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"Poor Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt"
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Poor Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt
It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau.
The mud has long been prized by pregnant women and children here as an antacid and source of calcium. But in places like Cite Soleil, the oceanside slum where Charlene shares a two-room house with her baby, five siblings and two unemployed parents, cookies made of dirt, salt and vegetable shortening have become a regular meal.
"When my mother does not cook anything, I have to eat them three times a day," Charlene said. Her baby, named Woodson, lay still across her lap, looking even thinner than the slim 6 pounds 3 ounces he weighed at birth.
Though she likes their buttery, salty taste, Charlene said the cookies also give her stomach pains. "When I nurse, the baby sometimes seems colicky too," she said.
Food prices around the world have spiked because of higher oil prices, needed for fertilizer, irrigation and transportation. Prices for basic ingredients such as corn and wheat are also up sharply, and the increasing global demand for biofuels is pressuring food markets as well.
The problem is particularly dire in the Caribbean, where island nations depend on imports and food prices are up 40 percent in places.
The global price hikes, together with floods and crop damage from the 2007 hurricane season, prompted the U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency to declare states of emergency in Haiti and several other Caribbean countries. Caribbean leaders held an emergency summit in December to discuss cutting food taxes and creating large regional farms to reduce dependence on imports.
At the market in the La Saline slum, two cups of rice now sell for 60 cents, up 10 cents from December and 50 percent from a year ago. Beans, condensed milk and fruit have gone up at a similar rate, and even the price of the edible clay has risen over the past year by almost $1.50. Dirt to make 100 cookies now costs $5, the cookie makers say.
Still, at about 5 cents apiece, the cookies are a bargain compared to food staples. About 80 percent of people in Haiti live on less than $2 a day and a tiny elite controls the economy.
Merchants truck the dirt from the central town of Hinche to the La Saline market, a maze of tables of vegetables and meat swarming with flies. Women buy the dirt, then process it into mud cookies in places such as Fort Dimanche, a nearby shanty town.
Carrying buckets of dirt and water up ladders to the roof of the former prison for which the slum is named, they strain out rocks and clumps on a sheet, and stir in shortening and salt. Then they pat the mixture into mud cookies and leave them to dry under the scorching sun.
The finished cookies are carried in buckets to markets or sold on the streets.
A reporter sampling a cookie found that it had a smooth consistency and sucked all the moisture out of the mouth as soon as it touched the tongue. For hours, an unpleasant taste of dirt lingered.
Assessments of the health effects are mixed. Dirt can contain deadly parasites or toxins, but can also strengthen the immunity of fetuses in the womb to certain diseases, said Gerald N. Callahan, an immunology professor at Colorado State University who has studied geophagy, the scientific name for dirt-eating.
Haitian doctors say depending on the cookies for sustenance risks malnutrition.
"Trust me, if I see someone eating those cookies, I will discourage it," said Dr. Gabriel Thimothee, executive director of Haiti's health ministry.
Marie Noel, 40, sells the cookies in a market to provide for her seven children. Her family also eats them.
"I'm hoping one day I'll have enough food to eat, so I can stop eating these," she said. "I know it's not good for me."
I see this and I just think that it´s awful!!!!!!
I´m really angry!
In one hand some peolple just can throw 10 million dolars to "a church" and on the other hand human beeings are starving!!!!!!
Re: Nicky –
DON'T FORGET THE FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIANS GETTING BUSH TO STOP FUNDING EDUCATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES TO WOMEN IN POOR COUNTRIES , ANTHING THAT MIGHT INVOLVE BIRTH CONTROL, CONDOMS, ETC.
LET'S SEND SOME CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND NUNS DOWN THERE TO HELP TOO.
MORE BABIES, MORE CATHOLICS.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.
THE VATICAN AND CHURCHS GETS RICHER ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR.
JUST ASK THE MEXICANS COMING OVER THE BORDER!
Re: Liz –
BECAUSE OF PIECE OF SHIT LIKE YOU, WE ARE THE WAY WE ARE…ANY WAY YOU SOUND WAY TO STUPID..TO RELLY EXPLAIN WHY WE AMERICAN HAVE TO AND MUST DO SOMETHING..EMPATHY & COMPASSION IS NOT SOMETHING YOU LEARN IN SCHOOL…
If there were oil there, the US would give a fuck.
So sad. Real human beings who deserve the money that useless twat whores like Paris and Lindsey have. Whatever happened to Paris's charity work? I guess being a 40 year old party slut and handing out STD's like candy counts for charity in her world.
