Blog Entry #4

Title: “Fighting Starvation, Haitians Share Portions”

Summary:
Many survivors of the Haiti earthquake have very little food to eat, most of the kids have to share with thier familys that they have.It has been seen that there is an estimated almost 2 million Haitians that are need of food indeed.  The majority of the earthquake victims do not digest at least one whole meal to sustain/fulfill themselves from hunger.  The little food that the country once had has been perished thanks to the earthquake, causing prices for cuisine to sky rocket.


Reflection:
This article is very disappointing. This is very crazy how they are letting these little kids starve to death. If i were these people i do not think that i can live without i will probably die because i don't think that i will be able to be away from food that long. People should care because would this type of situation was happening to them they would want someone to help them to. They will be doing the same thing as the people in Haiti are doing by stealing food so they won't starve to death. They should really donate to Haiti because people are dieing just because they do not have any money.


Evidence:


"The communal rationing, along with signs all over the city that say “S O S” and “we need food,” suggests that the food crisis here is growing."


"And food imports — typically 48 percent of the nation’s total food consumption, according to the United Nations — have slowed to a trickle. "


"Children are most likely to return with something to eat, but no matter what is found, or how hungry the forager, everything must be shared."

Questions:

What can people do to help?
Where is the main food source coming from?
How many have already died from starvation?
What kind of food are they eating to survive?
Approximately how many have been killed or injured due to fighting over food?

Works Cited:

Cave, Damien. “Fighting Starvation, Haitians Share Portions.” 2010 Jan. 25. New York Times.
2010 Jan. 28 .

Picture

Photo taken by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times

Caption: The government of René Préval handed out 10,000 bags of food, worth $50 each. Six thousand of those food bags were handed out at the Cite de Soleil police headquarters.