Building Transitional Shelters from the Ruins of Port-au-Prince. As many as 80 shelters made from plywood, corrugated iron and concrete foundations may eventually be built to house the community of Mangeoire, a poor area of the capital's Pacot district.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/LSGZ-84WC8E?OpenDocument&rc=2
The structures were designed by IOM architects and engineers to last between 3 and 5 years, and to resist the storms and winds of Haiti's rainy season.
The principle here is to rebuild for people close to their work and traditional neighborhoods.
Cash for work is used for some of the effort.
Potential land tenure issues were sidestepped by a written agreement between the beneficiaries and the local community.
Of course we have already seen that concept violated. One camp had a written agreement that they could stay there for 2 years, then the land owners changed their mind & had the camp evicted, with the police refusing to look at the written agreement.
Friday, May 14, 2010
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