"It's definitely a relief to us who lives in here because of what's happening, when everything is over we will be able to go back to Haiti without worry, with knowing OK, without nothing bad happening, we'll feel like we're safe over there and then come again back to America safely."

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The key is to limit potential problems and act quickly when one occurs to keep it from happening over and over again.

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They'll all be aware that the real test is whether the right lessons are learned - and that next time, there's enough foresight to prevent this happening all over again.

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"The department has put much better controls and programme management arrangements in place over the last few years to avoid such failures happening again, " he said.

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