While hundreds of thousands of people revel in their favorite music at this weekend's Coachella festival, thousands of others will be just down the road, suffering. Here's just a tiny glimpse into the poverty and public health issues currently plaguing the Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV) towns of Thermal and Mecca.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
There are dozens of trailer parks around the ECV, many of which are unpermitted and violate county building codes. Of the ones that are legal, many, like St. Anthony Trailer Park, sit just miles away from a tower of dried human feces and a massive illegal dump.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
An example of the disrepair typical in many of the ECV's trailer parks.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
Raw sewage pools near an unpermitted trailer park.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
More raw sewage sitting right out in the open. Keep in mind that children play in these trailer parks, and children love to jump in puddles.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
A man in an unpermitted trailer park digs a trench to prevent flooding.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
A trailer park floods after heavy rains.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
Homeless Latino migrant workers are forced to live out of a van. This kind of lifestyle is not uncommon in the ECV, especially when grape-picking season brings in workers from all over.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
A homeless man bathes in an irrigation canal.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
More ramshackle housing made out of necessity.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
A look at the kind of job people are willing to live on the streets to obtain. Here, agricultural workers weed a carrot field.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
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| Slideshow: Down, Out, and Surrounded by Sewage in Coachella by Cord Jefferson |
While hundreds of thousands of people revel in their favorite music at this weekend's Coachella festival, thousands of others will be just down the road, suffering. Here's just a tiny glimpse into the poverty and public health issues currently plaguing the Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV) towns of Thermal and Mecca.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
There are dozens of trailer parks around the ECV, many of which are unpermitted and violate county building codes. Of the ones that are legal, many, like St. Anthony Trailer Park, sit just miles away from a tower of dried human feces and a massive illegal dump.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
An example of the disrepair typical in many of the ECV's trailer parks.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
Raw sewage pools near an unpermitted trailer park.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
More raw sewage sitting right out in the open. Keep in mind that children play in these trailer parks, and children love to jump in puddles.
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
photo courtesy of the California Endowment
A man in an unpermitted trailer park digs a trench to prevent flooding.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
A trailer park floods after heavy rains.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
Homeless Latino migrant workers are forced to live out of a van. This kind of lifestyle is not uncommon in the ECV, especially when grape-picking season brings in workers from all over.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
A homeless man bathes in an irrigation canal.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
More ramshackle housing made out of necessity.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
A look at the kind of job people are willing to live on the streets to obtain. Here, agricultural workers weed a carrot field.
photo courtesy of David Bacon
