Mae Ling's House

She had lived on Woman’s Island in an abandoned ammo dump building…until the government decided to tear it down, evicting Mae Ling and one other woman into the street. It was Lyla Trotter, of the Trotter Foundation (the sponsor of our photo trip), who found the money to build two new huts for Mae Ling and her friend. Trotters also presented an “Iron Buffalo” to the ladies that they might begin an Island business to help feed the community…rice and vegetables. Mae Ling was so excited to give us a tour of her new house.