Fuck, that story is sad, but then again there are millions of people around the globe that are unable to feed themselves.We are seeing more of it because the population is out of control…look at China, India and Africa as an example. My hubby and I are both hard workers, far from rich, but we are responsible about birth control. We one child because that is all that we can afford to have. We only use the pull-out method..so no money being spent on pills or condoms. So, yeah, the story is sad but totally preventable.
Re: jill – Hey we have medical missions to Haiti. I leave next week. call us. www.healinghandsforhaiti.org
Re: OPRAH –
I RAPED THIS KID
I RAPED THIS KID
I RAPED THIS KID
I RAPED THIS KID
I WILL BURN IN HELL FOREVER FOR BEING A DOUCHE BAG CHILD MOLESTER !!!!!!!!!
Re: OPRAH –
I RAPED THIS KID
I RAPED THIS KID
I RAPED THIS KID
I RAPED THIS KID
I WILL BURN IN HELL FOREVER FOR BEING A DOUCHE BAG CHILD MOLESTER !!!!!!!!!
Re: Michael – In Haiti, a women's body is not her own. Saying "no" to sex goes against cultural norms that have existed for centuries. Attempting to re-educate a population takes time and resources. That's putting it simply. Perhaps you should do some research into why various regions around the globe are over-populated; you will find a similar theme.
Well for those of you who don't have a clue about this place, I do. And these people don't want to improve in life, just like all other countries in poverty, Haiti only WANTS but does not want to try and change their way of life. They don't care how they live, they just accept it as a way of life. One would only understand if they lived here and saw the real picture. I have NO remorse towards these people. They choose to live this way. You all say, "Oh we (U.S.) should help these people out, but would you really help them out if you knew that these very same people kidnap and hold other decent, hard working Americans hostage and for ransom? Would you still want to help these people out if you knew that they robbed ships from the ports here in Haiti? Would you still want to help them if you knew that the Haitian people in Cite Soleil shoot and kill everyday for no reason at all (God forbid Americans were in this part of Haiti). So stop all this feeling bad and sorrow for these people. They do not want change or do not care for it. And if you dont believe this, go ahead and buy yourself a one way ticket to Port Au Prince and we'll see how fast you'll be trying to buy that one way ticket back to the U.S. to never ever return here! I don't call it Haiti I call it Hades! This country will never change. You heard it from the horses mouth, by the way I'm still here in Haiti!
THANKYOU Perez, for bringing attention to many of the atrocities that we choose to block out by caring about who wears what, or who has had plastic surgery, or who's fat or thin. Thankyou for posting something that's about the real tragedies in this world.
I feel bad for anyone who can not feed their children. But seriously look around here people are losing their houses and having no where to go. Fuck have we finished helping the poor people from katrina i don't think so we need to help the people that need us here right in the good old USA
Re: ronald mcgomery –
Black people are the hardest people I know. Putting themselves through school, working ,multiple jobs.
Sounds like you need to get out there and learn a bit ,more about people.
ASSHOLE!!
i cannot believe that someone cannot feed themself and would still bring another life into this world to live the way they are living or worst
Re: Callie – Wyclef from the Fugees has an organization that he's involved with.
Re: Jay – haha I completely agree! Micheal is a dumb fuck and I hope his parents didn't spring for a private education because if he was publicly schooled it is still a fucking shame! Talk about the true and ironic waste of money. As for these poor Haitians and the rest of the third world "fucking like rabbits"…1st, a lack of education breeds ignorance and inability to find opportunities to live better; coupled with a corrupt ruling elite…you take for granted the relative gov't transparency in the first world…odds are staked! Yeah…so you can't help your own country and therefore no one else in the world deserves your help. BULLSHIT. Knowing how rich and resourceful the top 10% of the US and THE REST OF THE FIRST WORLD are, and even people donate proportionate to their earnings every year, there is no excuse that we aren't PROPORTIONATELY helping as many as we can. Take a page from Warren Buffet! If one is making a killing on the market from another's loss right now…that's proof enough that possibilities to help, however small can still make a difference. No more ignorant stereotyping and whatnot! Give your first world education that the public or your parents handed to you, the respect it deserves by being better to all good and deserving citizens of humanity.
Re: Michael –
As a Haitian I am appalled by your comment. Haiti is in this condition because of greedy politicians, who doesn't do anything for their citizens, not because they are fucking like rabbits. I am literate and will one day change the conditions of my people. So, shut your over privilege ass up.
Re: SouthSideGroovin –
Fuck you, Haitians do want to improve our lives. We just have greedy people in power that doesn't want to finance the country. Unless, you are part of the Haitian culture, shut the fuck up.
thats sooooo sadd.
