IOM will provide life-saving WASH assistance to the affected communities and displaced persons in at least one emergency in the Caribbean through:

IOM will support the basic needs of affected communities and displaced persons in at least one emergency in the Caribbean through the:

• Distribution of multi-purpose cash assistance to vulnerable households in coordination with social protection agencies and partners to 10,000 households (34,000 persons).

IOM will provide life-saving shelter and non-food item assistance to affected communities and displaced persons in at least one emergency in the Caribbean through:

• Strengthening the relevant regional and national shelter and CCCM coordination structure in collaboration with CDEMA and REDLAC partners by deploying (Emergency) Shelter Sector Specialists to monitor stakeholder activities, coordinate assessments, set standards, and active coordination of activities and development of durable solutions in an early stage.
• Transportation and distribution of pre-positioned emergency shelter NFIs for 20,000 households (68,000 persons), including emergency shelter kits, solar lamps and kitchen sets from the IOM warehouses in Panama and the Northern, Eastern and Southern Caribbean to displaced and affected households in collaboration with partners.
• Support the management, equipment and operations of emergency shelters / collective centers.
• Applying GBV guidelines and procedures developed for distributions, site planning, post distribution monitoring, must do’s and don'ts when encountering GBV survivors and HLP guidelines developed by IOM for shelter and settlements practitioners worldwide.

IOM will provide protection assistance to affected populations focusing on displaced persons and migrants in all phases of displacement through:

• Provision of advocacy and direct case management and mobilize assistance for vulnerable individuals and groups to ensure they have meaningful access to available services and accountability mechanisms. IOM will especially advocate for the provision of durable solutions for IDPs in an early stage.
• Provision of technical guidance to other IOM sectors, IOM’s implementing partners and governments to integrate GBV considerations throughout all phases of their project, starting from GBV Risk Analyses to the identification of GBV Risk Mitigation Strategies for each unit.

In line with IOM’s Progressive Resolution to Displacement Situations approach, IOM will:

• Provide technical, coordination and planning support to governments on reconstruction, reparation, housing, land and property rights and planned relocations, land planning, to pave the path, both politically and socially, for providing durable solutions for displaced households or households at risk.
• In partnership with international and local NGOs/CBOs, support community/owner driven house repairs for 300 (displaced) households through a combination of technical assistance, awareness-raising/training on safe construction, construction materials, labour and conditional cash support for reconstruction.

To support relevant governments in the Caribbean in disaster prevention, IOM will conduct hazard / risk assessments in 10 communities and support the development of Mass Evacuation plans for communities at risk of displacement, following the recommendations of the MEND Guide[1] and considerations for potential migrants living in these communities following the MICIC[2] guidelines.

In addition, IOM will implement community based and migrant inclusive DRR programmes, remittances for climate adaptation and rural development and migration sensitive climate adaptation efforts in at least five countries.

[1] The MEND guide provides key background considerations and a template to assist planning bodies at national, regional, municipal, and other levels – both urban and rural – in the development and/or refinement of evacuation plans in accordance with emergency management principles.

[2] MICIC guidelines help host governments on assisting migrants caught in crises.

IOM will strengthen and expand its Caribbean response capacity by establishing a Caribbean Environmental Resilience and Disaster Displacement Support Unit and network, consisting of 8 IOM missions and a wide range of partners with access to the whole Caribbean.

Through the network, IOM is planning to:

• Strengthen the preparedness of communities through profiling the emergency shelter capacity and upgrading at least 40 collective centres / emergency shelters, developing community evacuation plans, emergency response training of communities and improving access to data,
• Preposition and store NFIs (including tarpaulins, fasteners, kitchen sets, mats, solar lamps, tools, hygiene items etc.) for at least 20,000 persons in warehouses in Panama and yet to be identified warehouses in the Northern, Eastern and Southern Caribbean.
• Support CDEMA and the UN system with all aspects of human mobility in emergencies, including the development of policies and protocols around planned relocations, mass evacuations, and emergency shelters, contributing to the development of regional and subregional UN contingency plans with the main focus on Shelter, CCCM, WASH, and Protection.
• Play an active role in the coordination platforms like REDLAC and CDPG (Caribbean Development Partners Group) during emergencies, CADRI (Disaster Risk Reduction), CALP (Cash Learning Partnership), and the Platform on Disaster Displacement.

To support WASH preparedness in relevant countries, IOM will:

• Procure/replenish hygiene kits and baby kits for at least 20,000 households.
• Store the hygiene and baby kits in warehouses in Panama, Haiti and yet to be identified warehouses in the Northern, Eastern and Southern Caribbean.