Aceh Emergency Response and Transitional Recovery ... - UNDP

3. Shelter, Housing & Settlements
“Now that I see that the construction of the house is almost complete, my
thoughts are now busy with plans for the future. I want to look for funds to
open again my car repair shop. I will be able to work and to provide work
for three or four persons of the village, and my wife can start sewing
again…,” says Pak. Mohtar Rudin a 37 year old beneficiary from Pulot
Village in Aceh Besar.
O
verall, it is estimated that about 19% of the approximately 820,000 building
units (about 151,600 units) in the affected districts suffered an average
of about 50% damage while about 14% (about 127,300) were completely
destroyed. People who have lost their homes are currently accommodated
in numerous temporary settlement locations, in public buildings, or
are living with host families. Early after the tsunami disaster, provision of emergency
shelter was an urgent priority, and to this day the rehabilitation and reconstruction
of housing is a chief priority in the reconstruction process.
Emergency Shelter
In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami disaster,
UNDP distributed family tents as emergency shelter
for those who lost their homes. While UNDP
does not normally work in the area of emergency
shelter, the decision was taken to do so in Aceh based on the chronic nature of the
need, following early damage assessments which indicated that a large percentage
of the coastal population from Lhokseumawe to Meulaboh had been displaced,
and therefore there would be a major need for emergency shelter.
Through the ERTR Programme, 4,790 tents, including 3,750 provided by UK-
DFID, were distributed across Aceh and Nias. The primary objective for UNDP in
this project, as well as providing immediate relief and shelter to those who desperately
needed it, was to develop direct relationships with displaced people who
would in the future be in need of longer term recovery support of the kind that
UNDP traditionally offers.
The distribution of tents was as follows:
Table 8 – Distribution of Emergency Shelter
KEY RESULTS
4,790 tents distributed to IDPs and
returning IDPs
Location Agent Number of Tents
Banda Aceh MPBI 1097
Banda Aceh UPS/Uplink 400
Banda Aceh UNHCR 1460
Banda Aceh & Aceh Jaya JRS 150
Aceh Barat BAKORNAS 200
Aceh Barat UNHCR 50
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