Wilkow Commune


  • Photographer
    Mateusz Sarello
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2010

Wilkow Commune (Poland) has been afflicted with an unprecedented disaster of flooding and, as a result, over 90% of the commune area was below water. Over 4,000 local residents have had to abandon their homes and they are without their livelihood, having lost their farms and machinery, in one moment they lost everything they had. Wilkow Commune is agricultural area, sole source of income of the residents of Wilkow was fruit farms and hop plantations. Practically the entire commune infrastructure and public services for residents have been wrecked. The residents of Wilkow and surrounding areas are facing a social catastrophe. They will facing long months and years of hard work in order to rebuild the potential of their land.

Story

Wilkow Commune (Poland) has been afflicted with an unprecedented disaster of flooding and, as a result, over 90% of the commune area was below water. Over 4,000 local residents have had to abandon their homes and they are without their livelihood, having lost their farms and machinery, in one moment they lost everything they had. Wilkow Commune is agricultural area, sole source of income of the residents of Wilkow was fruit farms and hop plantations. Practically the entire commune infrastructure and public services for residents have been wrecked. The residents of Wilkow and surrounding areas are facing a social catastrophe. They will facing long months and years of hard work in order to rebuild the potential of their land.

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