https://ezramillstein.com/ weekly 1.0 https://ezramillstein.com/clients/exhibitions/awards monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/about monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/4R3A7425_1.jpg https://ezramillstein.com/contact monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/travels-in-india monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/yemen-conflict monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_i73v6n_yemen-201809-emillstein-0189.jpg Lahj, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 Hasan supports 14 family members, including his three children. His father and brother died in recent airstrikes. Many of his neighbors left the village at different times, fleeing the violence. He and his family chose to stay. They found it hard to get food, but received cash from Mercy Corps, which he used for medicine for his son, and food for the family. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_lw9p3e_yemen-201809-emillstein-2121.jpg Al Thurba, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 One year-old Anwar gets treatment at a mobile malnutrition clinic. He has been sick and malnourished, taking a turn for the worse when his family was forced to flee their home due to conflict. Families like his find relative safety in more rural areas, but these places can be difficult to access and pose challenges to getting resources like food and medical care. “During that trip, he was having diarrhea and vomiting,” explains his mother Sahar. “He was in a difficult situation. The trip took us three days, and there is no place on the road to take him to a hospital, so we just had to keep our focus on getting him here.” Mobile malnutrition screening clinics are one of several ways Mercy Corps is solving the challenges posed by the mountainous terrain of Yemen. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_13oatj_yemen-201809-emillstein-1249.jpg Lahj, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 Samira was widowed more than two decades ago, and has been working singelhandedly to support her family. Mercy Corps helped her by providing some goats, which she breeds and sells. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_89tlv6_yemen-201809-emillstein-1015.jpg Lahj, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 Ali, 9, peeks through the doorway of his family's home. His father Wassim used to work as a day laborer, trying to find work wherever he could to support his four children, but jobs are scarce in war-torn Yemen. He would travel far and still not be guaranteed to find enough work to support his family’s basic needs. Wassim was hired by a Mercy Corps cash-for-work project, and helped build an irrigation channel. He used the money to buy a cow and some sheep, and opened a vegetable stand, so he could begin to earn a regular income. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_p5lo21_yemen-201809-emillstein-1972.jpg Al Thurba, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 Fatima and her family fled the fighting in Hodeida, and took refuge in an abandonded school with more than 60 other families. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_pdkdtz_yemen-201809-emillstein-2037.jpg Al Thurba, Yemen SEPTEMBER, 2018 Entikhab has four children and is pregnant with her fifth. She and her family fled fighting in the port city of Hodeida, taking refuge in an abandoned school with more than 60 other families. “One day we woke up to the sound of rockets, Entikhab says. “We were really afraid. We didn’t feel safe. We sold everything we had, everything so we could leave.” They now live in a stairwell and the kids sleep with only a couple of blankets between them and the hard-tiled floor, kept up at night by rats and stinging insects. The family received emergency cash from Mercy Corps, which enabled Entikhab to purchase cooking fuel to safely prepare meals for her children. But their needs are still immense. “You can clearly see how difficult our situation is,” Entikhab says. “Our life is so hard. I am trying to go out and find work. Sometimes I come home with no money, and we go to sleep without food.” https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_hit8dd_yemen-201809-emillstein-1968.jpg Al Thurba, Yemen SEPTEMBER, 2018 Safiha and other members of a marginalized community in Yemen fled violence on Hodieda and sought shelter in an abandoned school. Around 60 families live here, but with no running water, no cooking facilities or bathrooms, and broken windows and doors, the building provides only the most rudimentary shelter. The space is sweltering in summer and bone-chillingly cold in winter, and infested with rats and insects. Safiha received a cash distribution from Mercy Corps to help her meet her basic needs. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_6qw00n_yemen-201809-emillstein-1902_1.jpg Al Thurba, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 This woman and her 3 week-old baby fled violence in Hodeida, and sought shelter in an abandoned school. Around 60 families live here, but with no running water, no cooking facilities or bathrooms, and broken windows and doors, the building provides only the most rudimentary shelter. The space is sweltering in summer and bone-chillingly cold in winter, and infested with rats and insects. She received a cash distribution from Mercy Corps to help her meet her basic needs. