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March 16, 2010

UN: More Money Needed for Haiti Humanitarian Aid Fund
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The United Nations has announced its appeal for $1.4 billion in
humanitarian aid for Haiti is only half funded, two months after the
devastating earthquake. The UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs said emergency shelter and sanitation are still
urgently needed ahead of the rainy season. On Sunday, UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited a Haitian camp that is home to
tens of thousands of internally displaced persons.

Ban Ki-moon: “I’m concerned that the rainy season is approaching, what
will happen to those people who are living there. We have to move these
displaced persons to a safer place.”



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