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://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. 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