https://www.coleenjose.com/no-way-out daily 0.75 2018-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422242784293-H9HLSQYE8ST4PJAOVIOC/image-asset.jpeg No Way Out - NO WAY OUT March 2013 - This video was shot and produced while I was a student in Nina Berman's photojournalism class at Columbia Journalism School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422242784293-H9HLSQYE8ST4PJAOVIOC/image-asset.jpeg No Way Out - NO WAY OUT March 2013 - This video was shot and produced while I was a student in Nina Berman's photojournalism class at Columbia Journalism School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1516746879154-85EA7AWFAIJH8YYXOLUM/image-asset.jpeg No Way Out - No Way Out https://www.coleenjose.com/green-famine-2 daily 0.75 2020-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548340437-1R4ZV23L03GAITEFWAFY/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%282+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine July 2014 - “The land is holy,” José Tacen-Car said from the edge of his family’s farm. The family stopped applying pesticides on their crops nearly a decade ago after experiencing illnesses they say were tied to chemicals in the food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548340437-1R4ZV23L03GAITEFWAFY/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%282+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine July 2014 - “The land is holy,” José Tacen-Car said from the edge of his family’s farm. The family stopped applying pesticides on their crops nearly a decade ago after experiencing illnesses they say were tied to chemicals in the food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548325171-O8KR4DKZXDDE6NI3XIYW/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%281+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine Maize stretch to the horizon in the rural highlands of Chimaltenango, a district 35 miles west of Guatemala City. A vehicle can take upwards to four hours to reach a village nestled between hills and dirt roads. Despite the abundance of crops, Guatemala has one of the highest malnutrition rates in the western hemisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548509131-Q36QMHLPOD1FC5PPB2DD/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%283+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine The family’s kitchen, dining area and a room to store daily harvests stands separate from a main adobe home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548616707-XPGM0GA2VKA1BZ4OY73K/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%284+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine Claudia Tacen-Car preparing lunch for her siblings, a daily meal of tortillas and cake made of beans and potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548660713-WHPWKJYVWMJWRJC7VG54/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%286+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine Maria Theresa Tacen-Car, the mother of seventeen children, prepares tortilla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548719034-TRM6GVU86YNKPNKG4X8W/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%287+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine Because of poverty and lack of nutrition from prenatal care to daily meals, half of the country’s children under the age of 5 suffer from anemia and stunting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548808810-NQTTDSA9RYOZJUANYS5P/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%288+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine The family eats chicken once a week and relies on a handful for their eggs. Their modest adobe house is also home to many domesticated animals including rabbits, one turkey and ducks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548854253-EWAKQPILAYDPS9HSDINO/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%289+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine Vegetables are eaten once a week in a meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548875997-VBQG00CHOR7AWM9R0CRO/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%2810+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine The hillsides of Chimaltenango are dotted with plots of maize and fruit trees. During a decades-long civil war that ended in a treaty in 1996, the highlands were the site of massacres committed both by government forces and guerrilla fighters. Maria Theresa lost two of her eldest children to sickness during the height of the fighting as she hid in the forests with other family members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548900562-PYJICOBV82L6YBG8YNE6/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%2811+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine Towns that are an entrypoint towards many rural villages have local marketplaces and small businesses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1419548923439-XQZWAZIVEQBLL7CJ4UBO/ColeenJose_GreenFamine_Guatemala+%2812+of+15%29.jpg Green Famine A local clinic in a town of Chimaltenango promotes nutritious diets in its waiting room. The Guatemalan government’s recent project, the Zero Hunger Plan, is at a nascent stage of launching initiatives to reduce chronic malnutrition by 10 percent in children below five years of age. 