Children while appearing robust suffer from various maladies including gastrointestinal parasites

Houses are made from the available scraps.

Children, while appearing robust are often below the norms for height and age of their particular age group.

Batey or company housing

When I started photographing the children, they smiled and danced about. It was clear that this was a response to groups that had brought them shirts or food. When they realized that I wasn't doing that, that I had nothing for them, I became invisible.

The strength and dignity of the women.

The shoes of a transgendered child.

A man honing a piece of aluminum into a weapon.

The girls dress was beautiful. The women in the communities seemed to take pride in the appearance of the children.

The mothers, the women taking care of the children consistently showed great pride in the humblest of settings.

Life appears very normal in the factory town.

Child with mother or caregiver

Sugar cane workers

Teenage girls are often forced into prostitution which is legal.

Inside a tin hut. What is extraordinary is the pride of my fellow human beings. The irony is that nothing in this photograph would indicate the struggles this woman faces.

Children at the doorway to their house.

Careful attention to the wall shows drawing of tv's.

Tin homes

Women in the Batey..

Mother, sister, caregiver I wasn't sure. The caring for the children.

Inside an abandoned building doing the best to make it suitable for living.

Woman and child

Woman and child

This child suffers from numerous medical conditions, is very small for her age.

Two children

Two children and dog

This mother took care of three children in addition to her own.

young boy

Baseball outfield in the sugar cane fields