RSK shelter

 Importance of this initiative:

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 BACKGROUND:

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1. The CDA members were first trained in 2017 to assemble and build RSK shelters in Yangon.

(see UNHCR training course ).

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2. In 2020 during the pandemic they partnered UNICEF to train 65 villages in the Irrawaddy Delta at risk of annual floods how to build RSK shelters.

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3. In October 2024 the CDA independently trained another 31 villages in a flood affected region in Mon State.

 

4. In August 2025 we were sent the above report on this training .

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INDEPENDENT TRAINING:

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1. The training  was entirely independent of any external support or funding. This is very encouraging as it shows the  motivation to repeatedly deliver the RSK training in communities at risk where it is well received.

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2. As indicated in the report, the training was based on a ToT ( training of trainers) plan which is what we also encouraged in 2017 during training.

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ATTENDANCE :

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1. Training was very well attended by 62 persons ( 35 male and 27 female) and extended over 2 days. As indicated on the register form, disabled persons are able to participate as the RSK shelter roof is able to be assembled on the ground.

All ages, in this case 18 to 70, attended. Minimal skills are required.

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RESOURCES:

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1. Bamboo and tarpaulins were limited by available funds. One kit of bamboo poles was provided to each of 10 target villages.

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OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED:

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1. Training communities to build the emergency, standard and double RSK shelters as part of their disaster preparedness and awareness.

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2. These new trainers are now equipped to teach the  RSK shelter method  to other villages at risk, leading to a sustainable ToT program in the region. This spontaneous re-emergence 3 and 7 years after the initial training indicates the impact these RSK training courses have potentially had on people's lives.

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ADDITIONAL POINTS OF NOTICE:

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1. The trainers have used the same single laminated sheet of assembly diagrams for instructions that we had translated and provided for participants in the 2017 training course.

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2.  The community have made slight modifications to the original specification to meet local needs. Further improvements, notably to the method of assembly of the emergency RSK, have been made over the last 8 years and these will be shared with the CDA.

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S.Halbert​

Director RSK Shelter.

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