World Vision, the international aid agency, said Thursday it is working with volunteers to help house 20, 000 people.
"We welcome any alleviation of violence, with cautious optimism and hope that these declarations of cease-fire will lead to the end of fighting, " said Charles Clayton, national director of World Vision Jerusalem, an aid group.
John Salva, a spokesman for British aid charity World Vision, said the centres had become severely overcrowded, with signs of disease beginning to appear.
The Christian aid group World Vision was prepositioning supplies and mobilizing its staff across camps in Haiti on Monday to help residents prepare for Irene.
Christian aid organization World Vision, which is active in the affected region, said at least 100 homes had been destroyed in Lata and that power outages were widespread.
Another aid group, World Vision, says the conflict in the African country is the deadliest since World War II.
"We have to welcome the fact that they've said that they need international aid, " James East, World Vision communications director for the Asia-Pacific region, tells Steve Inskeep.
Last year, Forbes described dubious accounting activities concerning valuation of deworming medicine like mebendazole and albendazole at international aid charities like Crista Ministries, Islamic Relief, World Vision and Operating Blessing.
Aid sent so far - including boats, mobile phones and night vision binoculars - has been provided by the WWF's Tiger Conservation Programme.
The plane, which was also carrying vital aid, later landed successfully said Andrew Catford, the Solomon Islands director for the relief agency World Vision.
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