Three vendors sitting at the Christ-Roi open market waiting for customers to buy their goods. Illustration by Vania André. Original photo by Marvens Compère.
Three vendors sitting at the Christ-Roi open market waiting for customers to buy their goods. Illustration by Vania André. Original photo by Marvens Compère.

PORT-AU-PRINCE — “I don't remember the last time I drank juice.” 

That’s what a Port-au-Prince housewife, 53, said during an interview recently about her family’s current eating and drinking habits.

Overview:

Haiti’s constant political turmoil, high unemployment rate, inflation, gas price increases, road blockades, supply food shortages and skyrocketing crime have compounded the food crisis for the country’s more than 11 million people.

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Murdith Joseph is a social worker and journalist. She studied at the State University of Haiti and Maurice Communication. She first worked as a journalist presenter and reporter for Radio Sans Fin (RSF) then as a journalist reporter for Radio tele pacific and writting for the daily Le National. Today she joined the Haitian Times team and covers the news in Port-Au-Prince-Haiti.