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Peace
and Democracy
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Peace
& Democracy Winner!
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children's peace march in Baghdad, Iraq on January 1, 2003.
Two consecutive wars and twelve years of devastating economic
sanctions leading into the gulf war of 2003 have created dire
living conditions for most Iraqis. Photo by Ray Buchanan for
Stop Hunger Now. www.stophungernow.org
/ r.buchanan@stophungernow.org
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A group of Christian
Children's Fund sponsored boys from Thailand smile and wave flags.
Photo by Mark Levengood for Christian Children's Fund. www.christianchildrensfund.org
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A CARE staff member speaks
to an HIV/AIDS association in Gitarama, Rwanda in 2002. Photo by
Jason Sangster for CARE USA. www.careusa.org
/ sangster@care.org
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Ugandan children dancing
and playing. Photo by Virginia Woodward for Christian Children's
Fund. www.christianchildrensfund.org
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stands in front of a bullet-riddled wall, making the peace sign, Jenin,
West Bank, 2002. Photo by David Snyder for Catholic Relief Services.
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A pastoralist child from
the Tsemai tribe in South Omo has a bit of fun at an alternative
education center, South Omo, Ethiopia. Photo by Leslie F. Mitchell
for Pact. www.pactworld.org
/ leslie@pacteth.org
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A World Vision sponsored
boy surveys the damage done to a Bani Naim kindergarten by the Israeli
Military early that morning. Photo by Brian Duss.
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During relief
efforts after the India earthquake in January 2001, a young orphan
greets the director of the SOS Children's Village, Jadgeep Singh,
by gently placing his outstretched hands on his director's face. Baccaho,
India. Photo by Diana Barnett. dibarnett@mindspring.com |
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posing near a portion of flour that will be used to make their evening
meal. Refugees from Mozambique struggle every day to provide food
for their family. In 2003, the country and this village in the Zambezia
Province have been at peace for some time. After the war, refugees
returned to their villages and began the long and painful effort of
rebuilding their homes and their lives. Photo by Darcy Kiefel for
Heifer International. www.heifer.org
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A young orphan
holding hands with a peacekeeper along the front lines in southern
Lebanon. Photo by Frederick Clarke. www.photozen.com
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Three smiling girls in
the Itipini Project, a squatter camp on the outskirts of Umtata,
in the "new democracy" of South Africa. Photo by Karl
Grobl. www.karlgrobl.com
/ karl@karlgrobl.com
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Swami Vahansa with the
prayer for peace in his eyes. Polonnarua, Sri Lanka. Photo by Sheree
Lipton.
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Two siblings cling together
against a destroyed building in Afghanistan. Photo by Daniel Wordsworth
for Christian Children's Fund. www.christianchildrensfund.org
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A sleeping baby in a
mosquito net. The family of internally displaced people had recently
returned to Kabul from Pakistan and were living in a bombed out
region of Karte Se area of Kabul. Summer, 2002. Photo by Peter Bussian
for the International Rescue Committee. www.theirc.org
/ www.peterbussian.com
/ peter@peterbussian.com
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In Eritrea, a displaced
woman is interviewed by international media on the situation of
displaced people. Photo by Hiram Ruiz for Immigration and Refugee
Services of America. www.irsa-uscr.org
/ hruiz@irsa-uscr.org
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The local nongovernmental
organization, INHERE, comes to visit a small village in northern
India, in Almora District, Uttaranchal. The meeting covered how
to respond to watershed management needs and thereby building civic
discourse. As is traditional, the people dance in a round to the
drum to celebrate togetherness. Photo by Mary Andrews with Michigan
State University. www.msue.msu.edu/intext
/ mandrews@msu.edu
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Orphans, Western Wollega
Bethel Synod, Dembidollo, July 2001. Eleven unique individuals united
by a strong bond. They have no MTV, no Nintendo, and indeed, in
this case, no parents. But they have each other, and the love and
support of the surrounding community. Photo by John Layton. john.layton@valley.net
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A little girl of Archer's
Post, Kenya, who receives assistance form Christian Children's Fund.
Photo by Toni Radler for CCF. www.christianchildrensfund.org
/ tradler@ccfusa.org
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