A few pics from my latest adventures in South India where I spent 2 1/2
weeks looking at tsunami projects for my job.
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Women at the temporary shelters of Thorapakkam, Tamil Nadu |
Collecting water at Thorapakkam temporary shelters |
They get one delivery of fresh water per day |
The fishing industry seems to be resuming in Colochel, Kanyakumari |
The post-tsunami boat-building industry is employing many |
A sign at a mass burial site, Colochel, Kanyakumari
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Pipes at the mass burial let the gases of decomposition out
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Much of the destruction still has not been cleaned up 6 months later
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The mud homes in Kannur village were washed away like sandcastles
by the tsunami
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A young girl in Kannur village, where many tell me they haven't
eaten in days
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Boats battered by the tsunami in the foreground as fishermen return
to the sea in the morning
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The tsunami washed over the base of these monuments in Kanyakumari,
a popular place to watch the sun rise and sunset.
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I am welcomed to Etipower Island, Andhra Pradesh where my organization
will build 125 homes
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I am only the second foreign woman to ever visit the island
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The first of many ceremonial shawls and garlands this day on Etipower
Island
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Me and some of the villagers of Etipower Island
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My ride on Etipower Island -- a tractor with some plastic chairs
on it
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Two "semi-orphaned" children of Etipower which means they
lost one parent
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I sit with some of the children of the Kurumba tribe, Gudalur, Tamil
Nadu
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A little girl from the Kurumba tribal community
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I sit with women of the Paniya tribe who are using small loans to
buy seedlings
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Children of the Paniya tribal community
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More children from the Paniya tribe, Gudalur, Tamil Nadu
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My ride in Kanyakumari is one of the ubiquitous Ambassador cars
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My favorite ad reads, "Talk All Night." I love how the
passage of time is depicted by a burned-down mosquito coil!
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