This is the only article or bit of news worthwhile. Perez stop digging up Ledger's past. Let his family and close friends mourn in peace and let him rest in peace for GODS sake. Do you have a heart I wonder? There are people in this world eating dirt for breakfast, lunch and dinner and much worse people destroying their lives consuming drugs. Haitians eat dirt because they want to live;drug addicts who have all the riches and fame in the world knowingly seek death. Famine and drug addiction both are immensely heartbreaking — we all share the pain PEREZ! Do you get it? Or should I go on?
WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!! WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CONDOMS AND JOBS, NOT FOOD, IDIOTS!!!
To all those ignorant people who suggest that these people help themselves, be sterilized, and that Black people are lazy anyway……you all need a serious lesson in economics and the globalization. Who do you think produces the majorityof the food that we eat here in America…it surely isn't those farmers. We pay these people NOTHING to produce products that we survive on everyday and then charge them an insane price that they can not afford. Another thing that is important to these cultures is family and passing on the family name in hope that the next generation will have something better. Yes I think that we should help the people in our own backyard, but poverty in America is COMPLETELY different from poverty in third world countries. Maybe if you opened a book or read the news sometime and actually had some analytical skills you would know this.
This has been going on for yeeeeeears Perez. This is happening ALL over South America also! The street cornres of South America are filled with children who are eating dirt!
Re: Michael –
WOW, DO U KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE COUNTRIES? LIKE SERIOUSLY, DO U KNOW HOW MUCH RAP THERE IS? ALSO PEOPLE ARE SO NEEDY FOR MONEY THEY WILL DO NEXT TO ANYTHING TO GET IT, SELL THERE DAUGHTERS, THEMSELVES…GOD YOU ARE IGNORANT… EDUCATE YOURSELF BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH AGAIN…
You would think we as americans/canadians would not over consume like we do, if we didn't then we would be able to do so much more for the world but we are selfish and have choosen to be blind to the poverty that surrounds us, and live our lives for ourselves an no others.
and in saying RAP i meant Rape..obviously…
Re: Jack – Ahmen..
it is sad that they live like that. if they would have been white, it would be a national crisis. white people don't give a shit about us. if in fact you crackers who feel like we are lazy and can't do shit for ourselves, why the fuck did you bring us over here, oh i forgot because your dumb asses were too lazy to handle your own business. why don't all you racist dog smelling honkies do me a favor and go back to europe, catch AIDS and die slow. and repeat it all over again. One day you will pay for causing havoc and devastation where you go. death to you!!
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Re: Michael –
Asshole .
Re: dadreadedmami –
you know, your racist comments don't help much. you're just making the problem worse.. just a thought. and i'm also not white, i'm black. and playing wrong on wrong is just stupid. the next time you're trying to talk preach about anti-racism, try not to use terms like "dog smelling" etc.. it makes you sound ignorant and vengeful.
Thanks for letting us know Perez. I'm off to the link.
Ignore those haters, they will get what's coming to them.
Hey again Perez and others,
I just wanted to let you know on this website (World Food Program):
www.wfp.org
you can find out WHY people are hungry, what is being done and what you can do to help. It is run by the UN. Haiti is not up there, but there are millions of others that you can help via that website.
Love you P!
How sad is it that I and so many other women I know, suffer so much with our weight! Sometimes the world doesn't seem to make sense.
#417 - Liz
Damn Liz you seem to be in the middle of playing with your crusty dildo and irritated at the world! According to history WE ALL are illegal here!! Remember, there were humans called Indians that were here before everyone else!!??…especially your untanned flat ass.
these people are like animals, they screw without thinking over and over again. then they have a litter of offspring someone else is supposed to be responsible for? i don't think so. i'll send 'em a giant box of condoms but they're not getting a bowl of rice of me til they learn some responsibilities.
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to the above poster, "poor people procreate because it's all there is to do".. was that supposed to make me go "aw, ok
they can find plenty of other activities to better their lives. getting bored and fucking isn't the only option. save up the money and buy some veggie seeds or something.. learn to fish, i dunno. having sex isn't the only option.
these people are like animals, they screw without thinking over and over again. then they have a litter of offspring someone else is supposed to be responsible for? i don't think so. i'll send 'em a giant box of condoms but they're not getting a bowl of rice of me til they learn some responsibilities.
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to one of the above posters, "poor people procreate because it's all there is to do".. was that supposed to make me go "aw, ok
they can find plenty of other activities to better their lives. getting bored and fucking isn't the only option. save up the money and buy some veggie seeds or something.. learn to fish, i dunno. having sex isn't the only option.
what would happen if Bill Gates gave $10 billion to help these people.
