Food aid begins to arrive in Haiti

September 06, 2008

Food and relief supplies began arriving in the Haitian city of Gonaives on Friday as floodwaters receded after killing 136 people in the impoverished country and sending thousands fleeing to their rooftops. The United Nations said it would launch an appeal for emergency funds to help up to 600,000 Haitians while the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies appealed for 3.8 million Swiss francs ($3.4 million) in donations for Haiti