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_tcpwjf_yemen-201809-emillstein-1868.jpg Al Thurba, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 Fatima is a mother of six. She and her children fled escalating violence in Hodeida, and found shelter with other members from their marginalized community in an abandoned school. Her husband is injured and cannot seek work so, without an income, they struggle to meet their basic needs. The family received emergency cash from Mercy Corps which they used to purchase food and clothing for the children. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_mph7lr_yemen-201809-emillstein-3399-copy.jpg Al Mahweet, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 Abdullah and his 7-year-old daughter Nehan in a cholera isolation unit, where Nehan has just begun receiving treatment. Mercy Corps is providing cholera clinics with beds, IV fluids and water to help them meet the increasing needs of patients like her. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_ih2jcb_yemen-201809-emillstein-3669_1.jpg Al Mahweet, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 When Khalid’s younger son, Mohammed, fell severely ill from cholera, he carried him for two hours on his back through the mountains to receive treatment. His 10-year-old son Ali is also sick. Mercy Corps is providing cholera clinics in Yemen with beds, IV fluids and water to help them meet the increasing needs of patients like Mohammed. “They are providing us with everything, as I have nothing,” Khalid says of the clinic. “Whenever one of my family members get sick, I just bring them here.” https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_p0ykoa_yemen-201809-emillstein-5212_1.jpg Al Mahweet, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 Rassam, 7, with a jerrycan full of water. His mother Nadia has one wish: for the war in Yemen to stop. Because of the current conflict, her kids can’t attend school; they don’t have enough food; they can’t afford to go to the doctor; and they live in constant fear. “With the current war, there is no future for us or for our kids,” she says. Mercy Corps built a water point in their community, providing them with a safe, affordable source of clean water. Now that they don’t have to rely on expensive water trucking, they can focus their income on other things they need to survive. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_uhoxih_yemen-201809-emillstein-6185.jpg Al Mahweet, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 Malak stands in the hallways of her family's home. Her father Najib is a skilled laborer, a mason and plasterer, but the crisis in Yemen has made it difficult for him to support his family. Mercy Corps hired him as part of a cash-for-work program to build a retaining wall. When people have a marketable skill, it improves their chances and gives them more ways to survive. https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_imezic_yemen-201809-emillstein-6018.jpg Al Mahweet, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/smgs4yxw_hgvj19rn_9kbrxj_yemen-201809-emillstein-7132.jpg Al Mahweet, Yemen SEPTEMBER 2018 The rugged mountains of northern Yemen. https://ezramillstein.com/syria-crisis monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/syria-201707-emillstein-0256.jpg Syria JULY 2017 Marwa holds her 3 month-old daughter Farah, inside the tent where they are staying temporarily. She and her husband, Ali, fled the violence in their hometown and are now living in a displacement camp. Ali used to work selling vegetables out of his car, but there is no work in the camp. Mercy Corps is helping to meet the needs of families across Syria who are fleeing the violent conflict, providing them with basic essentials. This has included providing new arrival kits in this informal settlement. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/syria-201707-emillstein-0088.jpg Syria JULY 2017 Marwa holds her 3 month-old daughter Farah, inside the tent where they are staying temporarily. She and her husband, Ali, fled the violence in their hometown and are now living in a displacement camp. Ali used to work selling vegetables out of his car, but there is no work in the camp. Mercy Corps is helping to meet the needs of families across Syria who are fleeing the violent conflict, providing them with basic essentials. This has included providing new arrival kits in this informal settlement. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/syria-201707-emillstein-0177.jpg Syria JULY 2017 Ali holds his 3 month-old daughter Farah, inside the tent where they are staying temporarily. She and her husband, Ali, fled the violence in their hometown and are now living in a displacement camp. Ali used to work selling vegetables out of his car, but there is no work in the camp. Mercy Corps is helping to meet the needs of families across Syria who are fleeing the violent conflict, providing them with basic essentials. This has included providing new arrival kits in this informal settlement. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/syria-201707-emillstein-0408.jpg Syria JULY 2017 Mercy Corps is helping to meet the needs of families across Syria who are fleeing the violent conflict, providing them with basic essentials. This has included providing new arrival kits in this informal settlement. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/syria-201707-emillstein-0953.jpg Syria JULY 2017 Abu Goubran with his granddaughter Wia, 1, and a pile of freshly harvested eggplant, tomatoes and watermelon. He does not own land, but has significant agricultural expertise thanks to a lifetime spent working in farming. Mercy Corps connected him to a landowner who was interested in benefiting from that expertise, and provided some resources to improve the farm, including building a greenhouse. Together, they have seen yields increase dramatically. The greenhouse generates 10 times the yield of the same area of land not under a greenhouse, Abu Goubran says. The use of greenhouses is not common in this area, so they were the first to be able to grow out of season vegetables. They use organic methods, with an apiary on site to pollinate the fields. They also open the farm to do training sessions for local farmers on innovative farming techniques. Between Abu Goubran, the landowner, the various laborers who work the fields and another partner who helps with purchasing supplies the farm directly supports four families. The village is home to another 400 families who benefit indirectly from reduced prices and a broader range of foods. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/syria-201707-emillstein-0679.jpg Syria JULY 2017 Abu Goubran's son Safouan, 12, harvests watermelon. Abu Goubran does not own land, but has significant agricultural expertise thanks to a lifetime spent working in farming. Mercy Corps connected him to a landowner who was interested in benefiting from that expertise, and provided some resources to improve the farm, including building a greenhouse. Together, they have seen yields increase dramatically. The greenhouse generates 10 times the yield of the same area of land not under a greenhouse, Abu Goubran says. The use of greenhouses is not common in this area, so they were the first to be able to grow out of season vegetables. They use organic methods, with an apiary on site to pollinate the fields. They also open the farm to do training sessions for local farmers on innovative farming techniques. Between Abu Goubran, the landowner, the various laborers who work the fields and another partner who helps with purchasing supplies the farm directly supports four families. The village is home to another 400 families who benefit indirectly from reduced prices and a broader range of foods. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/jordan-201708-emillstein-2828_1.jpg Azraq, Jordan AUGUST 2017 A boy draws water from a well at Azraq refugee camp. The camp first opened in April 2014. It houses over 20,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/jordan-201807-emillstein-2578.jpg Zaatari, Jordan JULY 2018 Children play on the outskirts of Zaatari refugee camp. Mercy Corps operates a safe space inside Zaatari, where Syrian refugees learn about healthy parenting strategies and make traditional Syrian crafts that help them stay connected to their home. The space, which features a playground, garden, soccer field, and classrooms, gives adults and children a safe place to stay in the middle of the dusty camp. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/jordan-201807-emillstein-2218.jpg Zaatari, Jordan JULY 2018 Badara, 11, holds her little brother Ali, 2, at a youth center run by Mercy Corps. Here, boys and girls participate in activities specifically designed to help them cope with difficult experiences, rebuild confidence and trust in those around them, and develop skills to keep them on the path to a better future. At the centers, art sessions allow kids to work through painful experiences. Sports and exercise help them burn energy and learn about teamwork, determination and values. Classes teach them life skills, including communication, goal setting and time management, and hard skills such as English and computers. Community improvement projects, like mural painting, give them a voice. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/jordan-201807-emillstein-3337.jpg Mafraq, Jordan JULY 2018 Ahmad, 10, a Syrian refugee, plays on a wall next to his neighbor's family's goat pen. The neighbors are Maha, 34, and Mohammad, 39, and they are also Syrian refugees. Mohammad has worked on and off in Jordan for several years, but the war in Syria has made it his permanent home—his house in Syria has been burned down. When his wife followed as war closed in, she was placed in Jordan’s Azraq camp but fled after a few weeks. Together, they struggle to provide for their five children, who are out of school. Maha and Mohammad were separated by the war for more than two years. When they reunited, their daughter, Alala, didn’t recognize him. Today they live together in a small tent in Jordanian desert, trying to scrape together work until peace returns. A few of Maha and Mohammad’s kids are old enough to remember when war broke out in their town. “My daughter, when the plane came … she started to cry, because she saw, in front of us, the plane carrying out massacres of innocent people,” Maha says. In Syria, Mohammad and Maha were small farmers raising their kids in peace. But since war forced them from home, now they live as refugees, struggling to cope with what their family has been through. “I swear that when the night comes, and we hear the sound of planes, my body starts to shake out of fear for my sons,” Maha says. Mercy Corps connected the family to mobile banking, which they use to pay bills and save money on their phones. Their dream today is to continue on to Europe where their kids can continue their educations and live in peace. “I’ve suffered,” Mohammad says. “I don’t want them to suffer like me.” https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/jordan-201807-emillstein-3380.jpg Mafraq, Jordan JULY 2018 Maha, 34, holds her 1-year-old daughter Heba. They are Syrian refugees. Maha's husband Mohammad has worked on and off in Jordan for several years, but the war in Syria has made it his permanent home—his house in Syria has been burned down. When his wife followed as war closed in, she was placed in Jordan’s Azraq camp but fled after a few weeks. Together, they struggle to provide for their five children, who are out of school. Maha and Mohammad were separated by the war for more than two years. When they reunited, their daughter, Alala, didn’t recognize him. Today they live together in a small tent in Jordanian desert, trying to scrape together work until peace returns. A few of Maha and Mohammad’s kids are old enough to remember when war broke out in their town. “My daughter, when the plane came … she started to cry, because she saw, in front of us, the plane carrying out massacres of innocent people,” Maha says. In Syria, Mohammad and Maha were small farmers raising their kids in peace. But since war forced them from home, now they live as refugees, struggling to cope with what their family has been through. “I swear that when the night comes, and we hear the sound of planes, my body starts to shake out of fear for my sons,” Maha says. Mercy Corps connected the family to mobile banking, which they use to pay bills and save money on their phones. Their dream today is to continue on to Europe where their kids can continue their educations and live in peace. “I’ve suffered,” Mohammad says. “I don’t want them to suffer like me.” https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/jordan-201807-emillstein-0997.jpg Mafraq, Jordan JULY 2018 Ahmad, 51, holds his granddaughters Zinab, 2, and Bilasan, 6 months. They are Syrian refugees living in an informal tent settlement. They fled Syria in 2012 when a bomb destroyed their home. Since then, they have lived in a tent community with 23 other families, where Ahmad built a schoolhouse that teaches more than 40 Syrian kids. Ahmad was a farmer back in Syria, but when he saw how none of the children in this community could read or write, he decided to be their teacher. The walls of his classroom are covered in posters teaching English, Arabic, science and math, while the ceiling is decorated with recycled materials the children gathered. “I try to put hope for the children here. So I’m proud of what I did,” he says. More than 700,000 Syrian refugee children are out of school. Ahmad built this classroom so that when the time comes for the kids in his community to return to Syria, they’ll be ready to pick up their education again. “I built everything here by myself,” he says. “I started this to teach children here, because if I didn’t, they would take their own direction in their life and do the wrong thing, like drugs or going to the streets. Children in this generation are our future. Because of that, I started this school.” Ahmad’s school teaches children ranging from ages 5 to 13. They meet from 8 a.m. to noon, six days a week. At first there were no chairs, and the students sat on rocks in the sand. The community pulled together to help buy carpet, stools, and school materials. “It’s a benefit for everyone here,” he says. Ahmad uses Khabrona, a digital platform built by Mercy Corps and Cisco to help refugees access critical services through their cell phones. Once he used the app, he was able to get documentation for his son to live legally in the country. “I felt relief,” he says. “I felt like I was legal because I could go back and forth and my child could go back and forth … This program really helped a lot of families.” Ahmad lives about 13 miles from the Syrian border—close enough to hear the sound of airstrikes in the distance. The sound is a reminder of the life he used to have and the struggles he’s endured for his family’s safety. “I used to own a farm, now I’m working for a farmer. I used to make people work for me and respect them, now I’m working for someone who doesn’t respect me,” he says. “It was really hard. We have a lot of depression.” Ahmad has a close relationship with the kids in his school, who call him Teacher or Uncle. When the kids hear the airstrikes, they often come to him to ask him to explain