Haiti Faces Severe Challenges

Difficulties are still present --
Quake victims face ungoing challenges

Life is slowly regaining elements of the way it used to be for residents of makeshift camps throughout the devastated Haitian capital. But challenges will remain for a while to come.

desperate need of homes--
Living conditions not improving in Haiti

Haiti´s homeless are still living in filthy makeshift camps, more than 3 weeks after the earthquake. The survivors are in desperate need of more orderly homes with basic services.

short of drinking water--
Clean drinking water in short supply in Haiti

As the people of Haiti survive day by day in their shattered communities they face long waits for something essential to life -- clean drinking water.

Million children homeless --
Haitian children need long-term aid

The earthquake has left up to one million people homeless many of whom, are children. Concerns are growing for their welfare, not just now, but also in the long-term.

More supplies needed--
More supplies needed in Haiti

The United Nations has stepped up its food aid distribution efforts in Port-Au-Prince.

Orphanages are struggling--
Orphanages struggle in quake zone

Orphanages are struggling to cope with the vast numbers of children arriving who lost their parents in the quake.

Haitians streamed out--
Thousands of Haitians leave capital to escape disaster

A flood of people are leaving Haiti´s capital to escape the earthquake disaster. Thousands of Haitians streamed out of Port-au-Prince, crowding onto buses bound for countryside villages.