Haiti Earthquake: An overwhelming need to provide shelter ahead of rainy season
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Channel: United Nations · 2010 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 3 February 2010 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which coordinates the provision of shelter materials, estimates that 1.1 million people are displaced. There is an overwhelming need to provide shelter quickly ahead of Haitis rainy season which could start as soon as the end of this month. The IOM says that aid agencies have already distributed 10,000 family tents and more than 11,000 tarpaulins. A further 15,000 tents are in stock and more than 40,000 should arrive in the coming days and weeks.
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