it. “Most of the children actually didn’t live this, so at first they didn’t know,” he says. “They thought it was fireworks. But after they go back to their parents and start to see the news, they come back to me and ask me about it, “We saw the news and people died and everything.” I tried to make the picture better, but you can’t. I tried, but it will stay a black picture because someone died.” https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/jordan-201807-emillstein-1074.jpg Mafraq, Jordan JULY 2018 A girl attends class in a tent in an informal settlement outside Mafraq, where 23 families live. Her teacher, Ahmad, 51, built the schoolhouse that teaches more than 40 Syrian kids. Ahmad was a farmer back in Syria, but when he saw how none of the children in this community could read or write, he decided to be their teacher. The walls of his classroom are covered in posters teaching English, Arabic, science and math, while the ceiling is decorated with recycled materials the children gathered. “I try to put hope for the children here. So I’m proud of what I did,” he says. More than 700,000 Syrian refugee children are out of school. Ahmad built this classroom so that when the time comes for the kids in his community to return to Syria, they’ll be ready to pick up their education again. “I built everything here by myself,” he says. “I started this to teach children here, because if I didn’t, they would take their own direction in their life and do the wrong thing, like drugs or going to the streets. Children in this generation are our future. Because of that, I started this school.” Ahmad’s school teaches children ranging from ages 5 to 13. They meet from 8 a.m. to noon, six days a week. At first there were no chairs, and the students sat on rocks in the sand. The community pulled together to help buy carpet, stools, and school materials. “It’s a benefit for everyone here,” he says. Ahmad uses Khabrona, a digital platform built by Mercy Corps and Cisco to help refugees access critical services through their cell phones. Once he used the app, he was able to get documentation for his son to live legally in the country. “I felt relief,” he says. “I felt like I was legal because I could go back and forth and my child could go back and forth … This program really helped a lot of families.” Ahmad lives about 13 miles from the Syrian border—close enough to hear the sound of airstrikes in the distance. The sound is a reminder of the life he used to have and the struggles he’s endured for his family’s safety. “I used to own a farm, now I’m working for a farmer. I used to make people work for me and respect them, now I’m working for someone who doesn’t respect me,” he says. “It was really hard. We have a lot of depression.” Ahmad has a close relationship with the kids in his school, who call him Teacher or Uncle. When the kids hear the airstrikes, they often come to him to ask him to explain it. “Most of the children actually didn’t live this, so at first they didn’t know,” he says. “They thought it was fireworks. But after they go back to their parents and start to see the news, they come back to me and ask me about it, “We saw the news and people died and everything.” I tried to make the picture better, but you can’t. I tried, but it will stay a black picture because someone died.” https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/lebanon-201808-emillstein-1125.jpg Sidon, Lebanon AUGUST 2018 This avocado farm in southern Lebanon sells seedlings to local farmers. Support from Mercy Corps provided an irrigation system that helped the business plant an additional 24,000 trees and hire new farmers, including Moufideh, a Syrian refugee. More than 150 local farmers buy their trees from this business, which has grown rapidly thanks to Mercy Corps’ support. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/lebanon-201708-emillstein-0622_1.jpg Bekaa Valley, Lebanon AUGUST 2017 Iman (26) sits inside her family's shelter in an informal settlement. They fled Raqqa when ISIS took over, almost five years ago. She was displaced in another region of Syria, and made her way to Lebanon about a year ago. Iman is a single mother who benefitted from a cash-for-work program, in which she rehabilitated a community garden with 20 other Lebanese and Syrian people. They cleared the land, planted trees and installed benches. She used her wages to rent shelter for her family. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/lebanon-201708-emillstein-0250.jpg Bekaa Valley, Lebanon AUGUST 2017 Mercy Corps is running Gender Based Violence sessions to teach both men and women about gender, equality and conflict resolution. Women face a lot of risks in their current situation; violence, beatings and rape are all concerns. Diana (pictured), 18, left Syria with her family when she was 11 or 12. Her mother, Kaffa, hosts the sessions in her home, and even though they have only been in operation for 2 weeks, they have become very popular. Kaffa and her family fled from Syria; it took them 4 days to get to Lebanon. 