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She struggles to hold a pen and cannot walk without guidance. https://www.coleenjose.com/aftermath daily 0.75 2015-05-12 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/54c5b491e4b0d7a7fa83b3da/54c5b4b4e4b043776a17b216/1422242996955/ Everything Was Gray https://static1.squarespace.com/static/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/t/55514909e4b0471a84092cce/1422242996955/ Everything Was Gray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249294517-777EOEJZWWMXNHOZQXFQ/image-asset.jpeg Everything Was Gray Families sought shelter at a sports center in Tacloban City when Typhoon Haiyan cut a path of destruction across the central Philippines in November 2013. The typhoon displaced an estimated 4 million people and killed more than 7,000.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249323350-Z6FU2B0IDK8B1QO4022N/untitled-2.jpg Everything Was Gray Intensifying storms linked to global warming affect livelihoods and displace thousands of Filipinos every year. The strength and scale of damage from Haiyan were compounded by the area's geography, particularly a funnel-like bay that opens to the ocean through a strait. 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It’s wasted" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249411540-D28HY4UCPYYQPF7N0TB3/untitled-3.jpg Everything Was Gray Divina Astorga, 27, struggled to find employment in the months after the typhoon. She was preparing to migrate to Australia to join two older sisters who settled in Sydney. Because the storm washed out most of their belongings including her birth certificate, passport and immigration forms, her plans to migrate are stalled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249423476-6C6BW1NJ2C3XCZ2M3H15/untitled-4.jpg Everything Was Gray Families sought shelter in the second level of the Astorga’s home during the typhoon as waves engulfed houses in San Jose. More than 2 million people were left without adequate housing, according to the International Organization for Migration. Residents still live in tents and rely on cash-for-work programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249448665-CECUUPRAKANDLDFCGXUZ/untitled-6.jpg Everything Was Gray In March 2014, Divine received her degree in marketing from Eastern Visayas State University. The commencement ceremony happened two months later because of ongoing recovery efforts, restoring a sense of normalcy to the lives of many students who survived the typhoon. “The jobs that my sister and I apply for are not totally suited for our skills,” she said, “we don’t meet many of the qualifications.” Since graduating, she has submitted four applications to hotels and supermarkets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1431390354636-0IAIM6W96AER2I5QWOS9/untitled-11.jpg Everything Was Gray Aljim Asbi, 14, and his friends at the Joaquin Enriquez Sports Complex climb a tower to escape the heat and congestion below. More than seven months since an armed conflict displaced 100,000 people in Zamboanga City, 64,600 residents remained in evacuation camps and transitional shelters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249465399-G8KV9R4371ACFXVSV2BF/untitled-7.jpg Everything Was Gray The view from the second floor balcony of the Astorga’s home where the family and many of their neighbors climbed to the rafters during the storm. “People were swimming and coming in through the second floor window just to enter,” recalled Divine. “My sisters who were abroad felt double the uncertainty that we felt. They had no idea if we were dead or alive.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249478840-UOXNWL4SPVX5CUH53LDB/untitled-8.jpg Everything Was Gray Children laughed and played in a suffocating fog of mosquito repellent. Soldiers from South Korea visited the shelter site where hundreds of people displaced by Typhoon Haiyan were moved for temporary shelter. The soldiers sprayed mosquito repellent along rows upon rows of bunkhouses, a break from the monotony inside the camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249494256-SQAO9758CPBOKY7CF52Q/untitled-9.jpg Everything Was Gray Laundry day at the Astrodome, a sports complex where residents sought shelter and lived in tents after the typhoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249502563-T2VUEAMF8HDC555DEADZ/untitled-10.jpg Everything Was Gray Children in the coastal community of Anibong sketched on note pads donated by a local organization. In one afternoon program, they recalled the trauma of surviving the typhoon's record storm surge and winds, which tossed cargo ships onto land and their homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249531907-S7MK7WZGE9AE1TXCHAUR/untitled-12.jpg Everything Was Gray A rising death toll stalk the survivors inside congested evacuation centers. In April 2013, 109 deaths were recorded. The majority of mortalities affected children and the elderly. 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Abuhajim and her family ran to escape the armed conflict that entered their neighborhood in Zamboanga City. After mortar shelling and gunfire subsided, a truck transported them to an evacuation center known locally as the Grandstand. Her family has been living in the Grandstand since violence erupted more than a year ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249660279-YA5H14GLYX0NB3OLQS14/untitled-16.jpg Everything Was Gray Despite record economic growth in the country’s northern region, the restive south remains mired in poverty and armed conflict. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/549c8754e4b004237f7e8999/1422249700133-A9K1UQN6T7RUHDRGFXA0/untitled-17.jpg Everything Was Gray Clothes hang to dry on the coast of Zamboanga City where seafaring Badjao were displaced from their ancestral homelands. 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