Focus turns to clearing rubble – and psychological trauma

OVER 235,000 people have fled the ravaged streets of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince to seek food and shelter in makeshift camps in rural areas.

Since the search and rescue phase of the aid effort has finished up, the focus for Haiti’s desperate citizens has now turned to knocking down half collapsed buildings and pulling the dead bodies from the rubble.

Two weeks on since the quake, hospitals continue to treat tens of thousands of injured people in the city, while in a tense environment aid agencies are dropping food and supplies into areas.