Haiti earthquake survivors await food aid

2010-01-27 08:22 BJT

Special Report: Strong Quake Hits Haiti |

U.S. troops pulled a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed building in Haiti's capital on Tuesday.

He was rescued two weeks after the magnitude-7 earthquake leveled parts of the Caribbean nation. However, such rescues are rare exceptions as the World Health Organization confirms the death toll has climbed up to 110,000 people.

Food is the key to resolving Haiti's desperation.

As more aid starts to filter through to Port-au-Prince's residents, food market vendors are selling donated rice and other goods in markets all around the city.

Survivors of Haiti's earthquake wait in line to get water and food from U.S. soldiers and Brazilian U.N. at the Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince January 24, 2010. U.S. soldiers and Brazilian U.N. troops handed out food and water in one of Haiti's largest slums on Sunday amid criticism that aid was not getting to earthquake victims fast enough.REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER)
Survivors of Haiti's earthquake wait in line to get water and food
 from U.S. soldiers and Brazilian U.N. at the Cite Soleil in 
Port-au-Prince January 24, 2010. U.S. soldiers and Brazilian U.N. 
troops handed out food and water in one of Haiti's largest slums 
on Sunday amid criticism that aid was not getting to earthquake 
victims fast enough.REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER)

But thousands of survivors are still without aid. They have complained persistently that large amounts of aid flown in to Haiti is still not reaching them.

Survivor said, "There is one line for an entire population. That doesn't seem right. It could be better if they made many lines. There are also no homes, no food and no medical assistance."

U.S. troops, U.N. peacekeepers and aid workers have widened and intensified the distribution of food and water.