September 10th, 2010 | by Emily Drees
I just wanted to share some of the recent photos I’ve seen coming in this week from Pakistan, where more than 21 million people have been affected by the recent flooding.
Above, a young girl carries a water bottle on her head while taking refuge in a graveyard with her family in Thatta, about 62 miles from Karachi in Pakistan’s Sindh province. While international funding for the crisis has stalled in recent weeks, the number of people displaced by the floods continues to rise each day.
Photo: Jane Beesley / Oxfam
Oxfam and our partners have launched a rapid-relief effort to reach more than one million people with essential aid. Some of that aid takes the form of hygiene kits, like the one shown above. Each hygiene kit includes 15 bars of soap for personal use, soap for washing clothes, two towels, a cloth that can be cut into strips for sanitary protection, a plastic kettle for washing, and two buckets with lids.
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August 18th, 2010 | by Emily Drees
Every day this week I’ve seen more photos coming in from Oxfam’s flood response in Pakistan, where Oxfam and our local partners are working to reach more than a million survivors with essential aid. Most were not taken by professional photographers, but by Oxfam staff on the ground—and they have a kind of immediacy that captures the urgency of the situation. Here are a few of the latest images:
Photo: Mubashar Hasan / Oxfam
Above, Oxfam and a local partner organization use a rescue boat to help people reach relief shelters in Koth Mithan, Sindh Province. So far, local search and rescue boats have helped Oxfam safely evacuate tens of thousands of people.
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July 26th, 2010 | by Emily Drees
I recently came across a quote from one of my favorite photographers, Minor White, who said, “At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.”
My job is to organize and catalogue Oxfam’s photography from Haiti and other disaster-affected areas. That’s why I wanted to highlight a few recent images from Haiti—all by Ami Vitale—that are worth a second glance. Six months after the devastating earthquake, they illuminate Haitians’ efforts to rebuild and recover.
Photo: Ami Vitale / Oxfam America
In rural Haiti, farmers are learning better beekeeping with the promise that more honey means more income to spend on household necessities. For me, this image from the village of Lacedras comes alive through the light and the points at which it hits. As the beekeeper angles the honeycomb towards the sun for a better look, the comb glows with a warmth and seems to be lit from within. It suggests the hope and potential for beekeeping to provide greater opportunity for these farmers.
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