Humanitarian Aid: Crisis Shelters for Humanitarian Missions

Humanitarian aid encompasses many areas where fast emergency care is essential. In addition to short-term support measures and disaster relief, humanitarian aid also helps to set up long-term and sustainable development opportunities for the people affected.

Humanitarian aid includes:

Food and nutrition

In many regions, there is very limited access to nutritious, safe and affordable food. This can be a life-threatening situation for many people, as it may cause acute malnutrition. Through humanitarian aid, food, nutritional supplements and therapeutic nutrition are provided to the people affected by hunger, malnutrition or undernourishment.

Therapeutic nutrition refers to special forms of nutrition developed especially to treat or prevent nutrition-related diseases. It ensures that affected people receive sufficient amounts of nutrients to improve their health and minimise long-term consequences of malnutrition.

Water and hygiene

In many regions of the world, people do not have daily access to clean water. Through humanitarian aid, clean drinking water, sanitary facilities and hygiene products are provided to the people affected by water shortages, contamination or diseases. The long-term objective is to protect the health and well-being of those affected.

Emergency shelters

People affected by displacement need fast and safe emergency accommodation. This may be due to having to flee, diseases, homelessness or natural disasters. For this purpose, Humanitarian shelters designed for use as accommodation tents, sanitary tents or storage units can be set up as entire refugee camps in a short amount of time. Additionally, the people affected can receive blankets, beds or mattresses and hygiene products.

Health and safety

Humanitarian aid includes providing space to implement protective measures for people affected by injuries, diseases, violence or violations of human rights. This includes the supply of medicine, vaccinations, psychosocial support and other necessary protective measures.

Long-term development

In addition to reactive support, humanitarian aid also focuses on expanding sustainable development. This includes assisting people affected by long-lasting or recurring humanitarian crises by restoring or improving basic living conditions, education or income. The aim is to help those affected break out of the cycle of dependency on humanitarian aid and to find ways to utilise their own development opportunities.

An important part of humanitarian aid is to provide tents that are durable and quick to build. These tents have one important function: provide protection, privacy and normalcy to people in emergency situations. For this reason accommodation, relief and work tents come with high demands.

Humanitarian tents for rapid accomodation

In a humanitarian crisis, shelters serve as temporary accommodation or work areas. Providing protection from cold, heat and dangers, their size, design, material and equipment can be adapted to meet the requirements of the region and situation.

Accommodation tents are used as:

• Troop Tents: These light aluminium tents are very durable, they can be set up and dismantled quickly and are suitable for many different applications. Various equipment options are available such as isolated wall and roof panelling. They can also be combined with other tents or containers.
  Packing options include pallets, transport racks or in standard 20ft or 40ft containers, ready to be sent securely by lorry, sea freight or via air freight for any urgent requirement.
• Portable Privacy Tents: Privacy tents are used as safe and protected changing rooms directly on site. Set up is quick and easy due to the plug-in installation system requiring no specialist tools. Small privacy tents come in a standard size of 3.41m wide, 2.19m high at the ridge and 1.79m long. These privacy tents are extremely lightweight, as the frame is made of anodized and extruded aluminium, and the connecting parts are made of die-cast aluminium.
• Emergency P-Tents: Lightweight and durable emergency P-Tents are ideal for the rapid sheltering of small or large groups of people. The main advantage of a P-Tent is its multifunctionality. Depending on the requirements, weather conditions and use, they can be equipped with a range of accessories such as floor coverings, partition walls and connecting walkways to suit. This means they can be used not only for humanitarian purposes but also as recreational tents or camps.
• Inflatable Tents: This innovative tent system guarantees an extremely fast assembly, quickly filling with air for use on short-term humanitarian missions worldwide. Inflatable tents come in four different sizes with lengths from 5.28m to 13.20m,all at a width of 5.65m. Thanks to their low transport volume, inflatable shelters can be transported on one pallet. This type of tent also offers a range of compatible equipment and accessories.
• Folding Tents: These tents consist of a foldable aluminium construction made of a main part and individual connecting posts. Due to its special construction, it can be set up in only a few minutes. The flooring system can also be folded for ease of transport.

Humanitarian Tents for Catering and Sanitary Facilities

Catering and sanitary tents are used to create a temporary sanitation and hygiene facilities for people in emergency situations. They can serve as kitchens, canteens, toilets, showers or washing areas.

For larger spaces such as canteens or relaxation areas during humanitarian missions, HTS TENTIQ can supply large clearspan structures. The extruded aluminium frame can withstand high snow and wind loads. The size can be adapted flexibly to the specific requirements, with unlimited length options. There are numerous choices for wall and roof panelling, ranging from simple PVC covers to insulated sandwich panels for temperature sensitive locations. Equipment options include, floor systems, partition walls and connecting walkways.

Humanitarian Tents for Logistics, Maintenance and Storage

During humanitarian emergencies, materials and vehicles need to be stored, maintained and repaired. Our logistics and maintenance tents are ideal for housing vehicles, equipment, supplies and aircrafts in times of crisis.

Flawless logistical operations are central to humanitarian missions. In many cases numerous relief supplies such as medicines and foods have to be stored safely and distributed quickly to the people affected. Our temporary humanitarian buildings provide the ideal storage and working conditions for smooth operations. With our wide range of options, we can create non-insulated temporary buildings for ambient storage and insulated temporary buildings for temperature sensitive goods, products and activities.

Thanks to their modular design, our temporary buildings can be ideally adapted for any humanitarian operation. We offer clear-span widths from 5.00m to 30.00m and eave heights between 4.20m and 6.20m. The length of our humanitarian warehouse structures can be extended without limit in 5.00m increments.

Many humanitarian missions require aircraft hangars to facilitate air-freight aid shipments. For this purpose, our modular aircraft hangars are fully demountable and relocatable. Hanger structures can be set up on the existing ground with no foundations required and are suitable for use as storage units or workshops. The size of the hanger is fully adaptable to your requirement; widths available between 5.00m and 70.00m, with ridge heights up to 6.20m and unlimited lengths possible.

To provide comprehensive assistance to people in extreme situations, aid organisations require, durable and reliable tents. Be it for storing important relief goods, for protecting people in need, for refugee camps or accommodating humanitarian workers, you need a trusted and reliable partner who can deliver humanitarian aid tents that fulfil every requirement.

HTS TENTIQ produces quick-assembly tent systems suitable for all emergency purposes, situations and climate conditions. HTS TENTIQ tents for humanitarian operations are characterised by their quality and innovation, ensuring maximum functionality and durability. Thanks to the flexible sizes and designs, every tent can be adapted to the conditions and requirements. Rapid sourcing is crucial in a humanitarian mission. Something we guarantee thanks to our state-of-the-art production facility, which achieve a weekly production output of 60,000m² of finished tents and temporary buildings.