On Tuesday 12th of January at 16.53pm local time the biggest Earthquake to hit Haiti for 200 years struck with devastating force

Geraldine Richards thirty-four, aid queue, Petion-Ville, with her sisters remaining child, Giodania. Geraldine is a jewellery seller. She has five kids, all boys (twins and triplets), as did her sister prior to the earth quake but only one of her sister's children survived (Giodania, pictured) when their house collapsed in the earthquake. "My sister is so depressed she hasn't eaten. She lost her husband and all but one of her five kids. She hasn't even recovered the bodies. It's necessary to bury our loved ones but the government cleared them away in huge trucks and dumped them in mass graves or they were burnt. She has no will to live, she is suicidal. I am looking after her and her kid, one of the bags of food I have is for my sister. I am lucky to get this, if you miss the card distribution you are lucky to get food and getting back with the food is difficult sometimes. The men take it or someone will cut the bag and catch the rice in a bucket, before you realise. All the same, we are thankful for the aid."

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Geraldine Richards thirty-four, aid queue, Petion-Ville, with her sisters remaining child, Giodania. Geraldine is a jewellery seller. She has five kids, all boys (twins and triplets), as did her sister prior to the earth quake but only one of her sister's children survived (Giodania, pictured) when their house collapsed in the earthquake. "My sister is so depressed she hasn't eaten. She lost her husband and all but one of her five kids. She hasn't even recovered the bodies. It's necessary to bury our loved ones but the government cleared them away in huge trucks and dumped them in mass graves or they were burnt. She has no will to live, she is suicidal. I am looking after her and her kid, one of the bags of food I have is for my sister. I am lucky to get this, if you miss the card distribution you are lucky to get food and getting back with the food is difficult sometimes. The men take it or someone will cut the bag and catch the rice in a bucket, before you realise. All the same, we are thankful for the aid."