Back a House for Kamalawathi

Back a House for Kamalawathi

Kamalawathi and her family live in a temporary house with a tin roof and no toilet.   When they need to go, they head to the forest next to their home. They’ve been living this way for a long time.  She’s forty-two. Her two older sons are grown and have...
Back a House for Indumini

Back a House for Indumini

Indumini is nineteen years old and six months pregnant.   She and her husband live in a tin-sheet house where the water runs inside every time it rains. There’s no dry corner to wait it out in. That’s the home she’s about to bring a baby into.  To...
Back a House for Dilani

Back a House for Dilani

Dilani’s home is covered with just some temporary sheets. When the rain comes in, the water comes with it. And when the weather turns, the gaps in the walls and the loose covering opens up to let snakes inside.   This is where Dilani and her husband are raising...
Back a House for Susila

Back a House for Susila

Susila looks at her husband and the cobra beside him and says, “this is how we make money.”  His leg is injured now, so it is harder for him to go each day to the road. They don’t have money for the bus, so he walks long distances. She says fewer people are giving...