Kaukab Jhumra Smith

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Photography

I shot all the photographs below on assignment for USAID in Pakistan. They are reproduced with permission for this portfolio. Click on the thumbnails for high-resolution images.

After the earthquake: Many girls discover school at tent camps. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

Many girls discovered school for the first time at tent camps after the 2005 earthquake.

Schools in Balochistan: Desks are a luxury for these eighth-graders. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

Desks are a luxury for these eighth-graders in rural Balochistan.

Studying English in a poor, rural school in Balochistan. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

English class at a rural school in Balochistan province.

A temporary school rises from the rubble. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

A temporary school rises from the rubble in Kashmir.

After the 2005 earthquake: Second-graders share a tent with other classes. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

Second-graders in Kashmir share a tent with several other classes outside their cracked school building.

Schoolgirls in NWFP pore over a USAID magazine about the earthquake. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

Schoolgirls in NWFP pore over a USAID magazine about the 2005 earthquake.

A year after the 2005 earthquake: A CH-47 Chinook delivers supplies for winter. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

A CH-47 Chinook delivers supplies to Shogran Valley for a second winter after the quake.

After the earthquake: Local men clear mountain paths for extra income. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

Local men clear mountain paths in NWFP for extra income after the earthquake.

A plumber lays new pipe to repair broken water systems after the quake. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

A plumber in NWFP lays new pipe to repair a broken water system after the quake.

Business in Karachi: Milk shops prosper when few residents own a fridge. Photo credit: Kaukab Jhumra Smith/USAID

Milk shops prosper when few residents in this Karachi neighborhood own a fridge.

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