September 13, 2017 - Children sort through donated clothing items in the yard of a neighbor in Juchitan. The streets at night are alive with voices and lanterns as neighbors gossip and children play before going to sleep. Nearly everyone is sleeping outside these days, people afraid that a mighty aftershock might take down their home in the night.

September 10, 2017 - Women receive handfuls of sanitary pads as crowds gather to receive rations of food, water and other necessities in Juchitan's Seccion 7. The area was given little attention after the earthquake, and residents were getting desperate for even the most basic supplies.

September 14, 2017 - Maria Luz Gomez Rasgado, 64, flagged me down off the street when she saw my camera. "You need to come see my house right now," she says (a sentence I've heard pretty much any time I've been outside this past week). She cruised into her yard and posed herself in front of the wreckage that was, just a week ago, the house she shared with her daughter and two grandchildren. "So many people died in this neighborhood because their roofs fell down on them. Gracias a Dios, not my family." She says she won't leave the area for a shelter, that she and all her neighbors sleep outside together. "I'm not going to let anyone steal anything of mine." On the left, graffiti on the side of a home two houses down from Maria's. It reads: "I'm not dead." Government officials have confirmed that 12,000 homes have been damaged in the state of Oaxaca with nearly 1000 completely destroyed.

September 13, 2017 - The home of a 78-year-old couple who escaped from the crumbling edifice just in time. The sight of skeletons of homes is a common one in Juchitan.

September 14, 2017 - Streets begin to flood as a result of Hurricane Max's depression. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says that the hurricane could bring “life-threatening flash floods and rainfall” to the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. For communities in Oaxaca just beginning the recovery process after last week's catastrophic earthquake, the potential for flooding is an added stress.

September 14, 2017 - A family, lead by three sisters sits outside the home they are all sharing after most of the family's homes collapsed in the earthquake. "Do you see us? We are mostly women. We're taking care of this ourselves," says Maria Luz Gomez Rasgado. "No one has come to help us so far, so we need to take care of our families any way we can."

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September 15, 2017 - He pulls a chair from inside his home and places it just beneath the tree, then climbs up and with great care begins plucking the flowers closest to death. Across the street sits the ruins of a home that collapsed, killing one person. The city is humming with sounds of construction equipment but this street is eerily quiet. Piles of rubble sit all around, ghosts of the houses they once were. What is strange about having been here for only a week is that the wreckage has lost its shock value, its remarkability. Now, the moments that feel the most remarkable are watching people go on with their everyday lives. The world collapsed but this tree did not, so may as well keep caring for it.

September 15, 2017 - A map of a Juchitan neighborhood that community health workers will be surveying. They will be checking on how many families are staying in each home, how many people are sick in each home, and making sure people are using proper sanitary measures to prevent the spread of disease.

September 15, 2017 - A group of community health workers walk in to a badly decimated neighborhood in Juchitan. They will be checking on how many families are staying in each home, how many people are sick in each home, and making sure people are using proper sanitary measures to prevent the spread of disease.

September 15, 2017 - Lucia Castillo, a community health worker, as she surveys a badly decimated neighborhood in Juchitan. On the right, a home that collapsed, killing one person.

September 15, 2017 - Lucia Castillo (right), a community health worker, talks to a resident of a badly decimated neighborhood in Juchitan. Castillo and her team will be checking on how many families are staying in each home, how many people are sick in each home, and making sure people are using proper sanitary measures to prevent the spread of disease.

September 15, 2017 - A collapsed bedroom in Juchitan. Both residents of the home survived.

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September 15, 2017 - She smiles when I let the little dog lick my finger and shyly ducks under the hammock to scoop him up. "His name is Shunka," she whispers. "And I'm Jacqueline." She stands for just a few seconds while I make her picture and then she runs off while I'm mid-sentence asking if the man behind her is her papa? Her tio? Her abuelo? Jacqueline is gone as quickly as she appears and the man in the hammock is in a deep slumber. It is impossible to guess who he is in relation to her--so many families and friends in the area are sharing their spaces with the ones they love who lost everything. Some houses are hosting six or seven families, groups of twenty sleep in the street or in yards together. There is great strength in numbers, especially for those who feel ignored by their government. If the systems in place to serve the public are not working, then may as well create your own system and protect yourself and your circle.

