1. USAID Takes Credit for Tarps Over Tents
(Matching tags: usaid, shelter, tarps, tents)

In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, the Haitian government called for some 200,000 tents to help shelter the countless Haitians that had been made homeless. However nearly a month after the quake, ...

2. Illegal Evictions and Violence Are No Solution to Haiti’s Post-Earthquake Housing Problem
(Matching tags: shelter, reconstruction, tarps, tents, relocation, evictions)

... camp of battered tents and tarps here in the neighborhood of Barbancourt in Port-au-Prince, a confrontation was underway. A landlord who claimed ownership of the land on which some 75 families had been ...

3. Inspector General Slams USAID on Provision of Housing in Haiti
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, shelter, tarps, tents, ngos)

An audit by the USAID Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that looked at USAID efforts to provide transitional housing in Haiti was published a few weeks ago and has yet to receive any attention from ...

4. "Haiti: The Great Fear" - Mark Weisbrot in The Sun Sentinel
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, doctors without borders, tarps, tents, elections, fanmi lavalas)

CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot writes in Ft. Lauderdale's Sun Sentinel today: The controversy over the return of the infamous dictator, Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, to Haiti, is in many ways a ...

5. As Tomas Bears Down on Haiti, Authorities Hide “Usable Shelters” From Tent Camp Residents
(Matching tags: un, shelter, tents, relocation, evictions, hurricane season)

As Hurricane Tomas approached Haiti, authorities sent mixed messages regarding disaster preparedness efforts, and displaced Haitians in camps were told to evacuate from what had previously been held up ...

6. Haitian Elections: Less Parties Allowed, Less Voters Expected
(Matching tags: shelter, tents, elections, fanmi lavalas)

... demonstration slogan "We are not going to the election in tents. We want housing before elections”, and noting that In Camp Noailles, just outside Port-au-Prince, no one IPS spoke with planned to vote. ...

7. Dangers in IDP Camps Underscored by Deaths of Two Boys, New Report on Rapes
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, tarps, tents, gender based violence, ijdh)

The death of two young boys after a brief storm swept through their makeshift camps is "another reminder of the perilous conditions of an estimated 1.6 million people living under tarps and tents on dangerous ...

8. As Tropical Storms Threaten Haiti, International Community Can, and Must, Do More for Shelter
(Matching tags: aid distribution, rainy season, shelter, tarps, tents, hurricane season)

... Adding that in Haiti, "Most of the shelters available to refugees today consist of tarps and tents that may not be able to withstand extreme weather." In fact, many on the ground in Haiti have been provided ...

9. 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 ...

10. MSF: "Shelter, Hygiene and Basic Living Conditions Are Not Being Met"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, doctors without borders, tarps, tents, sanitation, medical, msf)

... are around 20 sites, the largest of which have received material assistance – tents, tarpaulins, toilet facilities, water, food, etc. – and basic medical assistance. The assistance given to these sites ...