D Tuesday, January 26, 2010 News Desperate: A street vendor tries to keep the crowd from stealing her goods in Port-au-Prince Picture: AFP Survivors fight for aid as shots fired PANIC broke out as 15,000 hungry quake survivors fought for meagre rations at a food point in Port-au- Prince. Shots were fired by guards and aid workers shut up shop as chaos reigned in a camp in the Delmas area. The unrest was sparked by aid agency Plan Internationals idea to hand rice and cooking oil to every fourth person, hoping they would barter or share it. If you cant fight, you cant get anything, said a 19-year-old Haitian named Darling. Other relief groups plus UN and US troops have had more success with different methods. In Cite Soleil, a gang- ridden slum, residents queued patiently for small but varied bags of aid from US and Brazilian UN troops. At Haitis only golf club, Catholic Relief Services divided up the 100,000-strong camp and gave each family a colour-coded card entitling them to a two-week supply of dried food. Our problem is we are drawing too many people into this camp. It is dangerous. It is a complete fire hazard, said coordinator Donal Reilly. Agency Care has given food ration cards to women because men are more likely to sell them. Haitians will take charge of our recoveryHAITIS prime minister vowed yesterday to rebuild the nation with outside help but with his country- men leading the earthquake relief effort. Jean-Max Bellerive said his gov- ernment was able to lead the process even though the parliament and many ministry buildings were wrecked in the disaster. Haitians continue to work in pre- carious conditions but we are in a position to relaunch the country on the path to reconstruction, he said. He was speaking at talks in Cana- da attended by officials from a doz- en countries, the UN, the EU and the International Monetary Fund to discuss the aid effort and make ini- tial rebuilding plans. Aid groups would work off an existing develop- ment plan, said Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state. The reconstruction effort was hatched months before the quake struck leaving an estimated 200,000 dead, she added. Western governments have also been urged to cancel the countrys debts of more than 700million. Governments have pledged nearly that amount in aid but efforts to help quake survivors are still fall- ing short. There is a growing need to bring in heavy equipment to take down buildings, the Red Cross said. Rebuilding Port-au-Prince is go- ing to require, minimum, a genera- tion to rebuild, said spokesman Paul Conneally. TheIrishGovernmenthaspledged an additional 40 tonnes in emer- gency humanitarian aid, on top of more than 80 tonnes it sent last week, providing help for 12,000 devastated families. A team from state body Irish Aid, sent in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake to assess the needs of the people, has left Port-au-Prince and will report in a few days. The Government last week also deployed three members of the Rapid Response Corps and has pledged 2million in direct finan- cial aid, which is being funnelled through Irish aid organisations, the UN and the Red Cross. By Jo Steele iPhone app saved my life AN AID worker trapped under the rubble of a hotel following the earthquake has revealed how an iPhone helped save his life. Dan Woolley, who broke his leg, consulted an app on first aid to keep himself alive for the two- and-a-half days he was trapped. I looked up excessive bleeding and I looked up compound fracture, he explained. Following the advice of the respected American Heart Association which he said gave him confidence to treat his wounds properly, he bandaged his leg with his shirt and tied his belt around the injury. Fearing he may have been in shock, he asked the app what to do. When it warned him not to let himself sleep, he set his phones alarm to go off every 20 minutes. Mr Woolley, who works for Christian child sponsorship organisation Compassion International, was rescued from the remains of the Hotel Montana in Port-au- Prince after 60 hours. The father of two is now back with his family in Colorado Springs. He called his phone a hi-tech version of the Swiss Army knife as it is so versatile. Tuned in: Dan Woolley Recovery work: Haitians dig through concrete where 20 people are believed buried index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html