Basic living conditions improvement and protection enhancement for the most vulnerable IDPs and hosting communities through the provision of shelter repair and rehabilitation. BINAA will provide life-saving shelter assistance to the most vulnerable IDP and host community HHs in Al bab and Sosyan communities, Al bab Subditrict, Aleppo and Badamd and Najiyeh communities, Badama subdistrict, Idleb. 

BINAA will provide shelter repair and functional upgrades valued at an average of $600 for 1,000 HHs (6,000 individuals) (1285 men, 1355 women, 1650 boys, and 1710 girls) as following 600 shelter units in Al bab community 100 in Sosyan community, Albab subdistrict, Aleppo 150 in Badama community and 150 in Najiyeh Badama subdistrict, Idleb. The repair works will enable the target communities to use local materials and work through local contractors to improve their living conditions, fostering a sense of ownership, responsibility, and resilience while supporting local markets. 

We will also rehabilitate 4 collective centers in Al bab community, Al bab subdistrict, Aleppo governorate accommodated by 82 HHs (539 individuals) (111 men, 126 women, 145 boys and 157 girls) providing safe and dignified housing conditions. BINAA identified the following collective center in Al bab community, Al bab subdistrict, Aleppo governorate for the intervention Jamal Altaweel collective center accommodated by 40 HHs Souq Alhal CC accommodated by 13 HHs Muhammad Albushi CC accommodated by 15 HHs and Salem Alsheikh CC accommodated by 15 HHs.

In total, BINAA will provide rehabilitation and upgrading of life-saving and sustaining shelter spaces to 1082 households (6539 individuals) (1396 men, 1481 women, 1795 boys and 1867 girls).
Beneficiaries numbers for the shelter units rehabilitation calculated based on average number of HH members of 6 persons. Real beneficiaries number figures presented for collective centers.


Shelter repair beneficiaries will be IDP and host community households living in an inadequate shelter that does not meet minimum SPHERE minimum standards for square meters of covered living space per person and has inadequate privacy or protection from the elements, settlement planning and WASH facilities. We will target HHs that have light to medium damage but remain structurally sound. Works include doors and windows repair or replacement, partition installation, recaulking and sealing cracks and holes in walls, and WASH facilities repairs. For HHs with disabled persons, additional works will be included to respond to their needs by including disability friendly entrance and toilet facilities (e.g. use of a simple ramp with a handrail for using wheelchairs at the building entrance and seating provisions for toilets). 

In collective centers, BINAA prioritized the overcrowded centers and unfinished buildings with the intervention. They identified 4 collective centers as per of a community level assessment conducted by BINAA. Collective center repairs vary between replacement of doors and windows, installation of partitions to allow families privacy, sealing or repairing holes and cracks in walls and roofs, repair of WASH facilities within the center, and preparing another part (unfinished) of the building to expand the capacity of the overcrowded center. The works will include providing disability friendly entrance and toilet facilities.

To participate in the project IDP HHs and building owners should agree on the terms of assistance and sign a contract that allows the IDP household to stay in the build for one year for free to ensure that HLP guidance are considered and utilized. To benefit from the project, all beneficiaries should present valid HLP documents that verify the ownership of properties.