In Photos: Haiti's Poultry Industry
Chicken farming brightens future for Haitians.
Chicken farming brightens future for Haitians.
Haiti's chicken industry fell apart in the late 1990s after lowered import tariffs hurt locals' ability to compete. Efforts are underway to revive the lost market.
In Haiti, many of the children living in orphanages have living parents, a testament to the desperation parents feel when they struggle to provide food for their children.
Mission trips pour into Haiti each week. An organization that has been hosting groups for a decade envisions a better model based on job creation.
Rebuilding a chicken sector in rural Haiti has been accompanied by challenges including training, repayments and cheap imports, but now hundreds are able to access a new source of sustainable income.
The Marriott Port-au-Prince hotel is in its second year of operation and employs 165 people, nearly all of whom are Haitian. Still, demand is less than anticipated.
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Is there a meaningful way to contribute to Haiti, a country in which the majority of the population lives in poverty?