Members of three homeless families stand in front of their van as they appeal for help at the offices of Faith in Action community housing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 21, 2011. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 21, 2011. To match story USA-HOMELESS/. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Debbie Summers (R) sits at the wheel of her car with all of their possessions inside as her children, Jordain (C), 3, and Jomari, 2, sit in the back seat as they wait for admittance to a homeless shelter at the offices of Faith in Action community housing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 21, 2011. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December21, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Debbie Summers (C) holds her children, Jordain (R), 3, and Jomari, 2, as she waits for admittance in a homeless shelter at the offices of Faith in Action community housing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 21, 2011. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 21, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Nairkahe Touray (C) and her five children are shown in the room where they all live at the Chapman Partnership homeless shelter in Miami, Florida, December 19, 2011. The children, clockwise from above, are Jihad, 12, Verron, 14, Yesuf, 11-months, Aeisha, 3, and Jamil, 10. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 19, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Nairkahe Touray sheds a tear while speaking with Reuters at the Chapman Partnership homeless shelter, where she lives with five of her eight children in Miami, Florida, December 19, 2011. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ Picture taken December 19, 2011. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Nairkahe Touray peaks with Reuters at the Chapman Partnership homeless shelter, where she lives in Miami, Florida, December 19, 2011. Touray spoke of how she burned through her savings and wound up living in a car with five of her eight children earlier this year. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 19, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Nairkahe Touray (C) speaks with Reuters at the Chapman Partnership homeless shelter, where she lives in Miami, Florida, December 19, 2011. Touray spoke of how she burned through her savings and wound up living in a car with five of her eight children earlier this year. At left is Aeisha, 3, and at right is Yesuf, 11-months old. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 19, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Antonio Dixon (C) and his mother, Corenthia Dixon (4th L) pose with children who received toys at a toy distribution at Gwen Cherry Park in Miami, Florida, December 20, 2011. Dixon and his mother said they were in many homeless shelters as Antonio grew up in Miami and Atlanta. Dixon is on the injured list currently and expects to play again next season. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 20, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Antonio Dixon hugs his mother, Corenthia Dixon, following a toy distribution for children at Gwen Cherry Park in Miami, Florida, December 20, 2011. Dixon and his mother said they were in many homeless shelters as Antonio grew up in Miami and Atlanta. Dixon is on the injured list currently and expects to play again next season. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Photo taken December 20, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Luis Martinez and his children (clockwise from left), Jesse , Joseph, and Alicia, pose for Reuters during an interview in Los Angeles December 19, 2011. The family is homeless and currently living in this office space at the Union Rescue Mission in the skid row section of Los Angeles. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 19, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/.Jonathan Alcorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Jesse Martinez sits with his father Luis during an interview with Reuters in Los Angeles, December 19, 2011. Martinez and his family live at the Union Rescue Mission shelter in the skid row section of Los Angeles. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 19, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/.Jonathan Alcorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Luis Martinez (2nd R) and his children Jesse (L) , Joseph, and Alicia (R), speak to Reuters during an interview in Los Angeles December 19, 2011. Martinez and his kids live at the Union Rescue Mission shelter in the skid row section of Los Angeles. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 19, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Jesse Martinez lies on a couch as he and his family are interviewed by Reuters in Los Angeles December 19, 2011. Martinez and his kids live at the Union Rescue Mission shelter in the skid row section of Los Angeles. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 19, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Tracy Burger, 45, (L) eats lunch with his son Dylan, 8, in a converted garage in Los Angeles, California December 18, 2011. Tracy and his wife Elizabeth, 43, lost their apartment in 2009 after both losing their jobs with combined earnings of $100,000 a year. They were forced to sell most of their possessions and live in a motel before moving into Elizabeth's mother's garage in March 2011. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 18, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Tracy Burger, 45, prepares food in his eight-year-old son Dylan's room in a converted garage in Los Angeles, California December 18, 2011. Tracy and his wife Elizabeth, 43, lost their apartment in 2009 after both losing their jobs with combined earnings of $100,000 a year. They were forced to sell most of their possessions and live in a motel before moving into Elizabeth's mother's garage in March 2011. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 18, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Dylan Burger, 8, (L) dances to a video game at the Boys & Girls Club in Santa Monica, California December 16, 2011. Dylan's parents Elizabeth, 43, and Tracy, 45, lost their apartment in 2009 after both losing their jobs with combined earnings of $100,000 a year. They were forced to sell most of their possessions and live in a motel before moving into Elizabeth's mother's garage in March 2011. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 16, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Dylan Burger, 8, (R) jokes with his mother Elizabeth, 43, at the Boys & Girls Club in Santa Monica, California December 16, 2011. Elizabeth Burger and her husband Tracy, 45, lost their apartment in 2009 after both losing their jobs with combined earnings of $100,000 a year. They were forced to sell most of their possessions and live in a motel before moving into Elizabeth's mother's garage in March 2011. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 16, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Laura Rios, 45, holds her baby Ronaldo at her homeless shelter in New York, December 21, 2011. Rios has spent the past year living in a small two bedroom homeless shelter in New York. Rios and her children are among 95 families living in the two storey brick building home with some 300 children. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Photo taken December 21, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Sebastian Rios (C), plays as his mother Laura Rios, (L) and his brothers Ronaldo (R), and Jordey (2nd R) look at him inside the subway in New York, December 22, 2011. Laura Rios has spent the past year living in a small two bedroom homeless shelter in New York. She and her children are among 95 families living in the two storey brick building home some 300 children. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Photo taken December 22, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Jordey Rios, 10, plays with a football ball in his shared room at a homeless shelter in New York, December 21, 2011. His mother, Laura Rios, have spent the past year living in a small two bedroom homeless shelter in New York. Rios and her children are among 95 families living in the two storey brick building home some 300 children. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Photo taken December 21, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES) 

