Sherwin Bryce-Pease, New York

Haiti's elderly are bearing the brunt of January's earthquake that displaced over 500 000 people while claiming in the region of 200 000 lives. The old are struggling to cope with temporary accommodations and access to chronic medication as the United Nations battles to find more permanent accommodation ahead of the hurricane season that starts in July.

One woman, Adelecia Siffrin (80) who lives in a tent, says her home was flattened in the quake and the little she had left was stolen by thugs. Now she has nothing.

The United Nations is in a race against time to find permanent shelter for the one million people left homeless. The UN says the tent cities that have sprung up in the Haitian capital and surrounding cities, simply won't withstand extreme weather like hurricanes.

For now, Siffrin and Haiti's elderly struggle to get by, queuing for much needed medication although long queues force them to often give up the wait. 

At the UN Headquarters, the daily grind of co-ordination and planning is ongoing on Haiti's behalf but the realties on the ground remain daunting. Especially for old people, who are often voiceless and easily forgotten, in a world where the news cycle is already beginning to shift away from the Caribbean Island.