This photograph was taken in November 2007 inside on of the many temporary camps that were set up in and around the city of Pisco after a major earthquake destroyed most of the city’s homes.
Out of view, washing hangs to dry in the sun, a couch and some chairs form a make shift living room and office inside a large tent, and pictures hang carefully placed inside the same tent, giving a feeling of family and home. Their houses might be piles of rubble but life continues and the smiles remain.
50 per cent of the artists proceeds from sales of this image on RedBubble will be donated to Hands On Disaster Response
This organisation provides assistance in disaster zones during the initial stages of the emergency. HODR volunteers arrived in Pisco shortly after the earthquake and were there, helping the people of Pisco, Ica, Chincha, Paracas and Cañete til January 2008.
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