UNHCR: Build permanent shelters for Yolanda survivors

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the fire that killed a mother and all her 6 children, including a 4-month-old baby, on May 28 poses a challenge to government and aid workers working to rehabilitate communities devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). It’s a somber reminder that authorities and aid agencies have to strengthen existing efforts to seek permanent housing solutions for the close to 4,000 Yolanda survivors who remain in tents, according to the UNHCR. The UN Development Programme administrator, Helen Clark, earlier said moving Yolanda survivors out of tents remains a “compelling need.”

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