With the collapse of its headquarters in Port-Au-Prince, (110 staff members were killed), the UN gradually begins to appear six days after the quake, its fleet of white vehicles and armored trucks spreading like a wave of false hope across the country.

Food and water distribution, dishearteningly slow, is executed with soldiers present to ensure order. The humiliation of such treatment is profoundly felt throughout the local populace, and resentment begins to mount against the UN.