Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Images of shanty towns

These are some images of shanty towns in South Africa. Leave a comment for participation.





26 comments:

Anonymous said...

huge contrast between this and drakensberg, makes me feel spoiled living in a neighborhood with houses.

Anonymous said...

I didn't realize how bad their homes looked there.

Chris Lor

christine said...

..makes me think about things i take for granted everyday. we actually have a well built school!

maybe i should like going to a nice school..

no wait. i love school.

Anonymous said...

Wow, sucky living conditions, huh?

Kelsi Isakson

Anonymous said...

Those pictures are really sad. think about living in those houses, it would be horrible. Wow we people these days complain so much on little things but yet we dont get to see how horrible the living conditions are for the people in South Africa.

Picture number 2: The road looks way more nicer than the houses.

John Lee

Anonymous said...

Those pictures are really sad. think about living in those houses, it would be horrible. Wow we people these days complain so much on little things but yet we dont get to see how horrible the living conditions are for the people in South Africa.

Picture number 2: The road looks way more nicer than the houses.

John Lee

Anonymous said...

That is sad... Scrap metal houses. Poverty.....

vikki said...

Speechless.

I need to stop complaining about this and that.

Anonymous said...

Such sad living conditions.

Anonymous said...

This is what they have for houses?
It reminds me of Hurricane Katrina only everyday all the time.

Anonymous said...

i think i see a shiping container being used as a house

garrett johnston

Anonymous said...

Wow, that's a huge difference from Drakensberg. Oh well. I'd rather have a roof over my head than nothing at all.

Anonymous said...

now i really know how good america has it compared to the rest of the world. its really sad that people have to live like this.

Anonymous said...

When I went to Mexico I saw some shanty towns........it's sad, the living conditions these people have to go through.

Jordan Lutter

Anonymous said...

Those small buildings probably get really hot and really cold.

Anonymous said...

Thats really sad how many people have to go through that.those houses are the size of some Americans closets. i couldn't believe what i would be like to live in those conditions

Anonymous said...

Wow, I feel like I've taken so many things for granted now.

MAJOR difference from Drakensberg.

Anonymous said...

Wow, i cannot believe the conditions those poor people are subjected to. I think America, or any other country, should share their wealth. Even though they are not our people, that is really unfair and a terrible way of life for ANYBODY.

Anonymous said...

That sucks really bad. It's kinda like Hoovervilles in California when there was that huge flood of labor during the depression.

nick abayare said...

I feel bad for the people that have to live in those houses. Looks way different than Drakensberg.

Anonymous said...

wow, it's really sad that people have to live that way. makes me really thankful for what i have.

Anonymous said...

WOW! That is not what I expected. I feel so blessed now.

Anonymous said...

Like everyone else has said, it definitely puts our lives into perspective.

Anonymous said...

That last comment up there was left by Nick Pasero, seeing as you have five Nicks in your classes.

MASTERP said...

Those are terrible living conditions.
Never though of myself as rich but compared to that I am.

MASTERP said...

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Sam Palmer