In Haiti, recovery takes root in the rice fields » IMG_2507

"If your crops fail, you become poor," said Willi Elimelec (above). "You can't send your children to school." Photo: Elizabeth Stevens/Oxfam

“If your crops fail, you become poor,” said Willi Elimelec (above). “You can’t send your children to school.” Photo: Elizabeth Stevens/Oxfam

"There is a lot of hunger in Haiti," said farmer Jolie Paul. "With better rice farming, hopefully we will raise more food, and hunger will cease in this country."
Freshly milled rice at the processing center that Oxfam funded for a farmers' association in the Artibonite Valley.

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