September 15, 2017 - Antonio Córdoba Castillo, 75, was asleep like so many when the 8.1 magnitude quake hit Juchitán. "Things started to fall on us, we had to get out." His head and back are scarred with wounds from falling debris-- so many of the people who escaped their crumbling homes have these wounds, they look almost like burns or a scar that is somehow still bleeding. "I don't know what we're going to do," he says with moist eyes, "but we both made it out. Our neighbors didn't." .

September 15, 2017 - The collapsed home of community health worker Lucia Castillo's aunt. A framed photo still hangs on the wall.

September 15, 2017 - Community health worker Lucia Castillo in her home that she shares with her two children, husband and mother. They now must open their home to more relatives who lost their homes in the quake.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Volunteers, military, police, and city rescue workers dig through the rubble of a fallen textile factory in the Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake collapsed many buildings in the city. There are still suspected survivors inside.

Sept. 20, 2017 - On the left, a rescue worker sits next to a large pile of donated supplies. On the right, police block the road leading to a collapsed building in Mexico City's neighborhood in La Obrera. There are 37 people trapped inside. *** 16 people were pulled from the building alive. 21 died.

Sept. 20, 2017 - A crevice in a collapsed building in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Obrera where a rescue dog has indicated that there may be a person trapped. *** Rescuers worked frantically for days after the earthquake and eventually rescued 16 live people from inside. 21 people died.

Sept. 20, 2017 - On the left, a rescue dog walks toward a collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Obrera. On the right, a police officer holds bags of dog food--waiting to feed the rescue dogs when they come back from a survey of the collapsed building.

Sept. 20, 2017 - A woman prays as the family members (far right) of a person trapped in the rubble of a textile factory in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Obrera show up to the scene. Rescuers said they could still hear people below the rubble, the problem is there were all on the bottom floor--they need to dig their way through an entire building to get to them.

Sept. 20, 2017 -On the left, volunteers, military, police, and city rescue workers dig through the rubble of a fallen textile factory in the Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake collapsed many buildings in the city. There are still suspected survivors inside. On the left, a child's shoe sits at the base of the rubble.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Volunteers wait a block away from a collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's La Obrera neighborhood. Volunteers, military, police, and city rescue workers have been digging through the rubble of the textile factory, there are still suspected survivors inside. *** 16 people were pulled from the building alive. 21 died.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Workers watch on as volunteers, military, police, and city rescue workers dig through the rubble of a fallen textile factory in the La Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake collapsed many buildings in the city. There are still suspected survivors inside.

Sept. 20, 2017 - A volunteer offers a drink to a police officer stationed in a crowd control position at a collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's La Obrera neighborhood. 24 hours after the quake, Mexico City residents took to the streets to help the rescue efforts however they could--cooking, donating good, or digging in the rubble.

Sept. 20, 2017 - A crevice in a collapsed building in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Obrera where a rescue dog has indicated that there may be a person trapped. *** Rescuers worked frantically for days after the earthquake and eventually rescued 16 live people from inside. 21 people died.

Sept. 20, 2017 - On the left, crowds of volunteers and onlookers watch as rescuers frantically dig through the rubble of a collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's La Obrera neighborhood. On the right, volunteers, military, police, and city rescue workers dig through the rubble of a fallen textile factory in the Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake collapsed many buildings in the city. There are still suspected survivors inside.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Hoards of volunteers watch as rescuers dig through the rubble of a collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's La Obrera neighborhood. 16 people are eventually pulled alive from the remains of the building.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Rescuers stand atop a collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Obrera. There are still signs of life inside, but rescuers are concerned because the people are trapped below floors of concrete and rebar--trapped at the very bottom of the the building. *** 16 people are pulled alive from the building. 21 people died.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Volunteers embrace at the site of a collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's La Obrera neighborhood.

