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  • Gordon Wiltsie helps to clean up a fish pond at Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homless.  1977 image.
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  • An aid worker prepare to distribute food at Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh,  after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homeless.  1977 image.
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Homeless village children from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  Most of their mothers had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and  brutal 1971 war of independence
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  • An aid worker leads a family planning discussion at Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh,  after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homeless.  1977 image.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Homeless and malnourished village children from Bangladesh find a moment to smile at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh. in 1977.  Their mother had been left widowed, violated and destitute after both a cyclone and subsequent war of indepence in 1971.
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  • A homeless village boy finds shelter at Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.  His mother had been left both widowed and destitute after both a cyclone and subsequent war of indepence in 1971.
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  • An aid worker leads a family planning discussion at Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh,  after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homeless.  1977 image.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Laborers wrestle with a pipe as they help dig a fish pond to help feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, a population left homeless after a cyclone and 1971 war of indepence.
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  • in 1977 hundreds of families lived at Mirpur Destitute Camp, a bombed-out soap factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh, left homeless , destitute and often widowed  by  back-to -back cyclone and  brutal 1971 war of independence.
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  • Older women dig mud as they help dig a fish pond to help feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, a population left homeless after a cyclone and 1971 war of indepence.
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  • in 1977 hundreds of families lived at Mirpur Destitute Camp, a bombed-out soap factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh, left homeless , destitute and often widowed  by  back-to -back cyclone and  brutal 1971 war of independence.
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Homeless village woman from Bangladesh make bamboo lath for a duck pond at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  They had been had left destitute and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and a  brutal 1971 war of independence
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  • A homeless village woman from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  She had been had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and  brutal 1971 war of independence
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  • A homeless village girl from Bangladesh pumps water from the only well for hundreds of families living Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka in 1977.  Her mother had been left destitute, and widowed and homeless by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Youngsters line up for a food distribution at Mirpur Destitute Camp near , set up at an abndoned soap factory after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homless.  1977 image.
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  • Homeless village woman from Bangladesh make bamboo lath for a duck pond at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  They had been had left destitute and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and a  brutal 1971 war of independence
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  • Homeless village people from Bangladesh smoke a homemade hookah at  Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka, Bangladesh.  1977. They were left destitute by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.   1977 image.
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  • Homeless children gather as friends at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Laborers wrestle with a pipe as they help dig a fish pond to help feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, a population left homeless after a cyclone and 1971 war of indepence.
    BD 1518.jpg
  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • The staff at Food for the Hungry a relief organization overseeing Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homless.  1977 image.
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  • Homeless village people from Bangladesh smoke a homemade hookah at  Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka, Bangladesh.  1977. They were left destitute by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.   1977 image.
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  • Homeless village people from Bangladesh smoke a homemade hookah at  Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka, Bangladesh.  1977. They were left destitute by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.   1977 image.
    BD 0117.jpg
  • A homeless village girl from Bangladesh pumps water from the only well for hundreds of families living Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka in 1977.  Her mother had been left destitute, and widowed and homeless by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Laborers wrestle with a pipe as they help dig a fish pond to help feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, a population left homeless after a cyclone and 1971 war of indepence.
    BD 1519.jpg
  • A homeless village woman from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  She had been had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and brutal 1971 war of independence
    BD 0317.jpg
  • A homeless village women from Bangladesh, finds shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka  in 1977.  She was left widowed, destitute and raped after both a a cyclone and brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Homeless people dig a latrine for their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, a population left homeless after a cyclone and 1971 war of indepence.
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • at Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homless.  1977 image.
