Oxfam's Caroline Gluck Talks on Development in Haiti

As the rescue and relief operation enters into the sixth day in the quake-hit Carribean country of Haiti, CRI talks with Caroline Gluck, Oxfam humanitarian press officer, about the latest situation on the ground in Haiti.

Wang Ling has more.

Caroline Gluck working with Oxfam, an international NGO devoted to helping the poor, says things are improving as international aid continues to arrive in Haiti.

"Things are improving and much more aids have been getting in in the last few days. And there are flights coming in almost every five ten minutes. So it's on quite an amazing scale. Other goods are coming in through the Dominican Republic being transported by road. One of the problems is still, this is a devastated city. Almost everything functioning has been destroyed, including communication network. And that has really hampered and slowed down the effectiveness of aid, the delivery and response by which organizations, including Oxfam and other international organizations have been able to get programs started up and running, and respond to people desperately need our help."

Though finding it difficult with communication network, safe drinking water, food and shelter, people in Haiti are patient and believe things are coming through.

"It's been really difficult for people in the last few days. They have been incredibly patient. I was quite surprised. I was asking people when I was at the camp today, what do you feel, do you think things are moving fast. They would say things are hard but it's good things are coming through now. We are not angry."

As for concerns of security, Caroline Gluck says she actually finds a sense of solidarity among people in Haiti.

"In the crowd there was small security. People would look after each other. They were defense of solidarity. Everybody was in this together. The quakte hit everybody from the very rich to the very poor. So many people are sleeping out doors. So there is a fence of common bond between people because everybody has really suffered."

Wang Ling, CRI news.