With all the focus on Sandy's impact on the Northeast U.S., Haiti, as usual, is forgotten..

(Guardian UK) When hurricane Sandy struck, Fifi Bouille was giving birth in a refugee camp. There were no medics around, only her sisters. Throughout the three-hour labour, rain beat down on the tent and fierce winds tugged at the canvas.

Not long after the umbilical cord was cut, the gusts were so great that the sisters feared the covering would be ripped from above them, so the first-time mother had to carry her newborn son through muddy paths in the middle of the the storm to find new shelter "I was terrified my baby might die," says Bouille, who is now sharing a tent with six others. The danger of the storm has passed, but she is now faced by a new concern: how to feed her child and herself.

The hurricane did not just take their tent, but their cooking utensils, bedding and meagre supplies of food. On Wednesday, she had one meal of corn. On Thursday, nothing.

"I need food, but I don't have enough money to buy it," she says. "Tell people we need nappies, cooking utensils, protein." .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/02/aftermath-hurricane-sandy-haiti-disaster