Photo from Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Conditions in Haiti have worsened ever more steadily in the past 5 years, reaching now, shocking levels of injustice. Armed groups block roads, disrupt food supplies, and attack hospitals, shutting down nutrition programs that once supported children and vulnerable adults. The mass destruction of livelihoods and the displacement of families make finding a reliable and continuous food source a daily struggle.

Photo is from the Madan Sara film website ~Filmmaker Etant Dupain, left with Clotilde Achille who worked closely with the team on the groundbreaking documentary. In Etant Dupain's documentary film, Madan Sara, one sees the foundational importance of Haiti's market women, or Madan Sara: "Madan Sara is Ours. Madan Sara is Haiti." Most sara inherit their place in Haitis economy from their mothers, creating a multi-generational and foundational center for Taiti’s economy. They