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The death toll is still rising in Haiti, ten days after a catastrophic earthquake hit the country.

More than 2,200 deaths have been recorded, and at least 30,000 families had to leave their homes. But despite the hardship, many Haitians are wary of the international aid response which is under way.

Emily Troutman is a freelance writer who reported on the earthquake recovery in Haiti from 2010 to 2012. She told Newsday:

鈥淢ost people haven't felt the aid yet. I don't think that much aid has arrived from abroad.鈥�

She said people in Haiti were sceptical about aid because 鈥渢hey are a little bit traumatised about what happened last time. Billions of dollars spent, zero houses built. People didn't get much out of it.鈥�

鈥淭his time the Haitian community is saying we don't want international organisations to step in in place of our government. After the earthquake of 2010 it was absolute chaos.鈥�

鈥淚t isn't going to be different this time around. Last time, aid organisations realised a neighbourhood approach was more effective where they actually got to know communities and built relationships. But they are not going to do it now because everybody is scared of the security situation. We have convoys being blocked on the road and kidnappings. They need to build relationships with Haitians but I don鈥檛 really see that happening.鈥�

Photo: A woman at a funeral for five family members who died in the earthquake in Haiti (Reuters)

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