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  • 2016/08/05 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: The empty space left by the demolished Portoviejo Shopping Mall in Portoviejo, Ecuador, 5th August 2016. The building was demolished on the 29th July 2016. Portoviejo’s town centre is closed to the public and secured by the army since most of its building were heavily damaged by the earthquake, turning it into a ground zero area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/06 - Muisne, Ecuador: View of the destruction caused by the 16th April earthquake in the island of Muisne, Ecuador, 6th October 2016. The earthquake reached the magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit the Ecuadorian coast, where more than a million and half of people live, circa 10% of the total population of the country. On the aftermath, 4,859 were injured and 671 died, mostly because of the collapse of buildings. The areas affected are in a vulnerable socio-economic position, with levels of extreme poverty in some cases, which contributed to the high number of injured and perish people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/08/05 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: A man waters debris in Portoviejo, Ecuador, in order to settle down the dust from the buildings collapsed by the earthquake, 5th August 2016.<br />
Portoviejo’s town centre is closed to the public and secured by the army since most of its building were heavily damaged by the earthquake, turning it into a ground zero area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/08/05 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: A soldier passes by some derelict buildings in Portoviejo’s centre, Ecuador, 5th August 2016. He uses a mask to avoid breathing the dust that fills the air, after so many buildings collapsed. Portoviejo’s town centre is closed to the public and secured by the army since most of its building were heavily damaged by the earthquake, turning it into a ground zero area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/08/04 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: Two scavengers cycle around Portoviejo, Ecuador, looking for things among the collapse buildings in the centre of the city, 4th August 2016. Portoviejo’s centre due to its old buildings was heavily damaged by the earthquake of 16th April. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/09 – Jama, Ecuador: Marcos Rosales, 47, takes a break during the works he is doing in his family house, Jama, Ecuador, 9th October 2016. He is trying to save the unaffected part of the house and replace the affected part with newly built area. Marcos lost his mother during the earthquake; she was trapped between collapsed walls of the house. He doesn’t believe he will get any Government help, so he started the rebuild of the former house by himself.  (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/08/04 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: The locker room on the fireman headquarters in Portoviejo, Ecuador, with a portrait of the Lady of the Sorrows, 4th August 2016. The fireman headquarters collapsed during the 16th April earthquake and they now operate under tents until a new headquarters is build. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/09 – Jama, Ecuador: People doing some shopping in a truck of Tia Supermarkets, Jama, Ecuador, 9th October 2016. The town's supermarket of the commercial chain was completely destroyed so they operate from trucks until new installations are built. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/10 – Bahia de Caráquez, Ecuador: Narcisa Mera, 53, leaving her improvised kitchen in  Sucre Park, the central square in Bahia de Caráquez, Ecuador, 10th October 2016. Narcisa refuses to move to a shelter provided by the Government, because she is afraid that thieves can steal the few belongings she possesses. She claims that shelters are filled with some bad people and she can’t protect her things and her grandchildren. Instead, she prefers to live in the Park in front of her former house that was destroyed by the 16th April earthquake with another 30 families. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/08/04 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: Firemen relax by watching television during their free time in Portoviejo, Ecuador, 4th August 2016. The fireman headquarters collapsed during the 16th April earthquake and they now operate under tents until a new headquarters is build. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/10 – Bahia de Caráquez, Ecuador: One of the Narcisa’s grandsons, hide his face when he ears conversations about the earthquake, 10th October 2016. “He got really scared when the earthquake happened. He had many nightmares on the following nights and when replicas occurred” says Narcisa. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/05 - Chamanga, Ecuador: Elias Alejandro, 46, is a fisherman in Chamanga, Ecuador, and lost his house during the 16th April earthquake, 5th October 2016. He now lives with his wife and five children in a makeshift house owned by his mother-in-law. Getting a new house is not only his main worry. Since the earthquake there isn’t much fish on the sea, making the survival of him and his family even more difficult. Elias now hopes to get some help from the Government to build a new house, but he doubts it will ever come since he lives in what is consider a high-risk area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/05 – Muisne, Ecuador: Shelter number one of Muisne, Ecuador, houses a total of 165 families, 5th October 2016. Muisne is one of the poorest areas in the country and was the one most affected, having a quarter of all the people displaced by the earthquake. Many of these people intend to go back to the place where they lived, even if the Government doesn’t offer any help to reconstruct houses in those areas since they are consider high-risk zones. On the Province of Muisne, there are five Government shelters that house 563 families, according to Government figures from August. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/07/27 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: Miriam Zambrano (in the centre), 37, works on her sawing machine on a tent at the shelter located on the old airport, Portoviejo, Ecuador, with the help of another lady, while her daughter-in-law takes care of Miriam’s grandson, 27th July 2016. Miriam managed to recover her sawing machine from the wreckage, and kept working as a dressmaker in order to sustain her six children, one daughter-in-law and one grandson. She is happy to be in the shelter and hopes that eventually she will get a house from the Government. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/05 – Chamanga, Ecuador: A girl offers candies to a boy that is inside of a Government shelter in Chamanga, Ecuador, 5th August 2016. Thousands of people lost their houses with the 16th April earthquake that hit the Ecuadorian coast and many where forced to live in shelters provided by the Government, while new houses are being built. On the Province of Muisne, which Chamanga is part of; there are five Government shelters that house 563 families, according to Government figures from August. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/07/27 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: Corporal Quiroz of the Ecuadorian army, looks after some children while their mothers went to collect food on the communal kitchen of the shelter in Portoviejo, Ecuador, 27th July 2016. The shelters are managed and operated by the army and they try to help the families that live there and that have lost everything on the 16th April earthquake. