During emergencies, shelter is a means to protect those uprooted. In emergencies, it is fundamental to provide shelter as part of the life-saving responsibilities and mandate of humanitarian actors, so that forcibly displaced people can enjoy a secure and healthy living environment that protects them from weather conditions, and offer them privacy, dignity, comfort, and emotional security.
These minimum standards ensure that living spaces per person are respected, shelter solutions are adapted to the geographical context, climate, cultural practice and habits, considerations are made for the life span of shelter materials type of shelter, which ensures the security, privacy, psychological comfort and emotional safety of the displaced person are respected.