Photo by JMM A year after the majority of people in New Orleans lost every thing to Hurricane Katrina, most of them are still struggling to pick themselves up and rebuild their lives. The thousands of people throughout Louisiana that were once relocated temporarily away from their homes in FEMA trailer parks are still living in them a year later. The largest of the parks in the state is called Renaissance Village, and is located an hour north of New Orleans in Baker, where anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 Katrina evacuees live in close to 700 small trailers. The cramped living conditions of the trailers, and the lack of resources available to create change, are among the many reasons why these parks are not conducive to living. The People here are fighting major depression and have no finances to get out of these living conditions. They also are feeling neglected and forgotten by the rest of America and are struggling to keep hope alive for a better future.

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