Life After Typhoon Haiyan, 2013
At the center of the Filipino archipelago, the typhoon Haiyan ravaged mountains, hills and plains on November 8th 2013. More than 6,000 deaths and nearly 4 million displaced, Haiyan left a huge ravaged land in its path, a grey area that looks like death from the air, and that inspires fear.
Lâm Duc Hiên went on the spot, two weeks after the disaster, with fifteen members of Medecins du Monde. They arrived on Leyte Island passing by Ormoc, a small village located on the west coast where the airport has just reopened. It is the time to sort out, to put things away, to rebuild. Even if it still rains a lot and that the land is still muddy, at the first sunrise, laundry comes out to dry.
“It is no longer despair and panic. People are smiling and open.“ Lâm Duc Hiên
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