Thursday, January 31, 2008

What is the World Coming to? Hatians are Eating Dirt


Impoverished Haitians are resorting to eating cookies made of mud to satisfy hunger pains. The cookies are made of dirt, salt and vegetable shortening. The cookies which are regularly used by pregnant women and children as an antacid and source of calcium have now become a regular meal for Haitians who can't afford other food. Haitians who live off of barely $2 a day can't afford to pay for rice so instead they are feeding off hunger with 5 cent dirt cookies.

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