Earthquake in the Kashmir region

On October 8, 2005, a powerful earthquake reaching 7.6 on the Richter scale strikes Kashmir. It was the worst natural disaster in the country’s history. An estimated number of over 80.000 people died and more than three million are feared homeless.

Commissioned by the newspaper “Politiken”, the Danish Photographer Jacob Ehrbahn travelled to Muzaffarabat, Baladot and Islamabad. His pictures of dead, injured and confused children tell more than a thousand words.

Winter in Pakistan threatens the life of children living in villages located on a higher altitude even more. In the regions above 1.500 meters it started to snow. Many villages will soon be completely cut off from the world outside. Every second child has a severe cold already. Malnutrition and bad hygienic conditions worsen the situation.