Shelter and settlements

Losing one’s home and community is devastating. Shelter and settlement support is the foundation of humanitarian assistance for people who have been displaced. Providing a safe place for families and communities to call "home" can be lifesaving.

Our expertise in shelter and settlements

The Sabe' Sanabul Organization for Relief and Development (SSORD) provides physical safety, identity, and a foundation for recovery through its shelter and settlement programming. Working hand-in-hand with other SSORD activities in the field through an integrated approach, we aim to create homes and build communities to protect people from the risks of displacement and enable them to live in dignity.

We believe that reaching our collective impact of protection and dignity is a process. This starts with saving lives by facilitating access to temporary shelter during the emergency phase and continues even in protracted displacement and for durable solutions. The shelter and settlement response is based on learning from displaced people what makes a shelter home and how to transform a settlement into a community.