TWIG Leogane T Shelter - Draft guidelines

Draft recommendations from Leogane's TWIG on Shelter Construction Cash for Work guidelines. Dear all,
Many thanks to everyone for your participation and contribution to this TWIG.
I tried to come up with basic guidelines reflecting the approach described by the majority of participants in the meeting.
Please feel free to comment and propose changes. I am hopping that we can agree on a final version within beginning of next week and circulate this at the national cluster level to receive their input.

These guidelines aim at harmonizing salary grids for workers, and harmonizing approaches in order not to generate frustration within the beneficiary population.
Note that these guidelines are aimed for shelter construction on individual sites, not for the construction of large camps, where beneficiary participation might be harder to achieve.

1) The preparation of T shelter material, precutting and potential preassembling is done by paid workers or contractors
2) The land preparation is done by the family when possible. If the rubble removal or land preparation requires large manpower or equipment, the NGO may provide assistance through the provision of toolkit, CFW or the intervention of mechanical equipments.
3) The construction / assembling of the shelter is done by a team constituted of one or several paid qualified workers (carpenters, masons), and several non-paid labours from the beneficiary family or community

Other points issues raised :
- Organizations should cover their daily workers or CFW beneficiaries with appropriate insurance
- The Cash for Work scheme is usually restricted to works of public interest. Organization should pay attention to the implications of having CFW beneficiaries working on private housing site clearing or construction

Recommended salaries:
These are the recommended net daily rates in Haitian Gourdes, for 8h work daily:
- Recommended for Labourer = 200 to 250 G
- Recommended for Skilled Carpenter = 600 to 650 G
These shall be subject to periodic revision.

Best regards,