The crisis in neighbouring Syria has resulted in more than one million refugees being displaced to Lebanon. With a government policy of restricting the establishment of formal refugee camps, displaced populations have taken up residence in over 1,700 host communities. As the Syrian conflict continues, displacement has been prolonged and continues to place a significant strain on basic services and intensify competition over access to affordable housing and livelihood opportunities.
IMPACT started working in Lebanon through its REACH initiative in May 2013. Since then, REACH has implemented a range of data collection and analysis interventions to facilitate evidence-based humanitarian planning at strategic and operational levels. In 2018, IMPACT also partnered with ACTED and Cités Unies France to implement a pilot AGORA project to support humanitarian actors and municipal authorities with area-based planning in the city of Saida.
Southern Idleb and northern Hama, part of the last opposition-held territory in Syria, have seen renewed intensification of conflict. Due to the intensity of escalation and the seizing of key opposition-held areas, the ongoing clashes could develop into a final offensive which is feared to spiral into one of the worst humanitarian tragedies of the 21st century.
The wind and rain had gone on for days, and they kept rising. By the 14th of March, winds had reached a speed of 195 kilometres per hour. The eye of the storm turned inland and over the coastal city of Beira. A city home to half a million people. This is the story of Cyclone Idai and REACH’s response to it.
Bordered by some of the most crisis-prone countries in the world, Uganda hosts the largest refugee population on the African continent.
For decades Afghanistan has faced widespread displacements due to natural disasters, protracted crises and active conflict.
Surrounded by countries facing political instability, Uganda has become the primary destination for refugees fleeing conflict and insecurity in South Sudan, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
At present, there are over 629,000 Syrian refugees living in Jordan, a vast majority (85%) of whom live outside formal refugee camps, in host communities.
Shelter Centre in collaboration with IMPACT Initiatives and the Global Shelter Cluster’s Urban Settlements Working Group are pleased to announce the next Shelter Meeting.
Since the onset of the Syria crisis in 2011, Jordan has witnessed the arrival of over one million Syrians, of whom 665,000 are now registered as refugees with UNHCR.
