Siblings Mylouise Veillard, left, and Myson walk home with water they collected from a well, for cooking, cleaning and drinking, in a rural area of Saint-Louis-du-Sud, Haiti, Thursday, May 25, 2023. The siblings were considered “poverty orphans" for three years until they were reunited with their mother, Renèse Estève, who had dropped them off at an orphanage where she believed they'd get better care. Their mother brought them home after she was startled at the weight they had lost, convinced they'd be better off living in grinding poverty. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SUD, Haiti (AP) — Mylouise Veillard was 10 when her mother dropped her off at an orphanage in southern Haiti and promised her a better life. For three years, Mylouise slept on a concrete floor.
