shelters-from-sexual-violence

Fantastic sales pitch from a supplier (angling for money) - protection from SGBV will take more than a lockable door:

"The only solution is affordable mass shelter in which doors can be locked
at night to keep out rapists.... easy to construct shelters-from-sexual-violence ($4000 per family unit), which can be shipped to Haiti in crates and erected by just two people.
If you can find the funds for us to manufacture them, we will do so as fast as humanly possible and arrange for the US military of DHL to fly them to Haiti."

Winning site plan

This combines alien pods with an astounding site plan that has not taken into account any site conditions.

Stunning photoshop shelter

Winning photoshop skills! If only there were the space in Port au Prince.

Shrink wrap shelter

Yes shrink wrap!!
From the supplier: "We did it after the 1988 Armenia earthquake, we can do it in Haiti."

Garage for your porsche

This pricey shelter was promoted for the response to the Haiti earthquake. Conveniently it is delivered in one handy box. The weight is not quoted but certainly not for carrying on a donkey or in the back of a Porsche.

plastic frame shelter

The detailing on this plastic shelter is shocking. I doubt that it has been built. The website encourages viewers to donate money to develop this design further! The website also lists a lot of organisations to imply credibility of the design.

Pallette house

The Pallet House, was conceived as a transitional shelter for refugees returning to Kosovo. The blurb on the designer's by website is convincing, but neglects the fact that following disasters, pallets are never available in the volumes required. Those that do exist have a local market value and are certainly not seen as waste.

Flat shelter

We get a lot of these flat pack solutions. This one uses a " ‘ReCrate’ re-configurable stacking pallet", (patent applied for. It loses on many grounds - cost / volume / maintenance, and the fact that it is patented so organisations cannot tender properly..

April fools shelters for Haiti?

Contact was made to organisations working in Haiti by a supplier looking for "corporate and private sponsors to help us get the first 100 Homes for Haiti shipped out by April 1, 2010." April fools day is a suitably apt delivery date. It does not mention the anticipated commission of the supplying companies.
This image is inspirational - if space were this easy to find in Port au Prince, the situation would be much simpler. It gets better:The design details for this shelter (10,000 usd for a basic model!!!) include living rooms, bathrooms, and only bed space for 4 people. Very wishful - the average family size is 5 in Haiti - many are larger...

PVC shelter

In the accompanying blurb it sounds very technical - "The ATU has 5 frameworks 2 inch PVC 125 PSI Premium Level ONE and lashing waterproof screeds, middle and upper Amatek treated pine wood 1 "x 3""

- But why make the frame of these shelters for Haiti out of PVC pipe?

The suppliers can also offer: "..a solution plus a separate ceiling of basic sanitation by offering a complete prefabricated latrine."