21. Washington Post: "Rainy Season Could Mean Suffering is in the Forecast"
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, relocation)

The Washington Post reported on Sunday on the possible effects of the rainy season on the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons. Relief agencies are in a race against time to dredge canals and build ...

22. Mark Schuller: "Promoting Human Rights"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, shelter)

Mark Schuller reports from Haiti on the aid efforts thus far, stressing the need for human rights to be respected. Schuller looks at the shelter situation as well as sanitation and food aid. In all three ...

23. Important Video on Conditions in IDP Camps
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, ngos)

The New Media Advocacy Project together with Partners in Health and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti have released an important video showing the struggle in the IDP camps. With the rains ...

24. Forecast Calls for Rain, Could See Rise in Pediatric Diarrheal Disease
(Matching tags: rainy season)

Dr. Jim Wilson, of Praecipio International, posted on the Shelter Cluster website a warning of a possible crisis of Pediatric Diarrheal Disease. The forecast "calls for thunderstorms beginning this Wednesday ...

25. New York Times: "Haiti’s Misery"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, shelter, new york times)

... clean and avoiding disease. The rainy season peaks in May.  ...

26. Bill Clinton: 40,000 May Die in Rainy Season
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, transparency)

... the rainy season. Clinton stressed the need for aid organizations to empower the Haitian government, and make efforts to turn Haiti into a self-sufficient nation, echoing statements made by human rights ...

27. Relocation Plans May Have Social Health Implications
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, relocation)

... there could be social health problems: In Haiti, the rainy season is about to begin, necessitating relocation of the score of people displaced by the earthquake and currently living in over crowded camps. ...

28. Two Important Videos Showing Flooding in Camps
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, red cross)

... one million Haitians. The Red Cross explains: It is the beginning of the rainy season in Haiti. What people had feared since the earthquake is happening. After only 20 minutes of one of the first rains ...

29. As Heavy Rains Fall, Aid Groups Warn of Coming Catastrophe
(Matching tags: rainy season, un, shelter, john holmes, interaction)

Heavy rains hell in Port-au-Prince today, the AP reports. The rains, some of the heaviest yet, damaged shelters and sent fear throughout the camps. Although no deaths were reported, the AP reports: Aid ...

30. AP Reports on Shelter: 2 Months On, "It's got the makings of a major disaster."
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, tarps, tents, coordination, ngos)

A new AP article describes the lack of progress on shelter on the two-month anniversary of the quake, as aid groups that say they’re ready to provide housing but haven’t been told where they can build ...

31. AP: "Billions For Haiti, A Criticism For Every Dollar"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, usaid, shelter, human rights)

A series of articles today report on the mounting criticism over the relief efforts, focusing on the issue of shelter. The AP reports that for the billions of dollars that have been committed to Haiti ...

32. The "Fault Lines" in Haiti's Relief and Reconstruction
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, un, shelter, relief coordination)

... rainy seasons come. According to aid agencies' own estimates, only 35% of the needs for tents and tarps in Port-au-Prince are being met - and this up from 30% a week and a half ago. While the rains haven't ...

33. Shelter: Planning to Fail
(Matching tags: rainy season, un, shelter, tents, bill clinton, edmond mulet, landslides, flooding)

... in dire need of shelter with the rainy season fast approaching, and more rain in the forecast for later this week. Yet the shelter cluster's goal is to provide one tarp per family by May 1 – possibly well ...

34. Haitian Government Abruptly Changes Course on Shelter Plan
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, un, shelter, iom)

CNN reports that after weeks of planning “tent cities” to house earthquake survivors who lost their homes, the Haitian government is adopting an entirely new strategy. The new plan revolves around registering ...

35. Shelter Still Scarce With Rainy Season Fast Approaching
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, tarps, tents, ansel herz)

Ansel Herz, reporting for IPS, writes about the lack of secure shelter as the rainy season nears. The UN reports that "[t]o date, over 104,000 tarpaulins have been distributed along with 19,000 family ...

36. Rainy Season Fast Approaching
(Matching tags: rainy season, usaid, un, preval, shelter)

Thursday was the second major rain in the last week, increasing fears that the 1.2 million displaced from the earthquake will not have adequate shelter before the rainy season begins. The rains, which ...