The Conflict ill the Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA) and North Western frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan and the consequent displacement of households and communities from their areas of origin has resulted in destruction, damagt and depreciation of the housing stock. Just under 23,000 families (approx. 130,000 individuals) from Orakzai were registered as displaced in the neighbouring districts of Hangu and Kohat. A rapid assessment took One in 1 February 2010 in Kohat and found that 57% of IDPs are not registered and that 50`% of IDP's population do not have access to sufficient water. Off-camp assistance in Hangu is provided mostly by the Pakistan Red Crescent supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Living conditions are similar to the one observed last year in the lower part of NMFP districts, with IDPs living in overcrowded accommodations with their host Families, causing rapid  deterioration of the )lost dwellings. It was observed that from 15 to 23 people were sharing one room. [DPs need extra shelter to be adequately accommodated. It was observed that IDPs would occupy/rent substandard houses, lacking basic facilities and privacy that is fundamental for women to be able to conduct daily activities in less stressful environment. The project will, in coordination with Shelter and NFl Cluster, UNIHICR (that is providing shelter material and/or tents), PDMA /PaRRSA, the NWWFP Ministry of Social We[fare and Women Development and local Government authorities, Red Cross Movement, provide shelter assistance to 1,400 of the most vulnerable 11.)1' families living off comp in NWFP, focusing on women headed households, within a maximum period of three months. The intervention addresses the issue of decreasing the congestion of families by providing temporary shelters or tents to) IDPs in host families. IDPs are expected to take shelter material or tents with them when they return to their places of origin. The districts of intervention are Kohat Hangu, DI Khan and Tank.