Charcoal Production
Fueling the Fire: Charcoal Production in Haiti
Part of the reason why Haiti has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world is the constant state of unsanitary conditions in which children live. These disease-facilitating conditions are caused, in part, by the frequent flash floods. Limp and nearly lifeless with her bony shoulder protruding like a knife edge, little Rose Sanon, 1, is in the final stage of malnutrition and suffering from a bacterial illness, causing dehydration. Dr. Agathe Ulysse, the pediatrician at Marguerite Naseau clinic in Cite Soleil, the largest slum in Haiti, tells Rose's mother that the baby must go immediately to a hospital or she may die, but with an entire waiting room of similar cases the doctor cannot take the child herself.