Laura Rios' children Ronaldo, 9, (R), Sebastian, 4, (L), and Jordey, 10, share popcorn as they ride the subway in New York, December 22, 2011. Rios has spent the past year living in a small two bedroom homeless shelter in New York, Rios and her children are among 95 families living in the two storey brick building home some 300 children. In a report issued earlier this month, the National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Needham, Massachusetts, said 1.6 million children were living on the streets of the United States last year or in shelters, motels and doubled-up with other families. That marked a 38 percent jump in child homelessness since 2007 and Ellen Bassuk, the center's president, attributes the increase to fallout from the U.S. recession and a surge in the number of extremely poor households headed by women. Picture taken December 22, 2011. TO MATCH FEATURE USA-HOMELESS/ REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES) 

A farmer's son prepares to herd the farm's sheep indoors to shelter from the ash fallout
in Mulakot May 22, 2011
. Ash from a massive plume of smoke from an eruption of Iceland's most active volcano could spread south to parts of Europe next week, but experts on Sunday still hoped the impact on air travel would be limited. The eruption at Grimsvotn has so far hit only Iceland, which closed its international airspace. A thick cloud of ash blocked out the daylight at towns and villages at the foot of the glacier where the volcano lies and covered cars and buildings. REUTERS/
Ingolfur Juliusson (ICELAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

A farmer's son prepares to herd the farm's sheep indoors to shelter from the ash fallout
in Mulakot May 22, 2011
. Ash from a massive plume of smoke from an eruption of Iceland's most active volcano could spread south to parts of Europe next week, but experts on Sunday still hoped the impact on air travel would be limited. The eruption at Grimsvotn has so far hit only Iceland, which closed its international airspace. A thick cloud of ash blocked out the daylight at towns and villages at the foot of the glacier where the volcano lies and covered cars and buildings. REUTERS/
Ingolfur Juliusson (ICELAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

