PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs — he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated arms dangling weakly. In pockets of Haiti accessible only by donkey or foot, children are dying of malnutrition — their already meager food supply cut by a series of devastating storms that destroyed crops, wiped out livestock and sent food prices spiraling.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Children dying in Haiti, victims of wiped out crops, livestock
November 20, 2008