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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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.
    BD 0305.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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  • 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.
    BD 0209.jpg
  • 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
    BD 0111.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
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  • A man pushes a cart loaded with bamboo up a road in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0717.jpg
  • A sailboat carries cargo up a river near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0507.jpg
  • 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.
    BD 0302.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.
    BD 0211.jpg
  • 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.
    BD 0208.jpg
  • 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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  • Homeless children gather as friends at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977
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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.
    BD 1803.jpg
  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 1714.jpg
  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 1710.jpg
  • 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 1609.jpg
  • 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
  • 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
  • Laborers dig a flood control canal near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 1111.jpg
  • Laborers dig a flood control canal near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 1108.jpg
  • Men saw logs into firewood near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0815.jpg
  • 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
    BD 0807.jpg
  • A worker makes bamboo mats near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A blacksmithand his sons wait for the next customer at  his outdoor stall near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0702.jpg
  • A boy sells nuts to passersby on a street in  Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Pedicab peddlers wait for a fare on the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Men wait for a train in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977,
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  • Pedicab peddlers wait for a fare on the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0419.jpg
  • An ox cart carryin lumber trots down a street in  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0417.jpg
  • Men push a cart topheavy with oil drums in  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0412.jpg
  • Upper class college students settle up with a rickshaw driver in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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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
    BD 0319.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 0318.jpg
  • 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
    BD 0216.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.
    BD 0214.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.
    BD 0210.jpg
  • 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
  • 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
    BD 0112.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.
    BD 0104.jpg
  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, ramshackle log house still provides shelter in Snopa village, close to the Arctic Ocean coast.
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  • North of the Arctic Circle in Russia, an old boat sits amongst sheds and houses in Snopa village, close to the Arctic Ocean coast.
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Sherpa girl gathers juniper firewood for family, augmenting deforestation in Khumbu region.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Nomadic herding family in a snowstorm south of Lhasa.
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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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  • A woman holds her grandson in Manang village, north of the Annapurna Massif in Nepal.
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  • Meredith Wiltsie after college students tossed dye colored ballons as they celebrate the Hindu holiday Holi in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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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.
    BD 1811.jpg
  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 1703.jpg
  • 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.
    BD 1418.jpg
  • 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.
    BD 1417.jpg
  • 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.
    BD 1412.jpg
  • Laborers dig a flood control canal near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 1113.jpg
  • A woman and her children flee oncoming plow oxen in a village near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 1105.jpg
  • Laborers dig a flood control canal near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 1101.jpg
  • 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
    BD 0808.jpg
  • 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
    BD 0804.jpg
  • Men push a cart loaded with bamboo up a road in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0715.jpg
  • Men saw boards from a log at a lumber mill near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0710.jpg
  • Human-powered transport is everywhere in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0518.jpg
  • A sailboat carries cargo up a river near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0505.jpg
  • Human-powered transport vies with trucks and buses  in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0416.jpg
  • Human-powered transport is everywhere in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0414.jpg
  • Villagers use a cart to take home a cow they bought at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0410.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 0315.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.
    BD 0304.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.
    BD 0215.jpg
  • 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 0119.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.
    BD 0115.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.
    BD 0114.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.
    BD 0107.jpg
  • A sea of thatched and tin roofs cover shanties in the huge slum of Belen in Iquitos, Peru.
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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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  • 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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  • A Bengali woman living in a beggar’s rehabilitation camp after being widowed and left homeless by the 1971 War of Independence in Bangladesh  bathes her infant grandson near Dhaka.  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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  • Photographer Gordon Wiltsie helps homeless people dig a fish pond to feed their neighbors at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 1702.jpg
  • Human-powered transport is everywhere in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0402.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.
    BD 0204.jpg