A farmer's son prepares to herd the farm's sheep indoors to shelter from the ash fallout
in Mulakot May 22, 2011
. Ash from a massive plume of smoke from an eruption of Iceland's most active volcano could spread south to parts of Europe next week, but experts on Sunday still hoped the impact on air travel would be limited. The eruption at Grimsvotn has so far hit only Iceland, which closed its international airspace. A thick cloud of ash blocked out the daylight at towns and villages at the foot of the glacier where the volcano lies and covered cars and buildings. REUTERS/
Ingolfur Juliusson (ICELAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) 

A visitor walks in an underground nuclear shelter built in the early 195Os in the centre of Budapest September 11, 2008. The shelter, which was never used, was built between 1949 and 1953 near the parliament building in order to provide protection for Hungary's communist leadership in case of a nuclear attack. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY) 

Hospital garb is hung at the Sonnenberg nuclear fallout shelter, built from 1971 to 1976 and which was to be a safe haven for 20,000 local residents in case of emergency, in Lucerne September 12, 2006. The shelter, one of the world's biggest, is about to be closed down as the nature of threats shifts from a nuclear cataclysm to terror attacks on civilians in the post Cold-War period. Picture taken September 12, 2006. To match feature SWISS NUCLEAR BUNKER. REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

View of an operating room at the Sonnenberg nuclear fallout shelter, built from 1971 to 1976 and which was to be a safe haven for 20,000 local residents in case of emergency, in Lucerne September 12, 2006. The shelter, one of the world's biggest, is about to be closed down as the nature of threats shifts from a nuclear cataclysm to terror attacks on civilians in the post Cold-War period. Picture taken September 12, 2006. To match feature SWISS NUCLEAR BUNKER. REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

Portable toilet bowls line a corridor at Lucerne's Sonnenberg nuclear fallout shelter, built from 1971 to 1976 and which was to be a safe haven for 20,000 local residents in case of emergency, September 12, 2006. The shelter, one of the world's biggest, is about to be closed down as the nature of threats shifts from a nuclear cataclysm to terror attacks on civilians in the post Cold-War period. Picture taken September 12, 2006. To match feature SWISS NUCLEAR BUNKER REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

Bunkbeds are seen at Lucerne's Sonnenberg nuclear fallout shelter, built from 1971 to 1976 and which was to be a safe haven for 20,000 local residents in case of emergency, September 12, 2006. The shelter, one of the world's biggest, is about to be closed down as the nature of threats shifts from a nuclear cataclysm to terror attacks on civilians in the post Cold-War period. Picture taken September 12, 2006. To match feature SWISS NUCLEAR BUNKER REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

Twenty thousand color marks on the wall at a side entrance of Lucerne's Sonnenberg nuclear fallout shelter, built from 1971 to 1976, indicate the number of people the shelter would have needed to house in case of emergency, September 12, 2006. The shelter, one of the world's biggest, is about to be closed down as the nature of threats shifts from a nuclear cataclysm to terror attacks on civilians in the post Cold-War period. Picture taken September 12, 2006. To match feature SWISS NUCLEAR BUNKER REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

Visitors look at an air supply tunnel in Lucerne's Sonnenberg nuclear fallout shelter September 12, 2006, built from 1971 to 1976, which was to be a safe haven for 20,000 local residents in case of emergency. The shelter, one of the world's biggest, is about to be closed down as the nature of threats shifts from a nuclear cataclysm to terror attacks on civilians in the post Cold-War period. Picture taken September 12, 2006. To match feature SWISS NUCLEAR BUNKER. REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs (SWITZERLAND) 

A Bangladeshi fisherman repairs his fishing nets damaged in flood water in Dhaka on August 17, 2004. Thousands of people made homeless by flooding were living in shelters and were need of food aid, the fallout of the country's worst floods in 15 years. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman RR/TW 

A boat loaded with fire wood on the bank of the river Buriganga after flood water recedes in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on August 17, 2004. Thousands of people made homeless by flooding were living in shelters and were need of food aid, the fallout of the country's worst floods in 15 years. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman RR/TW 

