Haiti and Chile Earthquakes

Shelter Cluster Passes Halfway Mark in Race to Assist Haitians Made Homeless in Quake

Port-au-Prince–(ENEWSPF)–9 March 2010.  Just under two months after the earthquake that devastated southern Haiti and left an estimated 1.3 million homeless, humanitarian agencies distributing emergency shelter-materials have reached more than 650,000 people – the halfway mark.

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Tens of thousands of tarpaulins, tents, ropes, timber uprights and toolkits continue to pour into Haiti, helping to put some shelter over people’s heads ahead of the rainy season, which peaks in May.

“This is a great milestone,” said…

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