All Hands Volunteers (now All Hands and Hearts) is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of communities affected by natural disasters. The organization is powered by volunteers from all over the world.
This is a series of portraits I took on Project Leyte last 2015. Project Leyte was a rebuild program established in the Philippines in response to Typhoon Haiyan. I wanted to turn the spotlight on the people who worked tirelessly to make the project a success and to pay homage to volunteers everywhere.
Volunteering personally changed my life. Through the experience, I was able to understand my capacity to make a difference as an individual. By meeting people from all walks of life on the project, my eyes widened to the many ways one can live and this gave me the courage to explore my own curiosities and go on the road less traveled.
Although I was not able to take photos of all the volunteers who came on project, I hope that those photographed and their words may capture the volunteer experience and inspire others to try 'the volunteer life'.