Selecting NFIs for Shelter
Corsellis Tom
Guideline, English, 100 pages
Summary
Non-food items (NFIs) are distributed in large numbers every year as part of humanitarian assistance programmes. From the first days of emergency through to durable solutions, NFI distributions help to save lives and restore a sense of home following a conflict or natural disaster. NFIs include General Household Support Items, such as blankets and cook sets; Household Shelter Construction Support Items, such as tool kits and construction materials; and Household WASH Support Items, such as mosquito nets and household water treatment. Despite the resources put into purchasing and distributing these NFIs, little guidance exists on which NFIs are appropriate to distribute in the specific conditions of a humanitarian response. As a resource offered by the Emergency Shelter Cluster of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) to its members and other stakeholders, these guidelines support the selection and combination of appropriate NFIs into kits for distribution. These guidelines support and inform these decisions by offering programme considerations for displaced and non-displaced populations, climatic considerations for the locality of the response, and cultural considerations for the affected community.
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Construction | Health & Sanitation | Shelter