Sept. 20, 2017 -On the left, an onlooker watches in distress as volunteers, military, police, and city rescue workers dig through the rubble of a fallen textile factory in the Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake collapsed many buildings in the city. There are still suspected survivors inside. On the right, a rescue worker prepares to make her way on to the site of the collapsed factory with her team.

Sept. 20, 2017 - A volunteer lifts her fist in the air to signal for the crowd to be quiet--the signal is meant to quickly silence the large group of people so that rescuers can listen for signs of life within the collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's La Obrera neighborhood.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Volunteers, police and military all work together at the site of a collapsed textile factory in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Obrera.

Sept. 20, 2017 - An apartment building in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Condesa opens their doors so that rescue workers can use the restroom.

Sept. 20, 2017 - A gust of wind blows and all of sudden another piece of a building is on the ground in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Condesa. Police scurry to put up caution tape, pedestrians catch their breath--their anxiety levels already high. Luckily, the bits of building struck no one below.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Volunteers illuminated by the light of departing ambulance in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Condesa. The area, one of the hardest hit by the 7.1 magnitude quake the struck the day before, is still without electricity. Volunteers work through the pitch dark night to support rescuers trying to pull survivors from the many collapsed buildings.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Volunteers illuminated by the light of departing ambulance in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Condesa. The area, one of the hardest hit by the 7.1 magnitude quake the struck the day before, is still without electricity. Volunteers work through the pitch dark night to support rescuers trying to pull survivors from the many collapsed buildings.

Sept. 20, 2017 - Volunteers pass water down a line of people in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Condesa. The area, one of the hardest hit by the 7.1 magnitude quake the struck the day before, is still without electricity. Volunteers work through the pitch dark night to support rescuers trying to pull survivors from the many collapsed buildings.

September 22, 2017 - A group of volunteers wait in line to help dig for survivors at the site of a collapsed building on Mexico City's Avenue Obregon. There are almost 90 volunteers waiting for their turn to lend a hand in the relief effort.

September 22, 2017 - Maria, 8, gets her teeth cleaned at a pop-up clinic in Mexico City's neighborhood of La Roma. The clinic was set up by the Association Mexica de Diabetes (AMD) in partnership with Direct Relief. Maria and her family's home was condemned in the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the city on Tuesday.

September 22, 2017 - On the left, a list of the people still unaccounted for and likely trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building on Mexico City's Avenue Obregon. On the right, a psychologist waits in a tent on the street for patients--she specializes in working with children.

September 22, 2017- A group of volunteer masseuses and physical therapists massage volunteers who have been digging through rubble and residents of the neighborhood.

September 27, 2017 - The sleeping area at a recreation center now serving as a shelter for those displaced from the earthquake. Asociacion Mexicana de Diabetes (AMD) and Direct Relief have partnered to provide care for those suffering from or at risk of developing diabetes. According to a government official working at the shelter, the population fluctuates but they believe about 85 people are currently staying in this shelter.

September 27, 2017 - On the left, children who are displaced from the earthquake play on a swing set at a recreation center turned shelter in Mexico City's neighborhood of Santa Cruz Atoyac. On the right, Luis Alberto Ledesma receives the results of his blood glucose reading at a pop-up clinic set up by Asociacion Mexicana de Diabetes (AMD) and Direct Relief set up at the recreation center/shelter. The clinic aims to provide care for those suffering from or at risk of developing diabetes, but anyone can come for a dental check-up or blood glucose check. © Meghan Dhaliwal 2017 meghan.k.dhaliwal@gmail.com

September 20, 2017 - Volunteers hold up a sign asking for supplies to aid those digging through the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City's La Obrera neighborhood--hard hats, lights, batteries, gloves, tape, helmets.

September 27, 2017 - An emotional support dog, Tobogan, visits children in a shelter for those displaced by the earthquake in Mexico City's neighborhood of Santa Cruz Atoyac. According to officials, at least 500 homes in the city are condemned although the numbers are still climbing.

