News Article - Haiti

Hungry Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt (click on the link below)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012902165.html

Among other things, the article points out these disturbing facts:

• Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice
• Cookies made of dirt, salt and vegetable shortening have become a regular meal
• About 80 percent of people in Haiti live on less than $2 a day