One hundred days into the process all is not well.
It was found to be a credible threat. Since security is priority No. 1 for me, I decided to withdraw our staff from the field.
We need the money now or we will be forced to scale down food deliveries. So far, we have been operating on reserves, and borrowing ... and the pipeline is drying up.
Its objective is to support the long-term road to recovery by bringing the end of the relief operations and the start of reconstruction.
The scarcest commodity at this time is time. Money cannot buy time, and the weather is against us and winter is closing in.
We are aware that the weather could blow us off in a day. We cannot let our heads rest until the spring.
Our rapid assessment of needs after the first biting taste of winter suggests that we need to do more for people in these unplanned camps below the snow line.
We have to focus now on the next big problem which will be heating.
It is important to start building new hospitals and schools as soon as possible but it's most urgent to save the lives of thousands of children who could then make use of these schools.
The situation remains difficult but it's not critical. The rains and snow often make it miserable but not unmanageable.
