UNHCR continues to respond to emergency shelter needs and as lead of the Shelter Working Group worked very closely with its implementing partners such as the Ministry of Local Administration, Première Urgence (PU), Syrian Society for Social Development(SSSD), The Syria Trust for Development, Secours Islamique France (SIF), Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and UN-Habitat
to provide appropriate and equitable shelter to affected populations in order to save lives, reduce suffering and manage vulnerability. Emergency shelter interventions focus on saving and
sustaining lives. The shelter response provides shelter kits, construction materials/tools, emergency shelters such as tents both inside and outside of sites/camps, the improvement of collective centers and spontaneous sites in additionto transitional housing units.