Backwaters of the Bay of Bengal
Thousands live in ancient conditions on the delta south of Calcutta. We brought them vitamins. Here is what their lives look like.
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The island village on the delta south of Calcutta was covered in homes like this. View photo »
The bustling dock outside of Calcutta on the Bay of Bengal's delta. View photo »
Despite having very little money, women in India (like these on the islands south of Calcutta) love to look beautiful. And they do so quite well. View photo »
Many boats like this can be seen hourly drifting along the delta of the Bay of Bengal. View photo »
Life is all about fishing on the delta south of Calcutta. View photo »
In this island culture south of Calcutta, new mothers aren't allowed inside the home for up to a month. This woman sleeps in this chair with her baby. View photo »
Rice paddies provide the bulk of food for those who live on the delta islands south of Calcutta. View photo »
Kids everywhere love to play tops, even when they live in remote villages like this, south of Calcutta. View photo »
On the backwaters of the Bay of Bengal, a child gets a haircut stagnant lakeside. View photo »
Vitamin Angels founder Howard Schiffer tells the mother of a malnourished child how to give multivitamins daily. View photo »
This woman, who lives in an island on the backwaters of the Bay of Bengal, was supposedly 110 years old. View photo »
No matter where you are, mothers like these on the islands south of Calcutta care about one thing: their children's health. View photo »
This statue was in someone's backyard, a few hundred yards from where vitamins were given out on an island, south of Calcutta. View photo »
A woman gets her rickshaw food stand ready for the evening rush on the backwaters of the Bay of Bengal, a couple hundred kilometers from Calcutta. View photo »
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