Together with our Indonesian photographer Hengki Koentjoro we started a project to help the victims of Haiyan, the typhoon that hit the Philippines with over 350 kilometres per hour and a diameter of 600 kilometres.

No food. No water. No electricity. Houses and buildings destroyed. Bodies scattered on the streets. Hospitals overrun with patients. Medical supplies running out. The Philippines need the help from all of us. Drinking water, tents, blankets, food and medicines are the most important thing the affected people need now in order to survive. With these photos you can help the victims.

We believe in the Afghan saying: “Small drops make a river.” With only 80 € we can provide one family with emergency aid for one month. For direct help we recommend you our project partner CARE. For more photos from Hengki Koentjoro visit his gallery on Photocircle.

Born in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, on March 24, 1963. Hengki Koentjoro is a graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, California, where he majored in video production and minored in the fine art of photography. Hengki Koentjoro returned to Indonesia to become a freelance videographer/editor, specializing in nature documentaries and corporate profiles, and now lives in Jakarta. Hengki is a part time practitioner of the art of black and white photography, which he believes to be his true purpose in life’s journey of expression. “Photography can never be separated from the aspects of making the common things unusual, welcoming the unexpected, indulging and embracing ourselves with the joy of photography.”