the lack of quality, household disaggregated information on needs, to accurately target interventions, compounded by the movement restrictions that impede access to the most vulnerable households and communities. The lack of accurate information about the quarantine facilities needs in WB imped the cluster ability to mobilize the required NFIs materials support.
Some cluster members reported that there is a shortage of Sterilizing materials in the local market in Gaza, and the available quantities are not complying with technical specifications.
