Louis, 39, said that a cousin of hers went to a distribution center to get a food hand-out and later in the day their house was attacked by armed men who took the food and ran. United Nations peacekeepers are in the city to protect food distribution centers and help with logistics. They are part of a Brazilian-led U.N. force sent to maintain order in the country after Aristide's ouster. Paul Gustave Magloire, a special advisor to interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, said of the security problems "the government is doing everything possible to address the situation but the population should also cooperate." "We count on the U.N. troops to help us because the police do not have the means," he said. A week after the flooding engulfed much of Gonaives, many people were still living on the roofs of their homes. A spokeswoman for the World Food Programme, Anne Poulsen, said that over the last three days, some 120 tons of food had been distributed, enough food for about 200,000 people for a day. --More 2345 Local Time 2045 GMT
