To bring us closer to people enduring a humanitarian crisis, photographer Agata Grzybowska traveled to countries where humanitarian aid is needed. Agata met the people living there, visited their homes, and listened to their stories, recording videos and taking photographs. Once back in Poland, working together with producer and journalist Magdalena Chodownik, she set about developing the material she returned with. You can see the results of their collaboration in the story section. Above all, the Home platform allows us to meet other people, to look into their eyes, and to listen to their life stories about perseverance under duress.
Individuals from five countries shared their stories with Agata:
Gathering together all of their stories would not have been possible without the help of fixers, drivers, and translators:
Project authors:
The Home project is the result of many months of collaborative work between dozens of people. The following individuals participated in its creation:
Home platform “general contractors” overseeing the project:
Others who added their “bricks” to the construction of the portal: Aleksandra Szymczyk, Ewa Mielczarek, and the following employees of Polish Humanitarian Action also contributed to the Home project’s development and realization: Marek Abłasewicz, Jakub Belina-Brzozowski, Urszula Fudecka, Katarzyna Górska, Rafał Grzelewski, Kalina Kabat, Helena Krajewska, Karolina Murawska, Joanna Pankowska, Weronika Perłowska, Katarzyna Prokopowicz, Ewa Ratyńska, and Agata Szerszeńska-Dubek