US Military Center Assesses Haitian Needs
30 January 2010
A Haitian worker at the US military's data collection center in Port-au-Prince checks identification from people needing help.
The U.S. Army has set up a data collection center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to assess the needs of residents in the aftermath of the massive earthquake January 12. Thousands who come daily are in desperate need of water, food and work.
Ten thousand people show up here most days, at a building of the Haitian agriculture ministry, which the U.S. Army is using temporarily as a data collection and operations center.
Soldiers outside the gate try to keep the crowds orderly, separating men and women into separate lines. Small numbers are allowed to enter through the iron gates every few minutes.
The army 82nd Airborne Division oversees the center, where Creole-speaking Haitian staff conduct interviews with quake victims.
One woman says she is desperate for help. "We came from under the rubble. We have many injuries. Our houses have been destroyed and all of my relatives have been killed," she says.
U.S Army Sergeant First Class Brandon Lemmons says he passes along each day's information to his commanders, and they use it to map out their relief strategies. "The main concern, number one, everybody had more than anything, buy number, was food and water; number two would be medical. Number three would be shelter, depending on a typical day," he says.
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