'We fled from death, we fled from hunger and terror," she said. Her husband cannot work because he has a herniated disc, so Kaffa takes care of him. When they first arrived, they did not have any shelter. Everyone who could work had to start working, including the children (as young as 9) in the fields for about $4 a day so that they could rent some kind of shelter. "I feel safe here - there is no more war, no more killing, no more death. I have secured my family so now I am able to sleep at night." https://ezramillstein.com/recovering-from-boko-haram monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/children-of-mosul monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/iraq-201707-emillstein-3565.jpg Qayyarah Jeddah, Iraq JULY 2017 Abdulrahman Saleh sleeps on the floor just inside his family's tent at the Jeddah IDP camp. His family has been displaced for 9 months, since their home was completely destroyed. “We left only with the clothes we were wearing. We were in the desert for three days without anything,” says Yaser's mother, Sana Fathi Abdullah Younes. They are one of 400 families that received NFI kits from Mercy Corps on this day; the kit included 6 blankets, 2 jerrycans, a tarp and a rope. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/iraq-201707-emillstein-3476.jpg Qayyarah Jeddah, Iraq JULY 2017 A boy looks out the window of his family's tent at the Jeddah IDP camp. Families fleeing the violence in Mosul are often unable to bring anything with them. In displacement camps, Mercy Corps is delivering essential supplies to help people survive. New arrival kits include: cooking pot and pan, plates, glasses, silverware, serving spoon, stainless steel kitchen knife, 6 light weight blankets, 1 rope, 1 tarp and 2 jerry cans. To provide one family with these household essentials costs approximately $70 USD / 60 Euro / 54 GBP. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/iraq-201707-emillstein-2463.jpg Mosul, Iraq JULY 2017 Ibrahim, 6, is the youngest of Wasila’s three children. Her husband was a police officer who was killed during the recent conflict. She herself was beaten many times, and her daughter Sarah still suffers from her wounds, and from what she termed a “mental shock.” Her son Ibrahim is shy. She says that Ibrahim says he wants to be a policeman. Wasila said that Ibrahim "keeps it in his heart. He processes these things in his mind.” They received a $400 cash distribution from Mercy Corps, which they will use for food, cooking gas, and to pay the generator supplier for electricity. Cash assistance is the quickest and most efficient way of helping because people can buy what they and their families need most. Since July 2016, Mercy Corps has helped more than 12,000 families impacted by conflict around Mosul. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/iraq-201707-emillstein-1688.jpg Mosul, Iraq JULY 2017 Shahad Moatez Hashem, 5, plays on an improvised swing. She lives with her grandmother, Faiza Abdulrazak Aziz. Faiza and her extended family fled from ISIS. There is nothing left at their house; their car was burned and their home was destroyed. They share a home with five families. She has six children, three boys and three girls, and six grandchildren living in the shared house. The family received a $400 cash distribution from Mercy Corps. Cash assistance is the quickest and most efficient way of helping because people can buy what they and their families need most. Since July 2016, Mercy Corps has helped more than 12,000 families impacted by conflict around Mosul. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/iraq-201707-emillstein-1663.jpg Mosul, Iraq JULY 2017 Mustafa, 9, carries his 6 month-old cousin Rayan. They live with their grandmother, Faiza Abdulrazak Aziz, She and her extended family fled from ISIS. There is nothing left at their house; their car was burned and their home was destroyed. They share a home with five families. She has six children, three boys and three girls, and six grandchildren living in the shared house. The family received a $400 cash distribution from Mercy Corps. Cash assistance is the quickest and most efficient way of helping because people can buy what they and their families need most. Since July 2016, Mercy Corps has helped more than 12,000 families impacted by conflict around Mosul. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/iraq-201707-emillstein-2973.jpg Qayyarah Jeddah, Iraq JULY 2017 Muthana Raeed, 6, and her family went to an NFI distribution at the Jeddah IDP camp. Families fleeing the violence in Mosul are often unable to bring anything with them. In displacement camps, Mercy Corps is delivering essential supplies to help people survive. New arrival kits include: cooking pot and pan, plates, glasses, silverware, serving spoon, stainless steel kitchen knife, 6 light weight blankets, 1 rope, 1 tarp and 2 jerry cans. To provide one family with these household essentials costs approximately $70 USD / 60 Euro / 54 GBP. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/iraq-201707-emillstein-2982.jpg Qayyarah Jeddah, Iraq. JULY 2017 Muthana Raeed (6, bottom) and her sister Mazin (13, top) went to an NFI distribution at the Jeddah IDP camp. Families fleeing the violence in Mosul are often unable to bring anything with them. In displacement camps, Mercy Corps is delivering essential supplies to help people survive. New arrival kits include: cooking pot and pan, plates, glasses, silverware, serving spoon, stainless steel kitchen knife, 6 light weight blankets, 1 rope, 1 tarp and 2 jerry cans. To provide one family with these household essentials costs approximately $70 USD / 60 Euro / 54 GBP. