As of January 2013, three years following the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake, the CCCM/E-Shelter/NFI Cluster serves three substantive areas, namely, Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Emergency and Transitional Shelters and Non Food Items (NFIs). The Cluster is still assisting 347,000 IDPs currently remaining in camps and sites scattered around the Ouest and Sud-Est regions of Haiti.

The CCCM/E-Shelter/NFI Cluster strategies and coordination efforts continue to improve and harmonize the operational capacities of Cluster members until a national counterpart is ready to take over responsibilities in these key sectors of the humanitarian response. As of March 2013, more than 113,000 transitional shelters have been built and 30,000 rental subsidies distributed.

Over 450 camps are still counted in Haiti. Closing these camps will require additional efforts with Cluster partners. As of today, most camps are closing via Rental Subsidy Return projects. Additional efforts will begin this year to identify other options such as camp integration into surrounding neighbourhoods.

In 2013, the Cluster will continue to focus on relocation and return projects providing housing solutions to camp-based populations while ensuring that basic services continue to be provided in the remaining camps throughout the year. Due to the goal to cease activities by the end of 2013, the Cluster will also continue its capacity building efforts with pre-identified government counterparts. Transition activities have already begun with the secondment of Cluster employees to the Housing Unit of the Government.