NewsWhore
12-17-2007, 03:50 PM
In a note that appears in Diario Libre, it seems that in one shelter for the victims of Olga in Santiago, what started off as 300 grew to 600 as aid arrived. Ten thousand meals are served each day to two thousand people housed in shelters, and besides the rations, the evacuees are also being given blankets, mosquito netting and medical care. Provincial governor Jose Izquierdo reported that a census is being taken to find out just how many people are being sheltered and in need of official assistance, and as a way of preventing the influx of "infiltrators" who take advantage of every situation. As an example, the governor pointed out the case of the Barranquita shelter where the original 300 displaced people suddenly grew to 600, some of whom came from the South (Barahona, Pedernales area).
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