Older people are now by far the most vulnerable group in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a United Nations report revealed. Haiti’s elderly have been overlooked in relief operations because they are less mobile and less vocal in requesting food and water, U.N. officials were cited by The New York Times as explaining. About 7 percent or 84,000 of the 1.2 million Haitians displaced by the earthquake are above 60 years old, according to a preliminary census by an aid organization.
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Ma. Rizza Leonzon
As a former staff writer, Rizza focused mainly on business coverage, including key donors such as the Asian Development Bank and AusAID.
