Taïna Cenatus, a 29-year-old culinary student in Haiti, lost her balance at school one day this month and toppled over, but it wasn’t until she hit the ground that she realized she had been hit in the face by a stray bullet.
It left a small hole in her cheek, just missing her jawbone and teeth.
Unlike many Haitians wounded by gunfire in the midst of a vicious gang takeover of the capital, Port-au-Prince, Cenatus was actually lucky that day — she made it to a clinic. But she is still in pain, her wound swelling, and she cannot get any relief, with more and more hospitals and clinics abandoned by staff or looted by gangs.