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Family and friends take turns throwing the first fistfuls of dirt into the deceased's grave. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

After Nicho's sister passed-away he moved into her shack. On his day off from work he plants his garden, both for food and decoration. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

A landscape formerly owned by Afrikaner farmers is reshaped as the land's new inhabitants fell trees and disassemble abandoned structures to harvest firewood and collect building materials. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

A young child finds playfulness in front of her home. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Ntabitseng requests a portrait in front of her home. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Women holding a map of Grassland Phase II showing the division of land into 2,883 individual half-hectare plots, referred to as sites. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

While several residents are busy upgrading their living structures with mud and cement brick, the majority of Grassland Phase II residents continue living in shacks. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

During a funeral service at the St. Johannes Lutheran Church for a deceased resident of Grassland Phase II. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Elizabeth on her front porch a few weeks before her husband passes away. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Flanked by lion statues, the former entry to an Afrikaner-owned farm is divided down the middle where two sites meet. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Flanked by lion statues, the former entry to an Afrikaner-owned farm is divided down the middle where two sites meet. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

An orphaned young girl lives with her grandmother, brother, two sisters, and nephew. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Mpewane Adelineh Mananzi, matron of Lesedi la Bophelo (Light of Life) Creche, provides early childhood education for several children in Grassland Phase II. She recently opened her crèche and is receiving support and practical information from Diketso Eseng Dipuo Community Development Trust (DEDI) concerning the sustainability of her crèche. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

A group of children crowd around the camera's viewfinder, interrupting their chores. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Wet laundry on the line. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Children handing out in the yard. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Child living with her grandparents, while her mother remains living in Lesotho. Her grandfather works at a golf course and her grandmother sells homemade African beer. Selling homemade beer is illegal, yet, because it is relatively inexpensive and easy to produce, many people find it to be a lucrative business, especially in the face of 40-45% unemployment rates among Grassland's population. Throughout the day neighbors come to drink at their house. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Fifty-gallon steel drum doghouse. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Shadrack's grandchildren pick the remaining pieces of meat from the bone after he has finished eating from it. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

At a community day celebration children are served soup and pap, a corn porridge, donated by the owner of a corner store. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Repairing the roof. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Monaheng in the doorway of his home. Monaheng and his wife, Mpewane, moved into an abandoned farmhouse a year before the land it stood on was bought and died into the 2,883 individual half-hectare sites that now make up Grassland Phase II. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

During funeral preparations for her grandfather, four sheep are sacrificed the night of the vigil. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Nine-year old boy kicking a bottle dangling on a string in the wind and dust. He is visiting his mother during school vacation, but will return to his grandparent's home in a town several hundred kilometers away at the end of his two-week stay. His mother is unemployed and his father is in Johannesburg looking for work. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Dusk. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Braiding her boyfriend's hair. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Mother of seven, Elsie lifts her 3-week old son in front of the entrance of her home. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Despite a shack's outside appearance it is not uncommon to find modern appliances filling its interior spaces. In some homes these appliances are used, but for the majority they prove too expensive to actually plug in. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Sun, dust and other elements of weather pass through holes in corrugated iron sheets and burlap that make-up this family's shack. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Margaret, 7 months pregnant, in her shop where she sells fruits and vegetables, snacks, paraffin, and other staple goods. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

The embrace. Lesedi la Bophelo Cultural Group, a dance and drama group for children, perform a "white wedding ceremony" for the residents of Grassland Phase II. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Dikeledi, 16, lives with her grandparents after being orphaned a year ago. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

A child's shadow falls on a patchwork floor. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Duration 0:10:25. Presentation containing photographs from collection as well as documentary text and interviews of individuals living with Grassland Phase II. Material concerning the situations and struggles the community encounters.