Donor organizations have pledged their
assistance to maintain reasonable living conditions in the
transitional shelters of the Tsunami affected families until
they migrate into permanent dwellings.
The pledge was made by the International
Organization of Migration (IOM), the Norwegian Refugee Council
(NRC) and others at a donor briefing held last week organized by
the Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA). The meeting
was chaired by the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of RADA, who
informed the donors of the need to provide support to families
still living in transitional shelters until more permanent
solutions could be arranged.
UN Resident Coordinator, Miguel Bermeo told the
meeting that the transitional shelter program has been
recognized as a genuine success by the international community,
and that it is necessary to stay committed to the people who
were so badly affected by the tsunami, just over one year ago.
?The good news is, that this does not require a great amount of
resources, just continuing what was started?, he said.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), recently
requested by RADA to be the Lead Agency to coordinate Care and
Maintenance for Shelters, also made a presentation on the
organization?s present capacity to implement this programme.
Addressing the meeting, Programme Officer, IOM, Ms. Rana Jaber
explained that funding would be necessary to allow the agencies
that remain committed to giving assistance to provide basic
support to the 56,000 families remaining in transitional
shelters.
