Haiti Photo Stories
Every picture has a story to tell... Here you will find a list of Haiti photo stories, a blog where I tell you when, where and why a Haiti photo was taken.
Threat of ICE raids scare Haitian Communities Across America
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is expected to begin the raids in at least 10 major cities on Sunday July 14 2019, targeting thousands of immigrants who have been ordered to be deported, The New York Times reported.
Agents will also sweep up other immigrants who are present for the arrests even if they are not among the targets, according to the paper.
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Currency Exchange: All of this Haitian money is only worth about 50 Dollars US
June 2019, The Haitian currency is approaching 100 gourdes for one US dollar. All of this Haitian money you see here, it's only worth about 50 dollars US.
If you count it, there is 5,000 gourdes here, once upon a time it was worth about 1,000 dollars US, nowadays it's only worth a measly 50 bucks!
When I was growing up in Haiti, a U.S. quarter was 'Goud e ka' (1.25 Gourdes) and 5 gourdes was equivalent to ONE U.S. Dollar. it was written right on the currency. Read more Cause and Effect: What has the Haitian currency to depreciated so much in value?
American Rice in Haiti: Once upon a time Haiti was self-sufficient in producing rice
Virtually 90 percent of the rice sold in Haiti is American Rice. Whether is says diri Mega, diri Bongu or diri Tchako, it's all American rice. Once upon a time Haiti was self-sufficient in producing rice.
Growing up in Haiti I used to eat diri pilon, diri chode, all Haitian rice grown on the country side.
I remember going to the countryside at my auntie's house she they would hand us kids a quantity of rice with the husk where would put it in a "pilon" and mash the living daylight out of it to remove the kernel (pay diri a) but the rice bran (the outer layer of the rice kernel) and the germ would would remain, all nutritious, all good for you.
Do you know why rice is sole white and why the bran was removed? Read the related article below.
White Rice vs Brown Rice - Why is the bran removed from Rice? 
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