They are committed to build 5,000 transitional shelters, based on an approved United Nations design and which provides 18.5 meters of living space. The first phase of 550 shelters will be completed within the next few weeks.
'MAF has been instrumental to our operations as we bring people in to help run the operations,' writes JD Calkin, Logistics Section Deputy with the Salvation Army's Transitional Shelter Project in Haiti.
‘These personnel changes are critical to our smooth operation and MAF has helped us move out personnel around quickly and with minimum impact on our operating goals. The flight from Port-au-Prince to Jacmel saves our people a lot of time and wear and tear.’
These structures have wooden floors, metal roofs, and are wrapped with strong polyvinyl tarps. Each shelter has hurricane straps for the roof and is anchored to the ground with concrete.