Plastic sheeting and tents to provide shelter, as well as clothes have also been requested and a consignment is being sent to the area. One difficulty in the provision of assistance is that many of the sites are small and scattered making logistics more difficult. However the camps have capacity only for around half of the 120,000 refugees believed to be in Macedonia. A significant need identified in the camps is to assist families with tracing one another, and agencies are working together on this. The main health problems were related to exposure whilst living outside, this has now improved with people living in the tents provided.
Sanitation remains a problem however.
Oxfam has initiated hygiene promotion activities in the camps and provision of hygiene packs for people in the camps is underway. Although people's physical needs are now beginning to be met, people remain traumatised by events. Oxfam's programme in Kosovo itself remains suspended, with no international agencies currently present there. There are limited reports as to the situation but it appears that shops are beginning to reopen. However it is believed that food supplies may be very limited.