Leogane , Haiti ( CNN ) -- More than three weeks after Haiti 's devastating earthquake , many of the makeshift camps housing thousands are starting to function as mini cities . Small markets have blossomed . Some camps have even designated mayors and security personnel . But in others , life still looks as it did days after the January 12 quake . People have only what they dug out of the rubble with their bare hands or acquired somehow else for survival . Recently seen along a row of tents in a camp in Leogane was this hodgepodge of life before and after : . Turquoise hand-crocheted lace . Mazola oil . Ceramic jar that says : `` Fresh Cookies '' Propane stove . Barbie doll . A black rhinestone Bebe T-shirt . Boxes of `` Gourmet '' spaghetti . Bicycle chain . John McCain bumper sticker . NFL towel . Teddy bear . Set of disposable stacked plastic bowls . Amplifiers and scavenging pigs . Box of dog biscuits . Aluminum cooking utensil set . 32-ounce cans of tomato sauce . Cotton squares . Peppermint green . Clarins makeup bag . Plastic baby bottle . Jeans turned inside out to dry . Yellow flip flops . Pen and ink drawing of a woman . USAID bag of rice . Evaporated milk . Red roll-aboard luggage . Blanket . Wood-framed photograph . Bausch and Lomb soft contact lens case . Compaq computer monitor . Frayed Haitian flag . Crayolas . Travel-size SPF 30 sunblock . Pillows . One dust-laden Converse hightop -- hard to tell what color .
Haiti makeshift camps are starting to function like mini cities . Citizens are digging out their belongings and what they need out of the rubble . Everything from turquoise hand-crocheted lace to Mazola oil seen recently at camp .