Tent Cities stories:
US pledges aid for Pakistan
May 19th, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has pledged $110m in humanitarian aid to Pakistan as part of Washington's new strategy for helping Islamabad counter Taliban's growing influence.
Italy Approves EU8 Billion Earthquake Reconstruction Package
Apr 23rd, 2009 - Bloomberg
April 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Italian government approved an8 billion-euro ($10.4 billion) plan to rebuild the region ofAbruzzo, hit this month by an earthquake that left more than60,000 people homeless. “We are making 8 billion euros...
Italy Quake Victims Mark Somber Easter Holiday
Apr 12th, 2009 - VOA News
Thousands of people made homeless by Italy's deadliest earthquake in 30 years celebrated a somber Easter on Sunday. Six days after the quake struck and with the death toll now standing at 294...
Pope speaks of hope as search for Abruzzo earthquake survivors ends
Apr 12th, 2009 - Times Online
Pope Benedict XVI offered a message of hope to survivors of last week’s Italian earthquake yesterday as the chief prosecutor in the devastated town of L’Aquila...
Italy earthquake: survivors in tent cities hold open-air Easter ...
Apr 12th, 2009 - Telegraph
As the death toll from the disaster reached 294, priests held Mass in the camps which have been set up by emergency services around the shattered city of L'Aquila and surrounding villages for nearly 40,000 homeless people.
Tent Cities videos from YouTube:
1:33Tent cities spring up in LA
Tent cities have sprung up outside Los Angeles as people lose their homes in the mortgage crisis.
7:35Tent Cities
Tent Cities are springing up around the country due to the state of our economy and housing foreclosures.
4:17Southern California Shanty Town / Tent City
Here are some videos of a tent city / shanty town that has popped up in the suburbs of Southern California. I've never seen anything like this in America since the great depression. At first it seems as though many of the residents had lost their houses due to the mortgage crisis ...
3:02American Tent Cities
Tent City, USA In the wake of the housing crash, "tent cities" have been springing up in several places in California. The story is not that new. However, it has not received much mainstream press. Therefore, many are unaware this is even happening ...
Tent Cities from WikiPedia:
The term tent city is used to describe a variety of temporary housing facilities made using tents. Informal tent cities may be set up without authorization by homeless people or protesters. As well, state governments or military organizations set up tent cities to house refugees, evacuees, or soldiers. Tent cities set up by homeless people may be similar to shanty towns, which are informal settlements in which the buildings are made from scrap building materials.
In the military, the term "tent city" usually refers to temporary living quarters erected on deployed military bases, such as those found in Bosnia or Iraq. Depending on the branch of service and the length of time the tent city has been in place, the living space may be equipped with most modern amenities. For sanitary reasons, military tent cities place toilet, shower, and laundry facilities at least 50 feet (15 m) from living quarters. Also, tents are typically divided into clusters of 8-10 to prevent the rapid spread of fire, which is of utmost concern because of the tent and bedding materials.
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