Bangladeshi flood victims queue up for food at Soanrgaon 30km (19 miles) from the capital Dhaka on August 13, 2004. Thousands of people made homeless by flooding were living in shelters and were need of food aid, the fallout of the country's worst floods in 15 years.Five weeks of monsoon flooding has killed some 815 people and affected over 33 million people in Bangladesh alone. More than 1,750 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods, which have left millions homeless in the region. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman RR/TW 

Bangladeshi boatmen push a boat on a river as flood water recedes at Sonargaon 30km (19 miles) from the capital Dhaka on August 13, 2004. Thousands of people made homeless by flooding were living in shelters and were need of food aid, the fallout of the country's worst floods in 15 years.Five weeks of monsoon flooding has killed some 815 people and affected over 33 million people in Bangladesh alone. More than 1,750 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods, which have left millions homeless in the region. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman RR/TW 

A Bangladeshi passenger ferry (R) passes a trawler carrying sand collected from the river bed on the river Meghna as life returns to normal near Sonargaon 30km (19 miles) from the capital Dhaka on August 13, 2004. Thousands of people made homeless by flooding were living in shelters and were need of food aid, the fallout of the country's worst floods in 15 years.Five weeks of monsoon flooding has killed some 815 people and affected over 33 million people in Bangladesh alone. More than 1,750 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods, which have left millions homeless in the region. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman RR/TW 

Bangladeshi child cries as flood-hit people jostle for food rations being handed out at a relief centre in Dhaka. A distraught Bangladeshi child cries as flood-hit people jostle for food rations being handed out at a relief centre in Dhaka on August 13, 2004. Thousands of people made homeless by flooding were living in shelters and were need of food aid, the fallout of the country's worst floods in 15 years. Five weeks of monsoon flooding has killed some 815 people and affected over 33 million people in Bangladesh alone. More than 1,750 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods, which have left millions homeless in the region. REUTERS/Mohammad Shahidullah 

A Bangladeshi flood victim and her children wait for food at a make shift flood shelter beside a busy highway in Taraboo, 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka August 11, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. 

A Bangladeshi flood victim catches fish beside a busy highway in Taraboo, 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka August 11, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/TW 

A Bangladeshi flood victim family waits in a make shift flood shelter beside a busy highway in Taraboo. A Bangladeshi flood victim family waits in a make shift flood shelter beside a busy highway in Taraboo, 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka August 11, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw 

A Bangladeshi flood victim and her children wait for food at a make shift flood shelter beside a busy highway in Taraboo. A Bangladeshi flood victim and her children wait for food at a make shift flood shelter beside a busy highway in Taraboo, 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka August 11, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw 

Bangladeshi boy suffering from diarrhoea lies in a bed at a hospital in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka August 11, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are suffering from diarrhoea, pneumonia and skin infections, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/FA 

A Bangladeshi flood victim feeds saline water to her dehydrated baby at a hospital in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka August 11, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are suffering from diarrhoea, pneumonia and skin infections, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/FA 

A Bangladeshi woman feeds her son who is suffering with diarrhoea at a hospital in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka August 11, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are suffering from diarrhoea, pneumonia and skin infections, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/FA 

Bangladeshi flood victims receive medical help beside a street in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, August 10, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/TW 

Bangladeshi family made homeless by floods passes time in a makeshift tent at a flood shelter in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, August 10, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/TW 

Bangladeshi flood victims receive food from volunteers at a flood shelter in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, August 10, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/TW 

Bangladeshi flood victims wait for food at a flood shelter in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, August 10, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/TW 

Bangladeshi flood victim and her brother eat rice at a flood shelter in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, August 10, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/ 

Bangladeshi flood victim and her children wait for food at a flood shelter in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, August 10, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/ 

Bangladeshi flood victims line up for food at a flood shelter in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, August 10, 2004. Thousands of people in Bangladesh are living on government and private food relief, the fallout of the worst flooding in the past 15 years. More than 1,700 people have died in Bangladesh and eastern India in floods in the past few weeks. Though river waters have receded in the past week, hundreds of thousands remained homeless and were living in shelters. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw JS/TW