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Millions Going Hungry in Haiti 10 Years After Devastating Earthquake

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The World Food Program is appealing for $62 million to provide
   life-saving food assistance over the next six months to 700,000 people
   suffering from severe hunger in the Caribbean island of Haiti.

   Millions of Haitians still lack proper shelter, food and other basic
   necessities 10 years after a devastating earthquake killed 300,000
   people and displaced one-and-one-half-million.

   The World Food Program says one in three Haitians need urgent food
   assistance in both rural and urban areas. It says one million of them
   are suffering from severe hunger, causing rates of acute malnutrition
   to rise.

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