SELF-RECOVERY

In October 2021, the self-recovery work was extended through a grant from the Higher Education Innovation Fund through Oxford Brookes University. This funding will allow for wider dissemination of the Guidance for Supporting Self-recovery that was developed with the GCRF project. CARE International UK and CRAterre are also working together to develop o shorter version of the Guidance... The Global Shelter Cluster (GSC), the humanitarian coordination system co-led by IFRC and UNHCR, recognises supporting self-recovery as one of its Strategic Approaches. Consequently, projects and programmes that support survivor-led rebuilding are gaining momentum in the shelter sector. Self-recovery programmes will all be different, depending on the context. However, all self-recovery programmes must respect people's choices and priorities. For example, households must remain responsible for making key decisions such as shelter design and materials used for construction, and they must operate on their..

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