HaliPuu
Kittilä, Finland
A toddler when his family lost everything but their lives in World War II. They left their home and livelihood by the sea, fled to mainland Finland, and found a safe place in the municipality of Kittilä. As a compensation for the lost property, the state of Finland gave the Raekallio family a small piece of forest. The family spent decades growing the forest and grooming it for timber.