Every year, natural disasters and other emergencies result in donations averaging more than US$ 3 billion. A significant proportion of this humanitarian aid is utilized to cover basic shelter requirements for disaster – affected population , ensuring protection and safety from natural elements and other dangers.
HEALTH / PRIVACY & DIGNITY / SECURITY / LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT – is what the releif tent can give to victims impacted drasticaly by calamity.
1. Tents can protect people from external conditions such as rain , snow , wind , dust , sun and vector – borne diseases. By providing this protection tents can help to preserve HEALTH of those living in them.
2. Tents provide a degree of PRIVACY and help to maintain DIGNITY of people who may have recently lost everything.
3. SECURITY - Although thin , a tent wall provides some physical protection. For example , risk of theft and feeling of SECURITY among those living in the tent. The community sholuld make sure that the campus must have additional SECURITY measures established.
4. LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT – Providing a tent can give people time to gather food and fuel , look after their children and conduct the essential activities.
TYPES OF TENTS : Tents comes in different Basic Design and Shapes. Irrespective of Shape , tents are generally classified as:
1. SINGLE – FLY TENT
Tent with one Layer of Fabric , as simple as that.
2. DOUBLE – FLY TENTS :
Tents with one layer of Fabric and Fly – Sheet.
3. WINTERIZED TENT
Tents which usually have one layer of fabric , a lining of fabric , lining (often of cotton) , a fly sheet and a hole for a stove – pipe.







