Unrest in the Philippines for Typhoon Haiyan Victims

Manila, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) When misfortune of those affected by Typhoon Haiyan ( Yolanda) in the Philippines, has now added the low quality of the temporary shelters that the government ordered the construction as a pre- step home renovation, today denounced the newspaper Daily Inquirer.

The publication is based on the report of an international group that assists the authorities in this endeavor in which it asserts that the facilities erected comply neither with respect internationally recognized standards and best practices.

According to the Department of Public Works and highways, 203 family shelters 24 rooms were completed in a dozen towns in Leyte, one of the areas most affected by the weather phenomenon last November that killed over six thousand people and left homeless four million people.

The expert source notes with concern that a number of contractors, including local inexperienced improvised workers in different places with different standards and technical specifications, which has drawn criticism from recipients of emergency efforts.

Warns scant regard to ventilation, fire hazards, lack of protection and safety of the occupants and apprehensions in the absence of privacy in the premises with the potential for that child sexual abuse are discussed.

The Coordinating Body of confrontation with the aftermath of the disaster reported receiving complaints from politicians and priests that shelters were built at a cost three times lower than intended by the State Department to the detriment of the conditions of welcome.

It is suspected to be the result of corruption in the management of resources.

The revelations emerge amid a United Nations request of $ 791 million plan for the rehabilitation and recovery of the devastating typhoon.

While the Philippine Daily states that the Secretary of Public Works has impeccable credentials clean and honest administrator, the municipal authorities concerned consider that is not aware of what is happening on the ground, says the daily .