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A load with one hundred modular homes donated for the ACNHR (UN Agency for Refugees) came to Guarulhos on Tuesday (28) and continues by road to Rio Grande do Sul to attend families gaúchas hit by heavy rains that have fallen on the state in recent days. To the others one hundred units will be handed out in June.
According to Civil defense of Rio Grande do Sul, the rains left 581 thousand people homeless It is 48.7 thousand people are in shelters.
A UNHCR donated two hundred emergency housing, as the houses are called, and one hundred units have already been transported here from Colombia. The transportation was provided free of charge by Latam's Solidarity Plane program and was coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Ports and Airports.
What are the houses like?
Modular homes with solar energy. Credit: UNHCR
The solution is not permanent, but aims to provide families with privacy and security, says UNHCR. To the housing they can accommodate up to five people, have approximately five years of useful life and the average is three years.
The houses are a project of UNHCR, Better Shelter and IKEA Foundation and were created for respond to emergencies, like the one happening in Rio Grande do Sul or to shelter refugees around the world.
Every house could it be erected in up to six hours, has 17.5 square meters, is 2.83 meters high, 5.68 meters long, 3.32 meters wide, anchoring system that guarantees stability to the residence, bathrooms and dining areas are set up in the external area and are of collective use, the total weight is 140 kg.
O cost of each house is about R$ 6 thousand. According to Better Shelter, a social enterprise that develops the houses, they resist winds of 101 km/h.
To the structures They are made with a roof, walls made of recyclable plastic, and metal tubes. They have walls with partitions, a door with a lock, four small windows, an air outlet for ventilation and a floor. A House It is stocked per solar energy and lighting is done with LED.
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