Increase safe, hygienic, and private spaces for affected families from Syria Earthquake.through rehabilitation of damaged apartments. ltpgtltspan style="font-size: 12pt text-align: justify"gtAfter the devastating
earthquake that hit Syria on February 6lt/spangtltsup style="text-align: justify"gtthlt/supgtltspan style="font-size: 12pt text-align: justify"gt, according to UNHCR, widespread
destruction of buildings and homes has displaced 150,000 households across
Syria and 900,000 are in urgent need of shelter. The earthquakes caused one of
the biggest disasters to impact the region in recent times. Several families
who have suffered significant losses are without a home or proper shelter since
February. Given the magnitude of destruction and damage to infrastructure,
shelter needs have remained high for this earthquake response. The situation
remained dire with fears of a public health crisis with families still crowded
in temporary shelters and crucial infrastructure damaged by the quake.lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-size: 12pt text-align: justify"gtSince the onset of the
emergency, GOPA-DERD have been assisting local authorities with structural
assessment of residential buildings alongside providing relief items and
shelter support to thousands of families staying at collective shelters and
hosted by local communities. As the initial phase of the response is soon
completed, focus should be now to move as quickly as possible towards providing
life-sustaining shelter solutions, including dignified shelter,
rehabilitation, and repair assistance of partially damaged buildings.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-size: 12pt text-align: justify"gtAccording to Latakia
operations room, the number of buildings that were assesses by the Rapid
Structural Assessment Committee reached 28,279 buildings, including 13,068
buildings that are safe to return and in need of renovation. lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 12pt text-align: justify"gt lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-size: 12pt"gtMental
health support, urgent shelter as well as rehabilitation of destroyed buildings
and infrastructure are needed to help Syrians recover from the aftermath of
this disaster.lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 12pt"gt lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gtIn response to the earthquake, GOPA-DERD has several apartments rehabilitation projects, and this will complement the ongoing cooperation with SHF 24650 of the first reserve allocation, which is cash-based intervention for minor repairs. ltbrgtThis project will target the following areas:ltbrgtIn Latakia 50 apartments in Raml Al-Janubi - Al-Mashrou Al-Asher – Dam sarkho – Al-Owaynah – Al-Bassah – Hanadi, Al-Haffeh 25 apartments, Jableh 25 apartments and in Hama in Morek 25 apartments and in Suran 25. ltspan style="line-height: 107%" dir="RTL" lang="AR-JO"gtlt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtCriteria of selecting beneficiaries in this project will be as following:ltbrgt1- Poor IDPs returnees are in need of rehabilitation support to make their houses habitable    ltbrgt2- Families with disabled member, elderly or sick member’s (chronic diseases)ltbrgt3- The vulnerable families with widows, divorced, orphaned children and extreme povertyltbrgt4- Household without or non-sustainable financial income to cover the life needs such as expenditures for utilities, rent, food and daily expensesltbrgt5- women –headed household families and had no job.ltbrgt6- families have children specially large number (more 4). ltbrgt- Criteria of selecting apartment in this project will be as followingltbrgt1- The apartment should be structurally soundltbrgt2- A title-deed should be a formal confirmation for beneficiary ownership of the apartmentltbrgt3- The apartment should be safely accessible in the building to the common works





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