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Hamida's Camp Pregnancy { 31 images } Created 19 Oct 2010

Hamida, full term pregnant, and her husband Mohammad Ali living in the Keamari tent camp with their 3 children and awaiting their baby.
Coming from Shirkarpur, they lost their home and all their other belongings in the flood that swept through the whole of Pakistan in the summer of 2010.
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  • Hamida opens up their tent after heavy winds have calmed down. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • A view of one of the many camps for flood victims. Heavy monsoon rains displaced over 20 million people across Pakistan in the summer of 2010. The IDP's (Internally displaced people) now live in tents or schools used as temporary shelter and wait for the water to recede and return home to rebuild their lives. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • A midwife checks the position and growth of Hamida's baby. Nervously she looks at the midwife to find out if everything is alright. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Mohammad Rafique closes the tent while the midwife examen's his mother and checks the growth and position of the baby. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Some plates and cups are some household items the family have been able to gather since living in the camp. The flood water destroyed their house and all their belongings and they had to flee the area in a panic with nothing more then the clothes on their backs. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Mohammad Ali softly pads Hamida on her head who is counting down the final days, waiting to give birth to their 4th child. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Mehmooda (Hamida's youngest child) is trying on grown-up slippers while Hamida talks to neighbours visiting their tent for a talk. Most children have no toys and there is hardly any schooling for the children living in the camps. Language often is the biggest problem. Most families in the camps speak Sindhi whilst the classes are held in Urdu. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • A midwife checks the growth and position of Hamida's 4th baby in a tent in a refugee camp for flood victims. <br />
The Pakistani Medical Association (PMA) provided free care for a number of camps and treats the displaced communities in the camps. For the majority of pregnant women in the camp, coming from rural villages of the interior or North of Pakistan, this is the first time they receive prenatal care and regular checkups during their pregnancy. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Mehmooda bites her hand. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Hamida worries after she heard she might have to go to the hospital for a c-section instead of a normal delivery. During her first two deliveries she suffered major complications and almost bled to death. The trauma of this experience made her very afraid of hospitals and operations in general. Karachi, Paksitan, 2010
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  • Mehmooda and Moha Rafique play in the tent that has been their temporary home for the past two months. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Hamida plays with her children and tickles Ahmed Ali. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Moha Rafique found a twig and string and tries to figure out if he can make something out of it to play with. Having lost the few toys they had before the flood and no schooling in the camp, the children become very resourceful in ways to play and keeping occupied. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Hamida changes Mehmooda's clothes outside the tent. After washing the clothes are put out to dry on the collected firewood. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Most families eat food with their hands. Personal hygiene is often a problem, especially in the camps. Washing hands before and after meals is often forgotten or with lack of water not possible. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Hamida smiles. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • On the 14th of November 2010 Hamida gives birth to a healthy baby boy. The pregnant women in her camp are provided with free care and skilled assistance in a private hospital located in the vicinity of the camp. Coming mostly from rural areas all over Pakistan, the women are hesitant to go to a hospital to give birth since they are used to deliver at home with the assistance of their village dai (traditional midwife). Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • A nurse washes Hamida's newborn with oil while the midwife and nurses provide post delivery care to Hamida. The care was provided free of cost by a private hospital close to the camp of flood victims. They gave a standard of care that the women in the camps are not used to and normally cannot afford. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Mehmooda looks at her new baby brother while the baby takes a nap on the floor of their tent. Having lost everything in the flood, the family has no bed and all sleep on the floor. The conditions for the family and newborn are harsh and already a week after delivery the baby suffered a chest infection and had difficulty breathing. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Hamida washed clothes and cloths outside her tent. Already a day after giving birth, Hamida returned to the camp, and slipped back into her role of care taker of her children with no time to recover physically after her delivery. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Hamida hangs the washing on the line in between tents. Already a day after giving birth, Hamida returned to the camp, and slipped back into her role of care taker of her children with no time to recover physically after her delivery. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Exhausted and with hardly any time to rest, Hamida lays next to her newborn baby. She returned back to the camp one day after the delivery and immediately had to take up her role as caretaker for her other 3 children besides taking care of the baby. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • Hamida's mother paints a pattern with a kohl pencil on the baby's face during a traditional ceremony in which the baby receives his name. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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  • After completing all the different steps in the traditional naming ceremony, the baby gets wrapped into a white cloth. Hamida's mother performed this ceremony in the tent where the family now lives after having been displaced for over two months since flood waters destroyed their house. Karachi, Pakistan, 2010
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