Malnutrition In Haiti

They are poor and she feels like it is her obligation and duty to help her family during this time of need. Mrs. C.D. feels like her country will never recuperate after this horrible earthquake tragedy.

"Caiman Haiti Foundation has recently received a grant from Thorndyke Elementary School in Washington. This contribution will allow CHF to feed over 600 children this year on the 3rd anniversary of our Feed the People program. This act of kindness will make a great difference in the lives of hundreds of women and children in Haiti. To support Caiman Haiti Foundation as Thorndyke Elementary School has please visit our Donation Page."

Have you ever thought about what it is like to be constantly hungry as a result of not having access to adequate food? For some people in the world this is a reality. In my interview with Melinda Vonderhorst she recounts her personal observations from her five trips to Haiti, where she helped to build a school along with working in an orphanage and clinic, of countless children

Compounding this lack of care, Haitians also lack clean drinking water and proper sanitation systems. Less than half the population has access to clean drinking water, a rate that is only surpassed by civil war-torn African nations. Even worse, half the population of Haiti can be categorized as “food insecure,” and this malnutrition has created a generation where half of all Haitian children are undersized (IFRC, 2010). In addition, this poor sanitation and hygiene, coupled with inadequate nutrition, have contributed to exceptionally high levels of individuals with chronic, yet often at best ill-treated, conditions.

Most people in the United States today are unaware of the increasing numbers of child hunger throughout the country. Today, a staggering one in five kids struggle with hunger in our own country (Francisco 18). Not only does it affect their concentration and grades in school, but also their overall health. Over 1.02 billion people in the world are considered to be malnourished, and hunger and malnutrition is the leading cause of child deaths, which accounts for 6 million children each year (Nah and Chau). When most people think of children and families going hungry, they think that it is just a problem in other countries. However, there is an increasing amount of children and their families in North Carolina

Think about this, we live in our own little world where we waste food and money is sometimes just a piece of paper that we just throw around like its nothing. There are people in this world who need that food that we just throw away and that money we waste on stuff we will never use. The people in Haiti need food and water and jobs that can give them the money they need to raise their families. They wish everyday they could have even half of what we have. Haiti is a neighbor to the Dominican Republic, the population is about 9.2 million and is widely considered the poorest country in the western hemisphere. 80% of the population live below the poverty line. 54% live on less than $1.25 per day. Life expectancy is only 30 years and that is

The country I have choose to utilize in the global case study is Haiti. The crisis is hurricane Matthew. As the lead nurse in a shelter working in this country and people are pouring into the shelter it is crucial to provide effective care and achieve desired patient outcomes. It is important to assess and triage the population properly, manage and prevent the spread of infection, and delegate tasks accordingly.

One of the most prominent issues that face Haiti today is hunger. According to the statistics given in the novel On The Day Everybody Ate, “three-quarters of Haitians live on less than $2 per day… and 56% live on less than $1 per day” (Trost). This is not enough for a person to substantially sustain himself/herself. The majority goes hungry. In addition, over a third of the population has no easy access to clean drinking water. Many Haitians do not know where their next meal is going to come from. They are forced to eat day by day, eating what they can.

According to the article Haitian Health Care: A Follow-up (2011) it noted that, in January 2010, 46% of Haitians did not have access to health care, because they could not afford it or because there was no health center near them” (Haitian Health Care: A Follow-up 2011, np.) I personally believe that regardless of ones’ economic or social status; people should have access to sufficient healthcare. When a person can go to the hospital or any other facility where they can receive medical treatment, the only humane thing to do is to help that person. Dr. Paul Farmer, also believes that healthcare should be accessible to people from all walks of life; especially in those areas where medical care and treatment is scarce.

This report will examine the food insecurity issues in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, and look at the actions which have been taken to improve the situation. Food insecurity is a raging dilemma that affects 38% of the population of 10 million. In addition to Government corruption, there are multiple factors that have contributed to the availability of food including weather extremes, natural disasters, and the social hierarchy gaps, which continue to exacerbate the divide between the rich and poor. Coordinated efforts to improve the situation continue today.

“Over 100,000 children under five suffer from acute malnutrition while one child out of three is stunted, or irreversibly short for their age.”(“Hunger”) This staggering statistic is due to one of the world’s biggest problems, hunger. Hunger is a problem that many developing countries face, one of the biggest victims to hunger is the small Caribbean country of Haiti. Hunger in Haiti affects the entire country, from the rural countrysides to the major cities. Though hunger is already a big issue for Haiti, it has gotten worse in the past decade due to the extreme poverty, heavy storms, and natural disasters that the country has faced. “In 1997 some 1.2 million Haitians didn 't have enough food to eat. A decade later the number had more than doubled. Today, that figure is 6.7 million, that goes without food some days, can 't afford a balanced diet or has limited access to food.”(“Goldberg”) Natural disasters and extreme poverty have played large roles in Haiti’s growing hunger problem.

As we continue to travel into other areas of Haiti bringing food and the Gospel to many poor Haitians, we find a great need to bring more Haitian children into our Child Sponsorship Program. Here in the village of Ti Maché, one of our children from Love A Child Orphanage, Dieuferly, sits with some of the poor children of this village as he asks for your help in feeding these poor

Each month, Bobby and I travel to poor villages around Haiti for our Feeding Programs. Many of these places are in the "regions beyond." Villages such as Mon Kabrit (Goat Mountain), Savaan Pit, Cotin, and many more. The roads to these villages take us high up into the mountains and are very dangerous, but the children there are so

Nutrition is one of the major determinants of successful aging,” according to the American Dietetic Association (April 2005). Good nutrition supports health and independence by reducing the risk of chronic disease and slowing disease progression. Older adults who remain well-nourished are less likely to develop infections, have shorter hospital stays, heal faster and experience fewer complications than those who are poorly nourished. Unfortunately, a significant portion of adults 65 and older have suboptimal diets, lacking in key nutrients (Hungry)

We recently distributed food to 330 families who live in the dump site of the Truttier Waste Disposal Dump. This is one of the worst areas of Haiti, and many of these families moved to the garbage dump after the earthquake destroyed their homes. Each day, children and many of the adults pick through the garbage by hand, looking for food and anything that they can sell… it is so heartbreaking that we cannot put it into words. We thought it was bad “last time,” but the heavy rain has made everything worse. We walked through garbage, pig feces, mountains of flies, broken glass, and rusty tin cans. We had to wear masks because it was so hard to breathe. We are thankful to all of our partners for helping to feed these poor families. You are making