Haiti's hunger crisis bites deeper after devastating quake


  • World
  • Monday, 30 Aug 2021

A woman stands in front of a tent encampment built after the August 14 earthquake destroyed houses and infrastructure in the Nan Konsey neighborhood of Pestel Haiti August 23 2021. Picture taken August 23 2021. REUTERSRicardo Arduengo

A woman stands in front of a tent encampment built after the August 14 earthquake destroyed houses and infrastructure in the Nan Konsey neighborhood of Pestel, Haiti August 23, 2021. Picture taken August 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

NAN KONSEY, Haiti (Reuters) - In a tent encampment in the mountains of southern Haiti, where hundreds of villagers sought shelter after a powerful earthquake flattened their homes this month, a single charred cob of corn was the only food in sight.

"I'm hungry and my baby is hungry," said Sofonie Samedy, gesturing to her pregnant stomach.

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