A massive two-week food distribution effort aimed at reaching 2 million people began Sunday in Haiti’s quake-ravaged capital.
Slightly more than 376 metric tons of rice were distributed to 100,368 people at nine locations during the day, World Food Programme spokesman Marcus Prior said.
The food distribution plan, coordinated by the United Nations World Food Programme, international aid agencies and the Haitian government, was to hand out food at 16 identified points across the city. But on Sunday, people at only nine of those places were able to collect, Prior said.
More time was needed to prepare ration coupons at five sites, Prior said. The other two distribution points, located in the dense slum of Cite Soleil, were a no-go for security reasons.
“The area has been extremely volatile recently with a significant increase in gang violence, but we are hopeful we will be able to reach them soon,” he said.
Distribution was orderly elsewhere, Prior said.
Only women were given tickets to collect a 55 pound (25 kilogram) bag of rice per family. Forty-two metric tons of rice will be distributed each day over the next two weeks.
At Champs de Mars, the city’s central plaza which has turned into a sprawling makeshift camp for the quake displaced, women formed a long line that snaked up to trucks carrying the rice.
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