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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Friday, 28 June 2013 | Views [342] | View Larger Image

Some may say that building emergency houses is not a real solution to the problem and that we’re only putting a bandage on the situation. I respectfully disagree and believe that, as small as the impact may be, it is proof that reality can be changed.

It’s true that these circumstances are rough on children, who are forced to grow and endure work at a very early age. But it is especially hard on the elderly, like this woman who at the time I shot this picture was 112 years old. Abandoned by her family, there isn’t much for her to do but to watch life pass her by.

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When the volunteers and families finish building a house, the new owners get to cut the ribbon for the inauguration. This particular couple was so excited that they wanted to do it together, at the same time. They’ve worked so hard to pull through that you can’t even tell it’s two different set of hands, making their way through a new beginning.

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