IOM is working with its partners from the shelter cluster to
finalize the first organized settlement for some 3,500 displaced
persons in the Port-au-Prince neighbourhood of Tabarre.

"A total of 350 ten-person tents donated by the UK charity
Shelterbox have been set up, with work being finalized on latrines,
showers and electricity," says IOM's Christopher Gascon. "The first
families are expected to move in from the capital's Parc de la
Primature and surrounding areas in the coming days. The daily
management of the organized settlement in Tabarre will be carried
out by the French NGO ACTED." 

An estimated 900,000 to 1.1 million people are believed to be in
acute need of emergency shelter assistance in Haiti, according to
assessment data compiled by IOM and its partners, the vast majority
of them in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

In an effort to tackle the complex challenge of immediately
assisting such large numbers of people whilst ensuring adequate
shelter protection is available in the coming months when the rainy
and hurricane seasons arrive, IOM and its partners in Haiti
continue to focus on distributing tarpaulins and plastic sheets to
improve shelter conditions for those made homeless until more tents
arrive in the country.

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To date, more than 6,000 tarpaulins, 1,948 tents, 800 shelter
kits, 3,345 items of plastic sheeting and 400 shelterboxes, each
containing a 10-person tent, blankets, water purifiers, mosquito
nets, tools, a stove, kitchen equipment and materials for children,
have been distributed to by IOM and its partners to some 36,000
people.

Currently, the shelter cluster has some 9,290 tarpaulins, 7,295
tents, 11,940 items plastic sheeting in stock with a further 57,320
tarpaulins, 50,720 tents, 32,912 items of plastic sheeting expected
to in the coming days. 

IOM is currently working on improving warehousing facilities to
increase the provision and distribution of non-food assistance for
shelter cluster partners, including ACTED, the American Refugee
Committee (ARC), the Association of Volunteers in International
Service (AVISI), Catholic Relief Service (CRS) the Red Cross
Movement and Islamic Relief.

In response to an initial appeal launched on 15 January and
which will be shortly revised to better reflect the scale of needs
in the country, the Organization had asked for USD 30 million to
provide emergency shelter and non-food assistance and to establish
a cash-for-work programme that would include rubble removal.

IOM has so far received pledges totaling USD 23.3 million from
the US government (OFDA/USAID), Sweden, the UN's Central Emergency
Response Fund (CERF), Canada, France, Finland, Korea, the Clinton
Foundation and Argos Cement Company of Colombia to support ongoing
relief operations and future rebuilding efforts.

Private donations can be made to IOM through the IOM website at
"http://www.iom.int/">www.iom.int and in the United States at
"http://www.usaim.org/PROJECTHaiti.asp" target="_blank" title=
"">http://www.usaim.org/PROJECTHaiti.asp

For further information, please contact:

Jean Philippe Chauzy

Tel: + 41.22 717 9361

       + 41.79 285 4366

Email: "mailto:pchauzy@iom.int">pchauzy@iom.int

or

Jemini Pandya

IOM Geneva

Tel: + 41.22 717 9486

       + 41.79 217 3374

Email: "mailto:jpandya@iom.int">jpandya@iom.int