“They cry every day from hunger.”

In the small village of Ranquitte in northern Haiti, food is considered a luxury. Many of the families who live here are accustomed to going for days without eating. One desperate mother who had nothing to feed her starving children described their struggle to find food by saying, “Eating is an accident.”

The gnawing pain of hunger is a constant companion to the villagers of this dusty area. They plant crops of corn, beans and other vegetables, but the soil yields little, and rain has been scarce this past year. In a cruel twist of fate, tropical storms and hurricanes washed away a large portion of Haiti’s crops in the fall of 2008.

Hunger weighs heavily on the hearts of parents who are powerless to provide food for their children. “We haven’t eaten today, and we don’t have anything to eat for later today,” said Listana, a mother of six. “When the kids are hungry and I have nothing to feed them, I ask them to be patient until I can find something. They cry every day from hunger. When my children cry, it breaks my heart.”

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