September 27, 2017 - Luis Alberto Ledesma in his bed at a recreation center now serving as a shelter for those displaced from the earthquake. His hand was injured working as a volunteer digging through rubble in one of Mexico City's many collapsed buildings. He says he will be going to dig at a collapsed building in the neighborhood of Cuauhtemoc today, that he stays in the shelter because it is closer than going all the way home.

September 23, 2017 - Dirt roads along the border of Puebla and Morelos are packed with the cars of volunteers arriving to clear rubble or to bring donations to earthquake affected areas.

September 23, 2017- A home at the bottom of a hill in Santa Cruz, Morelos sits precariously on the bottom of what looks to be land fallen away in a landslide. Earthquakes can often trigger landslides in hilly, loose-soiled areas. In Santa Cruz, nearly every home on the road entering the town is condemned and at risk of falling. Volunteers are directing traffic away from the town because of fears of an aftershock.

September 23, 2017 - Enidelia Balderas Perez, whose home was destroyed in the earthquake, shows images of beds in her home--covered in rubble. She lives in Hueyapan in the state of Morelos, one of the states most severely affected by Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

September 23, 2017 - Anastasio Flores Perez is handed bags of personal care items by volunteers for Direct Relief in Hueyapan, Morelos. Morelos was on the states most severely affected by Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

September 23, 2017 - To the left, Benita Perez Arisa stands for a portrait while her grandson, Luis Tadeo, 4, sleeps on her chest in Hueyapan Morelos. The bag to her left is full of personal care products such as soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and socks, delivered by Direct Relief. To the right, boxes of personal care items await to be distributed.

September 23, 2017 - On the left, a sign hangs in the doorway of a home thanking volunteers for visiting Hueyapan, Morelos. Morelos and Puebla were hit hard by Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude quake, but aid has been slow to arrive. On the right, Eli (right) and his son Alan, 5, stand on the street in San Antonio Alpanocan. Alan is sick with a bad cold. The family's home withstood the quake, but Eli's father's did not, so the families are now sharing a living space.

September 23, 2017 - Epicmenio Lima showing the damage of his home in San Antonio Alpanocan, Puebla that he built in 1998 for his family. Most of the outside walls of the building fell down completely, and the interior is badly cracked. It will take thousands of dollars (hundreds of thousands of pesos) to build back. Residents of the town repeat over and over again that the blessing that no one in their area died in the earthquake has turned in to a curse because they are now being ignored by the government.

September 23, 2017 - A mother holds her son as he sleeps on the dark street of San Antonio Alpanocan, Puebla. The family says they will be sleeping outside indefinitely, as the earthquake ripped down multiple walls of their family home and left the walls badly cracked.

September 23, 2017 - Two families sit on the street, watching as volunteers move through San Antonio Alpanocan, in the state of Puebla, distributing goods and food. San Antonio Alpanocan did not a lose a single person from the earthquake, but most of the town was leveled. Residents say that they are in desperate need of help, but because no one perished in the earthquake they are being largely ignored by the government. Direct Relief Mexico volunteers spent the evening delivering personal care items to the people of this village on Saturday night.

September 23, 2017 - To the left, one of the many piles of rubble taking over the street in San Antonio Alpanocan. To the right, a volunteer who had been digging through rubble in San Antonio Alpanocan on the border of Puebla and Morelos wait to be handed packages of personal care items packaged and distributed by Direct Relief Mexico.

September 23, 2017 - A young man lays in a pile of donated clothes in San Antonio Alpanocan, Puebla.

September 23, 2017 - Volunteers walk past a condemned (but still standing) building in San Antonio Alpanocan, Puebla. The area was badly decimated by Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake but residents say that because no one in the town died, they aren't receiving any attention or aid from the state or federal government.

September 23, 2017 - On the left, two families sit on the street, watching as volunteers move through San Antonio Alpanocan, in the state of Puebla, distributing goods and food. On the right, roses sit at the corner of where a wall crumbled from a home in Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake.