1. Is the US Overstating What it's Done for Shelter?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, usaid, shelter, chemonics, iom, chf international)

The White House issued a press release yesterday detailing the US government's response to the earthquake in Haiti. The release included this: USAID has provided 160,000 plastic sheets and 24,500 family ...

2. Official Displaced Population Decreases, but Where Are They Going?
(Matching tags: shelter, iom, forced evictions, idps, housing)

Last week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced a drop in Haiti’s internally displaced persons (IDP) population to below 400,000. AP reports: The reduction in the camp population ...

3. OCHA White Washes Forced Evictions as New Threats Loom
(Matching tags: ocha, iom, amnesty international, evictions, idps)

... Organization for Migration (IOM) is supporting voluntary return of IDPs.” But the movement of IDPs out of such camps is often not “voluntary.” This has been the case in Champs de Mars as in many other ...

4. Two Die as Fire Sweeps Through Camp Lycèe Toussaint
(Matching tags: iom, human rights, idp, idps, housing)

... the entrance to the camp. The cause of the fire remains unknown. Neither the Government of Haiti nor the International Organization for Migration (IOM), responsible for camp management, has released an ...

5. As Relocation of Champ de Mars Begins, Criticism Over Lack of Adequate Housing Plan Mounts
(Matching tags: iom, ngos, amnesty international, aid coordination, care, camps, camp conditions, idps, housing)

... from the presidential palace downtown. In a program coordinated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), families in the camp will be given $500 rental subsidies for one year. Booth continues: ...

6. As NGOs Begin to Pull Out of IDP Camps, Access to Clean Water Deteriorates
(Matching tags: aid distribution, sanitation, iom, ngos, forced evictions, care, american red cross, idp, crs, camp conditions, housing)

Water quality as well as access worsened in December as free water distribution service was discontinued and NGOs continued shifting their operations out of IDP camps, according to a water assessment by ...

7. Failure to Provide Basic Services Behind Decrease in IDP Population
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, iom, red cross)

... be living in "tent" (tarp) cities at least through 2012." The article focuses on a new report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that dispels the myth that a reduction in camp population ...

8. 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 ...