NATIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER IN RWANDA

Rwanda faces a wide range of potential emergency management needs in response to hazards and disasters caused by landslides, flooding, earthquakes, windstorms, rainstorms, volcanic eruptions, etc., which often require providing emergency shelter to the vulnerable population. For example, according to the consolidated data obtained from the MINEMA, it is reported that 48206 houses were damaged, and thousands of people were affected, including 1184 deaths and 1706 injuries due to different hazard/disaster events that occurred in Rwanda in the period of seven years only that is from 2015 to 2021.