Rio Grande do Sul already has 722 temporary shelters spread across the state due to the rains that have hit the region since the end of April. The survey was carried out by the Department of Social Development (Headquarters) with the municipal departments of Social Assistance.
According to Beto Fantinel, head of Sedes, the numbers may vary as new municipalities are affected by floods or the water level drops and people return to their homes.
Characterization of shelters
Headquarters with the State Department of Health (SES), the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Combating Hunger, the Ministry of Health, the national and state Civil Defense, and the United Nations International Emergency Fund for Infância (Unicef), have been mapping and characterizing shelters since this Friday (10).
In a first sample, which comprises 96 shelters, it was found that:
– 47.92% are pregnant or postpartum women;
– 47.17% have an indigenous or quilombola population;
– 43.75% include migrants;
– 91.67% reported that they have enough functional bathrooms for emergency shelters (1 for every 25 people);
– 78.12% reported that they have specific spaces for leisure and socializing for children and teenagers;
– 62.5% have a kitchen and food production on site (the others receive ready-made lunch boxes);
– 58.33% have security teams;
– 85.42% have health teams;
– 83.33% have psychosocial care teams working on site.
According to Gustavo Saldanha, coordinator of the Social Observatory of the State School of Social Development and deputy secretary of Sedes, the objective of the map is to identify the location, structure and profile of the sheltered people, in addition to their needs.
Rains in Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul has already recorded 143 people dead and another 125 missing since the start of the rains that hit the region, according to data released by the state's Civil Defense on Saturday night (11).
Around 81,170 people are in shelters, while 537,380 are homeless. Regarding the affected municipalities, the number is 446.
Source: CNN Brasil
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