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  • Youngsters giggle to watch a family planning discussion at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh.  1977
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  • Homeless village woman from Bangladesh make bamboo lath for a duck pond at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  They had been had left destitute and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and a  brutal 1971 war of independence
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  • In Bangladesh's brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of women were widowed, left homeless and destitute including this once-middle class woman who six years later still lived at Mirupur Destitute Camp near Dhaka.  1977
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  • In Bangladesh's brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of women were widowed, left homeless and destitute including this once-middle class woman who six years later still lived at Mirupur Destitute Camp near Dhaka.  1977
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  • In Bangladesh's brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of women were widowed, left homeless and destitute including this pair of once-middle class woman who six years later still lived at Mirupur Destitute Camp near Dhaka.  1977
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  • A team of relief workers  stand outside the office of Food for the Hungry in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • In Bangladesh's brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of women were widowed, left homeless and destitute including this once-middle class woman who six years later still lived at Mirupur Destitute Camp near Dhaka.  1977
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  • Water Buffalo face an uncertain fate at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Men help to dig a fish pond at Mirpur Destitute camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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  • Cattle await an uncertain fate at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A diverse crowd of people and animals gathers at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • BANGLADESH, Dhaka. Impoverished Bengali mother waits for relief food ration at Mirpur destitute camp.
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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie at Mirpur Destitute Rehabilitation camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh in April 1977.
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  • A young mother and her baby daughter at Mirpur Destitute Camp in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie helps to dig a fish pond  at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Children of civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie helps to dig a fish pond  at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Children of civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Children of war refugees wait for a food distribution at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Children of civil war refugees admire a community garden at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Civil war refugee children wait for milk from an NGO at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • A young civil war refugee at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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  • A diverse crowd of people and animals gathers at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Cattle await an uncertain fate at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A mother and daughter gossip as they break bricks into gravel for road construction near their home in Mirpur Destitute Camp outside of Dhaka Bangladesh.  For a long day of work the woman are paid about a pound of flour, barely enough to support their children.
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  • civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Men help to dig a fish pond at Mirpur Destitute camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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  • Civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Mirpur destitute camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Children of war refugees admire a community garden at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • A civil war refugee in Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Weekend cattle market at Mirpur near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A diverse crowd of people and animals gathers at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A diverse crowd of people and animals gathers at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A diverse crowd of people and animals gathers at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A homeless village woman from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  She had been had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and brutal 1971 war of independence
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  • A young Bengali woman entertains her baby son with a sparrow that she caught as a pet at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1979
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  • civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Gordon Wiltsie helps to dig a fish pond  at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Mirpur destitute camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Piu, a benglai college student volunteers to serve milk to children of civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Cattle await an uncertain fate at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A diverse crowd of people and animals gathers at the weekly Mirpur animal market near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0920.jpg
  • A homeless village woman from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  She had been had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and brutal 1971 war of independence
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  • Noorbanu and her daughter in their hovel at Mirpur. Their only possessions are a few mud pots and a rusted tin full of flour from the relief lines.  Each night they must pish and shove anew to maintain their sleeping space amongst the scores of others around them.  Bangladesh, 1977
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  • Sufia Begum & her son relax at Mirpur Destitute Camp outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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  • Children line up for a daily ration of dried milk and survival biscuits at Mirpur Destitute Camp outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Children of Mirpur Destitute Camp, lined up for their daily cupful of milk and stack of survival crackers- their high point in an otherwise hungry day. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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  • A child rests in his mother’s arms in Mirpur Destitute Camp in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 1977. Though she is impoverished his mother has spent precious pennies for bangles and make-up for her greatest source of pride - a son.  The dark circles around his eyes are believed to make them larger and more beautiful.
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  • A girl hugs her baby sister at Mirpur Destitute Camp outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh in March 1977.  The clothes they are wearing were donated by an American charity but distrubuted by the camp director who sold them for a profit he pocketed.  The infant’s head is shaved to remove lice.
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  • Residents of Mirpur Destitute camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, carry mud from a pond they are digging as a place to raise fish and establish a communal protein source.  This project was funded by Food For the Hungry in 1977.  Woman on left is Amina Khatum.
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  • Noorbanu, a Bengali woman left widowed and homeless by the 1971 War of Independence in Bangladesh, is pictured here living in Mirpur Destitute Camp outside of Dhaka. Before the war whe was a middle class woman who enjoyed the comforts of servants and a hunger-free life.
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  • civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Aid worker Meredith Wiltsie discusses a self-help project at Mirpur Destitute Camp, a living space for Bengali people displaced by a typhoon and brutal war of independence.
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