VENEZUELA CRISIS: FOOD SHORTAGES & HUNGER
CUMANÁ, VENEZUELA - JUNE 16, 2016: Leidy Cordova, a 37-year-old mother, poses for a portrait with four of her five children: Abran, 1, Deliannys, 3, Eliannys, 6, and Milianny, 8-years old. The entire family went the entire day without eating. They hadn’t eaten since lunchtime the day before...a soup made by boiling chicken skin and fat, that is sold for a much cheaper price than chicken at the butcher. Inside their home, a cinderblock structure on the edge of the highway, a broken refrigerator was empty except for half a bag of corn flour and a bottle of vinegar. That was the only food they had in their entire house, and Ms. Cordova was worried about if she would be able to find a way to feed her children tomorrow. “My kids tell me they’re hungry,” said Ms. Cordova as her family looked on. “And I all can say to them is to grin and bear it.” PHOTO: Caritas
VENEZUELA CRISIS: FOOD SHORTAGES & HUNGER
CUMANÁ, VENEZUELA - JUNE 16, 2016: Leidy Cordova, a 37-year-old mother, poses for a portrait with four of her five children: Abran, 1, Deliannys, 3, Eliannys, 6, and Milianny, 8-years old. The entire family went the entire day without eating. They hadn’t eaten since lunchtime the day before...a soup made by boiling chicken skin and fat, that is sold for a much cheaper price than chicken at the butcher. Inside their home, a cinderblock structure on the edge of the highway, a broken refrigerator was empty except for half a bag of corn flour and a bottle of vinegar. That was the only food they had in their entire house, and Ms. Cordova was worried about if she would be able to find a way to feed her children tomorrow. “My kids tell me they’re hungry,” said Ms. Cordova as her family looked on. “And I all can say to them is to grin and bear it.” PHOTO: Caritas