REBUILDING HOMES
AND LIVELIHOODS
Process guidelines offer a selection of tools for designing, planning and implementing.
It aims to assist individuals, local and international development organisations and other
agencies as a guide to the natural, social, institutional and operational issues in housing and
housing services reconstruction sector in Sri Lanka. This section will provide a framework for the
approaches and processes which can be used in undertaking the following:
Getting started
General guidelines to follow before entering the housing and housing services reconstruction
sector in Sri Lanka.
Transitional Shelter – Essential Criteria:
Guidelines for selecting transitional shelter sites.
Guidelines for developing layout plans for transitional shelter sites
Guidelines for designing transitional shelters
Permanent Shelter:
Situational analysis & risk assessment
Land use & neighbourhood planning
Household planning – plot layout & housing design
Quality Assurance(QA) Guidelines for Building Construction
QA for House owners, Masons & small scale contractors
QA for technical officers & Engineers
Getting started
General guidelines to follow before entering the housing and housing services reconstruction
sector in Sri Lanka.
Immigration procedure: All international representatives and organisations need to
adhere to the immigration policies and procedures set out by the Department of
Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka. Information on visa’s maybe obtained from the
website of the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka
http://www.immigration.gov.lk/.
Obtain information on the present reconstruction efforts which are being coordinated by
the Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation and from the Development Assistance
Database (DAD) available on the TAFREN website http://tafren.wow.lk/ which is a
tracking tool for who’s doing what in the reconstruction efforts.
Further details maybe obtained from:
NGO/Civil Society/Donor Coordination TAFREN
No: 21, 6th floor Janadhipathi Mawatha
Colombo 1, Sri Lanka
Tel: 0094-11-2426100 - Ext: 637
Register with the NGO Secretariat or as required by TAFREN
Identify the geographical area you want to work in - visit the TAFREN website for an
overview and District wise summaries of the damages, resources required and the status
of reconstruction efforts in each area.
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