REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
This month in Jordan, the restructuring of Zaatari camp is in process to best utilize the camp space in line with minimum standards and preserving social fabrics to the maximum extent possible. This is aimed at introduction of the new shelter design including WASH, kitchenette and concrete flooring. Outside of camps, the improvement of sub-standard shelters continued with 1,544 people now having benefitted from upgrades of their shelters.
In Iraq, shelter improvement work continued in the nine camps. Of the total households, some 13,100 households (nearly 74 per cent) now live in improved shelters with concrete slab, kitchen, latrine and shower. About 2,700 households are still in need of support for the improvement of their shelters.
In Darashakran camp in Erbil Governorate, with the completion of the construction work of 220 concrete units, all the 2,172 shelter units in the camp have been improved. It is anticipated that the site will be ready to accommodate the refugees from Kobani within the next two months.
The construction of 654 extension plots in Domiz 1, 2 and Gawilan camps, Duhok Governorate, started this month. This expansion will benefit nearly 4,400 refugees who have been living in substandard conditions. Most of the shelter improvement works are made by the refugees themselves.
In Turkey, as of April, some 6,930 households have been supported with shelter solutions.