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/iraq-201707-emillstein-3252.jpg Qayyarah Jeddah, Iraq JULY 2017 Freeal Jummah, 15, holds two jerrycans that her family received as part of a Mercy Corps NFI distribution. Hers is one of 400 families that received NFI kits from Mercy Corps on this day; the kit included 6 blankets, 2 jerrycans, a tarp and a rope. Before the crisis, her family farmed for a living. They fled the fighting in Shirqat, south of Mosul, and have been in IDP camps since January. Freeal and her siblings wait in line for water twice a day for up to an hour. Her mother, Hela Salama Jummah, said "This is my country, my birthplace. I would hope to be able to go home.” https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/IMG_9495_1.jpg Khabat, Iraq JULY 2017 Youth, IDPs and refugees attend a music class at a Mercy Corps Youth Center. Boys and girls have the opportunity to attend courses there for a few hours a day from Sunday to Thursday each week. The classes include language, music, media and sports. https://ezramillstein.com/mercy-corps---africa monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/mercy-corps---asia monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/mercy-corps---latin-america monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/habitat-for-humanity-international monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/habitat-for-humanity---usa monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/nepal-earthquake monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/haiti-earthquake monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-04226-EM.jpg Cabaret, Haiti FEBRUARY 5, 2010 Eight year-old Jeff Cybaptiste stands in front of his family's Habitat house, which withstood the earthquake of January 12th. It is one of 183 Habitat homes in the area, which were the closest Habitat houses to the epicenter of the earthquake. Initial reports indicate that only eight of these homes sustained damage; by comparison, it is estimated that 8,000 non-Habitat homes were destroyed in the surrounding areas. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-04890-EM.jpg Port-au-Prince, Haiti FEBRUARY 6, 2010 Three weeks after the January 12th earthquake, the streets of downtown Port-au-Prince are still strewn with debris. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-04682-EM.jpg Port-au-Prince, Haiti FENRUARY 6, 2010 A young girl watches as a dead body is covered with a sheet, after being discovered decomposing in a pile of rubble three weeks after the January 12th earthquake. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-07101-EM.jpg Port-au-Prince, Haiti FEBRUARY 15, 2010 A man collects broken pieces of the pews in Haiti's National Cathedral, to use for firewood. The building was destroyed by the January 12th earthquake. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-15162-EM.jpg Léogâne, Haiti JUNE 22, 2010 35 year-old Rose Flore Charles holds her 2 year-old daughter, Guallina Delva. After the earthquake destroyed their family's home, they have been living in a makeshift shelter in Leogane that Rose cobbled together out of scraps. They are moving into a Habitat for Humanity transitional shelter this week. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-05036-EM.jpg Port-au-Prince, Haiti FEBRUARY 6, 2010 A man burns body parts among the ruins of a collapsed building, three weeks after the January 12th earthquake. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-04575-EM.jpg Port-au-Prince, Haiti FEBRUARY 6, 2010 Jean Charles Sejour searches the rubble of Haiti's Social Security office for the remains of his coworkers. He was inside when the catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck on January 12th, but ran for the door and managed to escape before the building collapsed. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-06818-EM.jpg Pétionville, Haiti FEBRUARY 12, 2010 A woman participates in a prayer vigil in the center of a tent city in Place St. Pierre, marking one month since the devastating earthquake of January 12th. The Haitian government declared February 12th-15th as days of prayer and fasting, as Haitians remember loved ones who were lost during the disaster. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-06362-EM.jpg Pétionville, Haiti FEBRUARY 12, 2010 A woman participates in a prayer vigil in the center of a tent city in Place St. Pierre, marking one month since the devastating earthquake of January 12th. The Haitian government declared February 12th-15th as days of prayer and fasting, as Haitians remember loved ones who were lost during the disaster. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-27630-EM.jpg Port-au-Prince, Haiti NOVEMBER 11, 2010 Samdi Ednan lives in Cité Soleil, an extremely impoverished and densely populated area of Port-au-Prince. Habitat for Humanity is reaching out to his community, in order to help improve housing. