assigned work: Asia

In January 2009 I traveled to Asia as the recipient of a fellowship from Johnson & Johnson. I spent three weeks photographing the work of local NGO's and human services programs in nine countries across the region.

Children in a music class in Beichuan, one of the hardest hit areas in the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In this community of 18,000 people, 17,000 are still living in temporary housing. The hospital, schools and almost all of the homes were destroyed in the earthquake.
   
Children play outside the school in Beichuan, one of the hardest hit areas in the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In this community of 18,000 people, 17,000 are still living in temporary housing. The hospital, schools and almost all of the homes were destroyed in the earthquake.
   
Children play outside their temporary homes in Beichuan, one of the hardest hit areas in the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In this community of 18,000 people, 17,000 are still living in temporary housing. The hospital, schools and almost all of the homes were destroyed in the earthquake.
     
  
Second grade students at the Hong Mei School for children of migrant workers in Minhang district of Shanghai.
   
A second grade student at the Hong Mei School for children of migrant workers in Minhang district of Shanghai.
   
A Caritas program for low-income children with learning disabilities (Chinese and English language skills class, social skills class, parent support group). This Caritas center is located in a public housing building, where many of the residents are immigrants from mainland China.
     
  
A Caritas program for low-income children with learning disabilities (Chinese and English language skills class, social skills class, parent support group). This Caritas center is located in a public housing building, where many of the residents are immigrants from mainland China.
   
YKAI (Foundation for Indonesian Children's Welfare) provides a free clinic for children and pregnant women. The clinic operates for three mornings one week a month, serving 2500 families living in the Cilincing area of Jakarta.
   
YKAI (Foundation for Indonesian Children's Welfare) provides a free clinic for children and pregnant women. The clinic operates for three mornings one week a month, serving 2500 families living in the Cilincing area of Jakarta.
     
  
YKAI (Foundation for Indonesian Children's Welfare) provides a free clinic for children and pregnant women. The clinic operates for three mornings one week a month, serving 2500 families living in the Cilincing area of Jakarta.
   
YKAI (Foundation for Indonesian Children's Welfare) provides a free clinic for children and pregnant women. The clinic operates for three mornings one week a month, serving 2500 families living in the Cilincing area of Jakarta.
   
Breast cancer screening is provided for low-income women at no cost by the EWHA (women's university) Community Welfare Center in the "mammobus", a mobile mammogram facility. The mammobus screens 30-60 women a day, two days a month.
     
  
Breast cancer screening is provided for low-income women at no cost by the EWHA (women's university) Community Welfare Center in the "mammobus", a mobile mammogram facility. The mammobus screens 30-60 women a day, two days a month.
   
A little girl stays with her mother who has just given birth in a midwifery school and birthing center run by IMAP (Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines).
   
Red Lahu children at Wanaluang school, part of Johnson & Johnson and The Life Skills Development Foundation's "environmental reform' project and a Child Friendly Model School.
     
  
Karen and Red Lahu girls weaving at Wanaluang school, part of Johnson & Johnson and The Life Skills Development Foundation's "environmental reform' project and a Child Friendly Model School.
   
A Karen girl weaving at Wanaluang school, part of Johnson & Johnson and The Life Skills Development Foundation's "environmental reform' project and a Child Friendly Model School.
   
A young girl bathes in a stream outside Soon Pang Mapha School in northern Thailand.