Safe Shelter Programme

What it does

Repairs and upgrades shelter that is leaking, unsafe or offers no privacy; builds transitional shelter where none exists; and provides household kits.

Every shelter is assessed against a written minimum standard derived from Sphere before and after the work, then re-inspected at three and twelve months.

Who it is for

Displaced households in camps, host communities and resettlement sites, with priority to female-headed households, older people living alone and families with infants.

What success looks like

The shelter meets the standard on re-inspection and the family is still living in it a year later.

Where it operates

Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State, including resettlement sites along the FCT–Nasarawa–Keffi corridor.

How it is delivered

Technical and engineering capacity is partner-supplied. The Foundation does not hold engineering capacity in house and says so.

How we work

Households contribute their own labour wherever able, homes people helped build are homes people maintain. Where a household cannot contribute, that is recorded as a reason, never treated as ineligibility.

A family's right to remain is verified before shelter works begin. Improving a structure a household is later evicted from converts a grant into a loss.

How this programme is measured

Outputs: shelters assessed and completed; kits distributed; occupancy documented.

Outcomes: shelters meeting standard on re-inspection; households reporting improved safety and privacy; occupancy retained at 12 months.