Thursday, June 26, 2008

New Work


These are some of my favorite photos from work I did for Save the Children in Bangladesh on their emergency response after the November 2007 cyclone Sidr. This family lost their home and two children in the storm and were left hopeless. About 2 months ago they gave birth to a baby girl.






Women wait to have their babies inoculated at a health clinic in the remote delta region of Barguna, Bangladesh.






Mother and baby live with their family in a shelter after cyclone Sidr washed away their home.






A village caregiver keeps babies cool in the 105 degrees heat while their parents build a field to market road.






A boy carries rice to his home with a bucket provided by the local Save the Children office.







A school girl writes on the blackboard during an after school program designed to give village children structure to their day.






A produce buyer with his pick from a community garden grown by villagers to promote food security.






A woman rests with her son after working in a community garden grown to promote food security.






A woman collects wheat from a food distribution center organized by Save the Children in the southern delta region of Bangladesh, where food prices have inflated to unaffordable costs.







A baby is weighed at a growth monitoring and promotion health clinic organized by Save the Children Community Health Volunteers.