We believe that the provision of low cost housing far from coastal flood-prone areas reduces significantly the vulneraberability of the population to wild.Vulnerability begets vulnerability. Poorer people are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Most post-disaster count of victims shows that slum dwellers are worst affected due to the precariousness of their shelter.

The slightest shock from extreme weather exposes the poor sectors of the populace to total material destitution, health hazard and untold suffering because of their lack of decent shelter to cover themselves. Coastal regions are threatened by rising water levels and experience more disasters. Their conditions will worsen in the near future if programs are not specifically designed to move people living in clearly identified and marked flood-prone or unsafe coastal areas to risk-free areas.

CCRF puts in place programs in collaboration with the communities at risk, governments-local, state and national-including local and international actors to identify and develop areas proven to be safer for populations exposed to imminent and future shocks that could lead to damning impacts.

The role of the communities is to identify in common accord the safe zones so as to avoid land dispute and to ensure ownership and sustainability; the role of the government is to approve and put on the identified zones an official seal to give its institutional backing.

CCRF and partners assist in raising structures that help to move those at risk to the identified safer areas.