In November 2008, I led a group of Habitat for Humanity volunteers to Bangalore, India. In two weeks, we built five houses in a slum on the far-outskirts of the city. Here are some images of women and children who lived there, who I had the wonderful opportunity to laugh, play, and work with for two weeks. My experience, and the real images I captured, completely transformed the imagined images I’d had of what an Indian slum would be.  Where one lives, I learned, does not entirely define the individuals that live there. In the seemingly most forlorn of places, love, faith and hope remain.   –Colleen