A unique view - images from inside North Korea

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22nd October: In the village of Jogokri, two young children sit on a ShelterBox as tents go up all around them. The bare ground behind is part of an area where 75 houses were washed away after a dam breached in September, also destroying the village's school and clinic.

ShelterBox photographer Mark Pearson took these photographs while helping distribute 35 boxes in Jogokri. He said: “The floods had also washed away the village’s clinic and primary school. Within minutes of the tents going up, the local doctor set up in one and started doing acupuncture on a man who had a stomach problem. Another tent was turned into a classroom for the village children.

 

Mark added: “The villagers were also amazed by the tools in the boxes. They had very few tools and everything was very old.

"For them, being given a new hammer and axe etc was completely unbelievable and will really help them with rebuilding their houses. They’ll need them too. Jigokri is up in the mountains. It was cold when we were there and it’ll be well below zero there in a month or so.”

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