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Endurance
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On April 25th, Nepal was hit by the devastation of Mother Nature, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 that killed almost 9000 people and injured more than 22.000. Almost 3 million people have since then been made homeless and many parts of the country need to be rebuilt. Minutes after the earth shook in Nepal, the country became a united family, as everyone hit the streets to help, to fight and to search for signs of life. As time has passed since then, aftershocks have continued to hit the country on an almost daily basis; a magnitude 7.2 hit the country in May adding more devastation, but the country will rise again. Day and night, the Nepali people are fighting hard, working most of their time on their own while keeping a smile on their face. While most of the country is standing despite what the rest of the world has been shown, the population of Nepal has started to come back to their daily lives in the 14 districts affected by the earthquake. For months, the population of Nepal has been waiting for the Government to release the more than 4 billion dollars donated to the reconstruction, and the passivity of the Government has forced them to take control of the situation. Demolishing houses with ropes and their hands while saving bricks and pieces of wood to rebuild their homes has been the goal of the population for months, while local and international organizations have put their efforts into rehabilitation, education and to provide help to those in need across the country.
Endurance is a tribute to those who are working hard to see Nepal rise again.
Spanish Freelance Photojournalist represented by Getty Images. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 2014 until October 2015, and previously based in Cambodia from 2008 to 2014.
He has worked as a professional photojournalist since 2005, and since 2009, Omar’s full time job has been photography and photojournalism, covering stories in Spain, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Libya, Egypt, and Cambodia, the country where most of his stories have been based since he moved to the country in 2008.
Since 2012, Omar has been represented by several international agencies as the French Agency Wostok Press, the Spanish Agency Cordon Press/Corbis Spain, SIPA Press in France and EPA in Thailand. Finally, since November 2013, Omar is represented as a stringer by Getty Images International.
His photos during the earthquake that hit Nepal have been published in thousands of publications around the world, including front pages in The New York Times and stories in TIME Magazine, National Geographic and Paris Match among many others, and have been exhibited during the 2015 Visa Pour l'Image photofestival in Perpignan and the 2015 Photoreporter festival in Saint Brieuc, France.
His stories and photographies have been published in international media, including Paris Match, Al Jazeera, The New York Times, The Atlantic, BBC, National Geographic, Financial Times, TIME Magazine, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, Stern, Spiegel and Sports Illustrated, amongst many other international media outlets. Omar has also collaborated on many stories with international organizations, including the International Labour Organisation, International Medical Corps, Doctors without Borders WaterAid Nepal, UNICEF Regional Office South Asia, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights among many others.
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On April 25th, Nepal was hit by the devastation of Mother Nature, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 that killed almost 9000 people and injured more than 22.000. Almost 3 million people have since then been made homeless and many parts of the country need to be rebuilt. Minutes after the earth shook in Nepal, the country became a united family, as everyone hit the streets to help, to fight and to search for signs of life. As time has passed since then, aftershocks have continued to hit the country on an almost daily basis; a magnitude 7.2 hit the country in May adding more devastation, but the country will rise again. Day and night, the Nepali people are fighting hard, working most of their time on their own while keeping a smile on their face. While most of the country is standing despite what the rest of the world has been shown, the population of Nepal has started to come back to their daily lives in the 14 districts affected by the earthquake. For months, the population of Nepal has been waiting for the Government to release the more than 4 billion dollars donated to the reconstruction, and the passivity of the Government has forced them to take control of the situation. Demolishing houses with ropes and their hands while saving bricks and pieces of wood to rebuild their homes has been the goal of the population for months, while local and international organizations have put their efforts into rehabilitation, education and to provide help to those in need across the country.
Endurance is a tribute to those who are working hard to see Nepal rise again.
About author:
Omar Havana, 1975 Madrid, Spain.Spanish Freelance Photojournalist represented by Getty Images. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 2014 until October 2015, and previously based in Cambodia from 2008 to 2014.
He has worked as a professional photojournalist since 2005, and since 2009, Omar’s full time job has been photography and photojournalism, covering stories in Spain, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Libya, Egypt, and Cambodia, the country where most of his stories have been based since he moved to the country in 2008.
Since 2012, Omar has been represented by several international agencies as the French Agency Wostok Press, the Spanish Agency Cordon Press/Corbis Spain, SIPA Press in France and EPA in Thailand. Finally, since November 2013, Omar is represented as a stringer by Getty Images International.
His photos during the earthquake that hit Nepal have been published in thousands of publications around the world, including front pages in The New York Times and stories in TIME Magazine, National Geographic and Paris Match among many others, and have been exhibited during the 2015 Visa Pour l'Image photofestival in Perpignan and the 2015 Photoreporter festival in Saint Brieuc, France.
His stories and photographies have been published in international media, including Paris Match, Al Jazeera, The New York Times, The Atlantic, BBC, National Geographic, Financial Times, TIME Magazine, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN, Stern, Spiegel and Sports Illustrated, amongst many other international media outlets. Omar has also collaborated on many stories with international organizations, including the International Labour Organisation, International Medical Corps, Doctors without Borders WaterAid Nepal, UNICEF Regional Office South Asia, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights among many others.
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