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-16165-EM.jpg Cap-Haïtien, Haiti JUNE 25, 2010 Puchina Valcin, 5, is the daughter of Annette Charles. Annette, 34, sought refuge in Cap-Haitien after her home in Port-au-Prince was destroyed by the January 12th earthquake. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-04931-EM.jpg Port-au-Prince, Haiti FEBRUARY 6, 2010 The sun sets behind a collapsed building, three weeks after the devastating earthquake struck Haiti. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-05703-EM.jpg Delmas, Haiti FEBRUARY 7, 2010 A man digs through the ruins of his destroyed house, on a steep hillside near Port-au-Prince. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-06029-EM.jpg Carrefour, Haiti FEBRUARY 9, 2010 Five year-old Jonas Joseph, his eight year-old sister Marie and 12 year-old brother Jeff are silhouetted against the wall of their family's makeshift shelter, in the midst of a tent city that serves as a temporary home for 350 families. The earthquake caused heavy damage to residential buildings in Carrefour; an estimated 80-90% of the buildings were destroyed. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-04857-EM.jpg Port-au-Prince, Haiti FEBRUARY 6, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (2/6/10)-Seven year-old Wesley Paul stands in front of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-15664-EM.jpg Gonaives, Haiti MAY 24, 2010 Henry Mackolene is a neighbor and friend of Francesa Saint-Hubert. Francesa, 6, is Sabine Lorema's niece. They live together, along with five other people, in a rental home in Gonaives. Sabine used to live in the Christ-Roi neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Her husband, a bus driver, was killed during the January 12th earthquake when a public utility company building collapsed on top of his bus, while he was parked waiting to pick up riders. Sabine is applying to partner with Habitat to build a core house. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-05817-EM.jpg Carrefour, Haiti FEBRUARY 9, 2010 Two month-old Cherize Streama sleeps soundly in the middle of a raucous tent city of 350 families. Her clavicle was fractured during the January 12th earthquake, which caused heavy damage to residential buildings in Carrefour; an estimated 80-90% of the buildings were destroyed. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-05875-EM.jpg Carrefour, Haiti FEBRUARY 9, 2010 Marie Pierre looks through the door of her makeshift shelter, in a crowded tent city of 350 families. Her right hand and leg were broken during the January 12th earthquake, which caused heavy damage to residential buildings in Carrefour; an estimated 80-90% of the buildings were destroyed. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-15937-EM.jpg Gonaives, Haiti MAY 24, 2010 Rain pours from the roof of a Habitat for Humanity transitional shelter. Habitat is building hundreds of these shelters in several Haitian cities; they last approximately two years. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-05167-EM.jpg Léogâne, Haiti FEBRUARY 7, 2010 Women wait in line for Habitat for Humanity bucket shelter kits, which were assembled by volunteers in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 462 women received the kits, which contained a crowbar, a rope, a tarp, nails, a trowel, a handsaw, a hammer and work gloves. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-05122-EM.jpg Léogâne, Haiti FEBRUARY 7, 2010 Women wait in line for Habitat for Humanity bucket shelter kits, which were assembled by volunteers in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 462 women received the kits, which contained a crowbar, a rope, a tarp, nails, a trowel, a handsaw, a hammer and work gloves. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-04286-EM.jpg Cabaret, Haiti FEBRUARY 5, 2010 Twelve year-old Tediphus Joseph's Habitat house withstood the earthquake of January 12th. It is one of 183 Habitat homes in the area, which were the closest Habitat houses to the epicenter of the earthquake. Initial reports indicate that only eight of these homes sustained damage; by comparison, it is estimated that 8,000 non-Habitat homes were destroyed in the surrounding areas. Nonetheless, Tediphus and his siblings now sleep in a tent in front of their home, because they are scared that another earthquake will come and "shake the house." © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/HAIT-10-05447-EM.jpg Léogâne, Haiti FEBRUARY 7, 2010 A young brother and sister sit inside their family's makeshift shelter. Léogâne was among the worst affected towns by the January 12th earthquake, with an estimated 80% to 90% of buildings damaged and no remaining government infrastructure. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf25d986/images/JCWP-11-16952-EM.jpg Léogâne, Haiti NOVEMBER 6, 2011 Former President Jimmy Carter inspects one of the new homes built on the site of the 2011 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. © Habitat for Humanity International/Ezra Millstein https://ezramillstein.com/landscapes monthly 0.8 https://ezramillstein.com/publications monthly 0.8