Improving Living Conditions for Displaced People in Kachin and Shan states. This project addresses the priority caseload of displaced families in Kachin living in sub-standard shelters. The project will repair, renovate, rehabilitate dilapidated household shelter units in existing protracted displacement sites in Kachin (Tanei, Chipwi, Wingmaw, Mansi and Myitkinya) to reach minimum standards. In cases where the existing shelters are beyond repair and pose protection risks, the units will be replaced with safe reconstruction. The 1,170 beneficiaries targeted by this activity are the most vulnerable families in protracted displacement living in unsafe shelters. The number of shelters targeted for reconstruction is 125, with an additional 100 units targeted for rehabilitation. This will be done through localizing the works and setting up a camp committee that will primarily include community members to identify needs, estimate costs, procure materials and supervise labourers. NRC’s shelter team will provide technical support to ensure that rehabilitations meet international standards.
This project will promote localization in that NRC will support and build the capacity of 2 local organizations (Dei Fin and Uak Thon) to conduct the participatory needs assessments, coordinate with local authorities and CMAs and reconstructions in 4 out of the 5 locations NRC's shelter team will directly implement reconstruction in Mansi through local service providers, If the targeted population has the needed skills required to undertake construction, NRC will prioritize a community-based approach over a contractor. while providing cash grants and technical support to the local community for rehabilitation of shelters in the same location. In addition, community groups and camp management committees in all targeted sites will receive training on maintenance and emergency preparedness. NRC will maintain technical oversight in all locations.
In the event of small new emergencies in both Kachin and Northern Shan (Kutkai) NRC and partners will respond with rapid emergency solutions providing temporary shelter kits, NFIs or cash were appropriate a market analysis will be conducted in the selected locations to ensure that the market is functioning, can replenish the items and is accessible to the targeted population. NRC will conduct rapid needs assessment and deploy small scale shelter/NFI solutions within 72 hours. These solutions can include in-kind  (or cash) NFIs and emergency shelter kits. These newly displaced communities will also receive emergency preparedness training upon return. This activity will target 400 households or 2,080 individuals. Along with the 100 individuals who will receive training on maintenance and emergency preparedness, the total number of individuals targeted by the interventions is 3,350.
Post implementation monitoring will measure the impact of the different activities 
	for NFI distributions, the PDMs will measure the satisfaction of beneficiaries with the items provided 
	focus group discussions with beneficiaries, after hand over of the shelters, will measure how much their living conditions have improved and their satisfaction with the quality of the materials used 
	and pre and post training tests will measure the increased knowledge of participants in the capacity building activities. 
NRC’s current structures will support the implementation of the project. While Shelter Officers will be the main focal points for implementation, they will be under the direct supervision of the Shelter Coordinator and Integrated Programme Manager in the North East area office. Further support will be provided from other support and programme functions, including from the Area Manager, logistics team and Programme Development Unit, which includes the Shelter Programme Development Manager who will provide technical guidance to the team. NRC’s MampE team will also assist in the development, delivery and analysis of the post implementation monitoring.