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If the agencies involved in relief shelter-materials can keep up the current rate of provision for another month, more than half the people living in improvised settlements will have been given some protection from the rains, affording a minimum amount of privacy and dignity.
For various reasons more tents are no longer seen as a viable solution.
"Plastic sheeting is a well-proven material in disaster response," says Gregg Mcdonald, leader of the shelter-cluster coordination team. "When combined with suitable fixings and salvaged materials it is very strong and near-waterproof."
Gedeon emphasizes the importance of the issue of land, on which additional and probably safer settlements could be built.
"It's crucial," she says. "If more land becomes available, there are at least 5,000 Red Cross volunteers – half of our national strength – who are ready to try to make it safe by doing things like digging drainage channels and clearing sewers."
But the consequences of large numbers of people being forced to sit out the rainy and hurricane seasons with nothing more to protect them than humanitarian shelter materials, or what they have managed to salvage from the rubble, or in some cases nothing at all, are very serious.