Feeding Haiti

Laura Ling travels with an armed UN convoy to deliver a precious cargo of beans and oil to women and children in Haiti.
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  • video added October 26, 2005
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    How did Haiti get to be a place where you need armored personnel carriers to protect a convoy of beans? Usually, the public can rightfully expect that a news story says something about what can be done to remedy a situation, but with Haiti, answers don't seem easy... All you can say is that the vast majority of Haitians who are living in dire poverty seemed to have lost their stake in society... Every day in Haiti's capital, Port au Prince, I jogged the 200 yards of road in front of our hotel's gates, being careful to stay in the fire control of the armed hotel guards. Down and back for 45 minutes or so. The road was lined with the walls of the living compounds of the tiny percentage of Haitians who are affluent. Sometimes, the gates of a compound would swing open, guards with shotguns would stand ready, and an armored SUV would swoop in, and the gates would close. Reminiscent of Kabul, Afghanistan, but way closer to U.S. shores...

    MitchKoss
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    http://www.wfp.org/english/
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    The World Food Programme has projects to help alleviate hunger around the world. To find out how you can help people in places such as Haiti go to: http://www.wfp.org/english/

    lauraling
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    http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,16533...

    I saw this in Time and on the cover of the New York Times. Pretty bold.

    LaurenCerre

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