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Somehow I don't think it'll help at all. It'll go into someones pockets.
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Afterall charity is a business and if they got enough to actually solve the problem - would they?
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Or would they help in the least way possible just so they can stay in business and get more money from idiots who are willing to give them their money.
They're not "getting bored and fucking"!
Have you ever heard of RAPE or UNEDUCATION or SELLING YOURSELF FOR MONEY?
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A N I GGER COUNTRY LIKE HAITI, THEY ARE THE POOREST AND WORST NATION IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. ECONOMICALLY THEY BELONG WITH THE REST OF THE SHITTY AFRICAN NATIONS. I SAY LET THEM EAT DIRT.
Re: Big Mr. P – Sure your idea is good Big Mr. P by why then does it make you sound like an dim asshole? Because they can't afford food let alone condoms to stop having kids. I'm all for helping others, but dropping food in front of them is not going to help, wouldn't it be better to show them how to farm natural food from the region. They don't need the U.S to step in they're doing a fine job acting as the f**** world police already. Who really needs to be taught are the elite wealthy that live there, i knew some and they don't have an idea of what human rights are. And by the way, why are you picking on this perez guy for being gay, save your personal opinions about gays for your sewing circle.
Re: REPUBLICANS_RULE – Your just a little ignorant american aren't you? Go back and hide under george bush's skirt
Re: REPUBLICANS_RULE – Your just a little ignorant american aren't you? Why don't you just go back to hiding under George Bush's skirt
Re: Big Mr. P – you dipshit how mamy people do you know who have had unplanned pregnancies - better check the statistics for US unplanned pregnancies because you probably don't have many friends. condoms are free everywhere or at most a dollar in a sleezy bar AND the public is educated on their use. Throwing contraceptives at the issue is not a solution it's merely an easy out for people like you who don't actually give a shit about the worlds problems but still have that mingling hint of a conscience so you take the quick and simple "solution" route. go read a book.
THANK YOU Perez for this article and GOD BLESS YOU
I think it is great that you put this on your site. I think you should start putting more links to give back to the world. We need a magazine or a site like this that mentions what celebs donate, sponsor, and do for Charity. People are copying celebs twisted recreational habits, lets try and change it toward giving back.
PLEASE!!
This is not something new. Haitians have had to resort to eating dirt for years.
It is so easy to judge. Nobody successful in this world got were they are without help from someone. Some of you people just can't look past your nose. Will the U.S help? NO, we have no interest there. SAD but true. So, what little you can do for ANY individual would be greatly appreciated. All you other jackasses need to SHUT UP! I hope your never in a situation were you might need help. Pray that person doesn't have your viewsbeacuse your going to be ASSED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omg! that is one of the saddest things i have heard in a while!! it bugs me when i realize how much food we waste and how little they have to sustain themselves!! i think we all need to change!!! >:@ come on ppl we need to help them!!!!!!
Here's a thought. IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO FEED YOUR CHILDREN, DON'T HAVE ANY!!! Give these people some birth control. We have too many people on the planet anyway.
I feel bad for the kids though. Can we send 'em some Little Debbie snack cakes or something?
I would like to say about the comment down there about "fucking like rabbits" if you had no food to feed your parents or siblings, what lengths do you think you would go to, would you have sex for money for food, I think you would, and if you have to have sex for food, do you think you would have enough money for a condom or birth control, I don't think so. So before you go judging people like that, I think you should read into the situation more. Also think, maybe she got raped, and got pregnant from that. Some people don't have money to go to the doctor to have an abortion, they have to EAT.
Help!!!! this country needs help they've been needig help for years but when news like this surface the media want s to eat it up not help…. it's embarassing to see ….. what news
Re: sterilize those bitches – What ignorents what people don't know they fear…. YOU don't know there struggle so how dare you make such a comments haiti is one of the poorest and there means of survivor is to do what they have to …. women in haiti don't have a voice alot of them are rapped or have been abandoned aswell as been sold off by there families …. SO I SAY TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE PAIN THAT THEY FEEL…. SHUT THE FUCK UP…..or help … YOU DISRESPECTFUL ASSHOLES
Listen to your fucking selves; you are not Americans, you are spoiled little brats. What I love about this country America, is that you have options; to reach out for help, different organizations, it is likely you will never be without food or clean water. I read so many of you writing that they need to help themselves; HOW. DO YOU HAVE THAT SOLUTION?! if so pack you bags honey you just won the seat of the President. now all is great! whipee. NO. The reality is that our reality is a distant and non-hopeful dream for the people of Haiti. Open your hearts, and stop with the judging and pointing of fingers and blame because that won't feed a child and help them grow strong. Haiti has been through enough. Donating One measly dollar, believe it or not can make a difference.
