Andrew Michael MacLeod is an Australian/British philanthropist, businessman, author, humanitarian lawyer, and former aid worker. (wikipedia)
Even as sufficient pledges have been made for recovery and reconstruction, relief is still less than 50 percent funded.
What they have on 1 December is what they have all winter.
We're confident that the basics have been done but we can't be over-confident, we can't get complacent.
Had the winter set in when it was supposed to have set in, we would have had enormous problems with food come February. The extra time has allowed a lot more to get done. We've had an extra four weeks of shelter rebuilds.