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/08 – Pedernales, Ecuador: Maria Nevares (in the centre) with part of her family in a makeshift tent where they live, Pedernales, Ecuador, 8th October 2016. Ten people live in Maria’s tent that is set on what was her former house before the earthquake. They pile the mattresses during the day so there is enough space for them to socialize and walk around. Maria complains about the lack of support from the Government, especially because since she doesn’t have papers for her the land where she was born. Without the papers the Government refuses to build her a new home. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/10 – Bahia de de Caráquez, Ecuador: Two makeshift tents on the side walk in Bahia de Caráquez, Ecuador, 10th October 2016. Bahia is a beach touristic destination, specially to Ecuadorians from the mountains, but after the 16th April earthquake most of the city was damaged and destroyed leaving many locals living in provisional homes all around the city. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/10 – Bahia de de Caráquez, Ecuador: A son helps his father to rebuild a window of their home in Bahia de Caráquez, Ecuador, 10th October 2016. Many people don’t believe they will get any Government help, so they have started to rebuild their houses by themselves. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/10 – Bahia de de Caráquez, Ecuador: A man carries wreckage of the house he is rebuilding in Bahia de Caráquez, Ecuador, 10th October 2016. Many people don’t believe they will get any Government help, so they have started to rebuild their houses by themselves. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/08/03 – Rocaforte, Ecuador: A family walks around their land where the foundation of their new home is ready, Rocaforte, Ecuador, 3rd August 2016. The house is being build by Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MIDUVI), which started a new rebuilding programme after the 16th April earthquake. The standard house have two small bedrooms and they are valuated in US$10,000, which the occupants have to pay 10%  of it (US$1,000). (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/09 – Jama, Ecuador: The church in Jama, Ecuador, was almost completely destroyed by the 16th April earthquake, surviving only the end wall and the altar, 9th October 2016. The parish is now collecting money to rebuild the church. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/06 - Muisne, Ecuador: A man carries a sofa back to the refurbish hut in the island of Muisne, Ecuador, 6th October 2016. Even living in precarious conditions the inhabitants of Muisne refuse to leave the island, even when it’s recommended by the Government, since it is considered a high-risk area. The population in the island claim that they were born there and they don’t know any other way of living, so they refuse the abandon the place that they call home for generations. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/09 – Jama, Ecuador: Zoila Alciva, 78, visits her husband grave on the Jama cemetery, Ecuador., 9th October 2016. Her husband passed away after he was trapped between collapsing walls of their house during the 16th April earthquake. “He was unable to escape because he was on a wheel chair” says Zoila. She is critic of the Government because she didn’t got any help; all the help came from family and friends. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/08 – Pedernales, Ecuador: A boy plays a serenade to a girl on the memorial to the victims of the 16th April earthquake, Pedernales, Ecuador, 8th October 2016. Pedernales was the epicentre of the earthquake, which destroyed much of the city and killed 188 people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/07/27 – Portoviejo, Ecuador: A corporal from the Ecuadorian army takes down the country flag at sunset on the shelter located at the old airport of Portoviejo, Ecuador, 27th July 2016. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/05 - Chamanga, Ecuador: Maritza Madranda, 40, lives in Chamanga, Ecuador, and lost her house during the 16th April earthquake, 5th October 2016. She now lives in the shelter provided by the Government, since they don’t allow her to rebuilt her house because it was situated on a high- risk area. “We were forgotten before the earthquake and will continue forgotten now, this is our destiny”, claims Maritza, that doesn’t believe she will ever have any other help of the Government. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/06 - Muisne, Ecuador: Two brothers reconstruct the house of their family on the island of Muisne, Ecuador, 6th October 2016.  Even living in precarious conditions the inhabitants of Muisne, refuse to leave the island, even when it’s recommended by the Government, since it is considered a high-risk area. The population in the island claim that they were born there and they don’t know any other way of living, so they refuse the abandon the place that they call home for generations. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/09 - Jama, Ecuador: Wilfredo Menezes, 35, fixes the roof on his newly built house in Jama, Ecuador, 9th October, 2016. Even if Wilfredo’s father works in the local council, they didn’t have any help from the Government; instead they used the savings of the family to build the modest house to shelter five people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/05 - Muisne, Ecuador: Antonia Gonzales and Alessandro Campos, on their home in the island of Muisne, Ecuador, 5th October 2016. They live in that house for more than 40 years and they refuse to abandon it, even if there is pressure from the Government since it is consider a high-risk area. It was their second earthquake and they survived both of them, so they aren’t scare of anything, they say. Further more, they claim that the island is their home and they will not leave it because they don’t know any other way of living. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/05 - Muisne, Ecuador: A boy passes in front of place where before many families lived on the coast of Chamanga, Ecuador, 5th October 2016. The Ecuadorian Government doesn’t want to rebuild houses on the coast of Chamanga since it is consider a high-risk area, something that the locals deny. The earthquake reached the magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit the Ecuadorian coast, where more than a million and half of people live, circa 10% of the total population of the country. On the aftermath, 4,859 were injured and 671 died, mostly because of the collapse of buildings. The areas affected are in a vulnerable socio-economic position, with levels of extreme poverty in some cases, which contributed to the high number of injured and perish people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2016/10/09 – Jama, Ecuador: Children ride bikes on a street of Jama, Ecuador in from of one of the many collapsed buildings, 9th October 2016. By Government sources, more than 50% of Jama was destroyed by the earthquake. The earthquake reached the magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit the Ecuadorian coast, where more than a million and half of people live, circa 10% of the total population of the country. (Eduardo Leal)
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