Re: Jackme – hmm lets see food or condoms?…. dumbass.
Re: dearmarsha – let me guess, REPUBLICAN?… Honey, I want you to take a trip to Haiti. Just A 3DAY TRIP to an average household. Guarantee you will never be the same and maybe you will have a heart.
Re: ronald mcgomery – You got some fucking nerve when the majority of poor people in america are fucking white trash and black can work but you got damn white ass fucking crackers need to get the hell out of their country. Black people only work when it is going to benefit us and our own kind and not anyother race.
Re: MISHMA IN CALI – I rather eat dirt than eat fucking human shit like your mom was eatting for dinner.
Re: MISHMA IN CALI – MONKEYS????? I THOUGHT WHITE PEOPLE ARE CONSIDER MONKEYS BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM ARE ANIMALS WITH THE SAME PALE WHITE SKIN AND ANIMAL HAIR.
Bravo Perez!
It is about time some in this great/powerful/RICH country we are so amazingly lucky to live in started to realize what is going on so close to our own borders. I am not saying we should forget what is going on around the world, but Haiti is a virtual stones throw from our shores and the starvation/poverty and sickness they are facing could be helped if we just stopped drinking two or three Starbucks a week and gave just a little of ourselves to those in need. Whats more, is that many of the problems with Haiti and it's lack of food can be traced back to american influence, American policy, American slaughter of all of their pigs (Haiti's bread and butter for hundreds of years). If those people who think America just can't take care of everyone who has messed up their own country would look at the history and learn that WE messed up there country in many ways wouldn't feel so outraged that we need to do something to help. I hope Brad and Angie adopt their next child from Haiti, to help draw a little of the worlds attention to the horrors going on there. WE CAN HELP. There are countless child sponsorship programs, relief groups and much more where you can help in big ways or in little ones. Most Americans have no problem spending time on-line to read about Brit Brit, LC and gang, but can't stand a little reality mixed in with their "Reality".
Thank you Perez for the reality check. Keep em'coming.
Is you want to help, here's one organization I like. The Haitians make cards out of banana bark and sell them… or you can skip on the cards and just donate.
www.foodforthepoor.org/bananabark
It's amazing how far a little can go for these guys.
Re: Big Mr. P – The problem is ignorant, head in the sand, American's like you. The reason Haiti is in such poor condition is largely because of American policies. Do a little research with all your over-privileged, free time before you mock what is going on in Haiti and around the world. American's just don't realize we have more than we need and much more than we deserve. It's disgusting. And I am no left-wind liberal. I am human. And that whole "help the people in your backyard" first mentality is almost laughable. I would be willing to bet that those people who say that have not lifted a finger for anyone in their back yard. It is just an excuse. The poorest person in our nation has more opportunity, resources and food then the middle class in haiti. You have no idea what it is like to be born into a country rife with political unrest (often violent), starvation so extreme their hair turns orange for lack of nutrients and coffin stores on every corner filled to the brim with child size boxes. Any American child can go to school and got a hot meal every day. That alone is luxury.
I am so upset that so many selfish, ignorant or simply uninformed people seem to have enough time to waste on Perez's site. Follow the links and learn more. So next time, you won't sound so stupid.
Re: Carli –
Do you realize there are American children starving every day? The US can not help everyone. We as good Christians should do what we can. Let's take care of our own backyards before trying to fix someone elses.
#12 - send them your food you fat ass says – reply to this
why dont you send them some of your food perez…..you can stand to miss a few meals
LMAOOO FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD
Re: Paige – stupid ass. go do something useful. while u at it go for an aids test
As a haitian myself I never heard of this. just to think that I came on here looking for 50 cent new teeth lol. Yele.org is a charity that wyclef has to help the people of haiti. check it out
these are people who need help. they are simply trying to survive. i read some stupid comments here. America can't afford to help???? why??? because Haiti have no oil or any other resources that you are interested in?
Re: Michael – Sounds like your family, Michael.
If anyone really wants to help children in Haiti check out www.negesfoundation.org.
The NEGES Foundation actually helps feed, educate and provide medical care to children in Haiti. Its a really awesome organization and not affiliated with any religion or special interest group.
thats horrible!!! people need to focus more on the problems in the world than stupid sh*t like Britney
Re: ronald mcgomery –
No your mother is known to be lazy how stupid, ignorant and racist of you. Grow up and obtain some knowledge…