Nepali Woman Celebrates the Full Moon
A woman attends a Buddhist ceremony, which celebrates the evening's
full moon, in Bodanath Stupa, Katmandu, Nepal. Alexandra Rapoport, arapopor@goucher.edu |
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Young Hazara
A young Hazara girl stands in front of the destroyed Buddha statue in Bamyan,
Afghanistan, wearing a traditional Hazara necklace in July 2004. Ali Omid,
www.ainaphoto.org |
Bishkek Mother and Daughter
The Central Square of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a few days after
the Folk Revolution in March 2005. AlmaDesign, design@apms.kg |
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Lost
Much along the coast in Kalmunai, eastern Sri Lanka, was destroyed by the Dec.
2004 tsunami. Tents have been provided, but during the heat of the day the
temperature is to great for people to use the shelters. Groups of women congregate
where their homes used to stand and pass the day. Bob Stanton, bstanton@americares.org |
Marie Flore
Marie Flore D. and her child -- Marie is a beneficiary of the Trickle
Up Program through local partner agency "Saint Joseph Nutrition
Center" in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. For a couple of years Marie has
come to the nutrition center to monitor her children's health and
nutrition status. She also participates in the microenterprise development
project of the Center, which targets highly vulnerable mothers and
aims to increase food security in their households. Marie sells cosmetics
and toiletries out of a plastic basket on the streets of Cap-Haitien.
Byron S. Flores, byronf@trickleup.org |
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Two Maasai girls
Two girls at a celebration in a village near Amboseli, Kenya.
Carole Douglis, carole@douglis.com |
South Sudanese Girls Go for the Gold
In Feb. 2005 in Twic County, South Sudan the fifth annual Twic Olympics
was held to unite the people of South Sudan and encourage peaceful
resolution to conflicts through sports and games. Encouraging the
participation of women and girls are a major focus of this annual
event. Due to war, drought and a series of natural and man-made disasters,
two generations of south Sudanese children have been deprived of
schooling and a normal childhood. Girls have suffered the most, as
they are typically kept at home to help with household chores and
look after younger siblings, while boys are sent to school. Monica
relaxes after a volleyball match with her teammates. Cassandra Markham
Nelson, Cassandra_mc2002@yahoo.com |
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Somali girls waiting at the well
A group of Somali girls come from a remote village to collect water from a well
in Kebri Dehar, Ogaden, Somali Region of Ethiopia. Christophe Quirion, christophequirion@hotmail.com |
Strong sister watched
A Somali girl cares for her baby brother in the Somali region of Ethiopia.
Cristina Alaman, cristinaalaman@hotmail.com |
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Spinning Alpaca Hair
A young mother from the Heifer International/CEDCA women's project in Peru spins
alpaca hair for weaving. The women's group in Acora encourages women to preserve
their cultural tradition of weaving and to sell their textiles to local and
national vendors. They are also encouraged to share their ideas with other
members. Darcy Kiefel, www.kiefelphotography.com |
The Daughter is More Careful
At a central market in Kyrgyzstan, who first buys, while who
simply observes? Darya Barishev, darya-bv@yandex.ru |
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Thinking of Home
An elderly woman peers out from her thin shelter of cloth and plastic in the
Riyad camp for internally displaced people near El Geneina, in West Darfur.
David Snyder, DSnyder@crsrsa.co.za |
Women Left Behind
Brona Chingangu, Naminda Sitamulaho, and Sibale Nalumino have all been
widowed by AIDS. Left to raise their children on their own, or with
a second husband, they represent the still largely hidden face of
the impact of AIDS in Africa: the caregivers who are left behind
by AIDS-related deaths. Each receives monthly rations of beans and
wheat from the Consortium for Southern Africa Food Emergency, of
which CRS is a member, but they still struggle to feed families in
impoverished western Zambia, where the vast majority live on less
than one dollar a day. David Snyder, dsnyder@catholicrelief.org |
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Food for work
In the western desert area of India known as Kachchh, people are pastoral
nomads and masters of handicraft. Many nongovernmental organizations have has
started food-for-work projects to support them. Dhairyakant Chauhan, http://www.chauhanphoto.com/ |
The Missed Generation
Hurricane Mitch hit Nicaragua in 1998, and still casts a shadow
of pain. Many generations were lost. A young girl is raised by her grandmother
-- her parents died during the hurricane. Diana Barnett, dibarnett@mindspring.com |
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Girl in Riyadh Camp Smiles
A young internally displaced girl in the Riyad camp in El Geneina, West Darfur.
Despite all the difficulties she faced because of the conflict in Darfur, she
demonstrated the beauty that lies in the spirit of many displaced people and
refugees despite their difficult circumstances. Humanitarian assistance is
the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. Doug Mercado, http://homepage.mac.com/dougmercado/ |
Kochi Girls
Kochi Girls, Kabul, Afghanistan 2002. Fardin Waezi, www.ainaphoto.org |
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Women's Garden
An Afghan woman prepares for her engagement party at the beauty
salon in the Bagh-e-Zanana, or Women's Garden, in Kabul. 2004. Farzana
Wahedy, www.ainaphoto.org |
Afghan Beauty
A woman waits for her hair to be untied after her facial makeup is
done at the Toofan Beauty Parlor. It can take as much two hours for
her makeup and hair to be done, a bride's might take twice the time.
Frishta Kohistani, www.ainaphoto.org |
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Laughter and Tragedy
Girls laughing with military wreckage in the background, Mazar-al-Sharif, Afghanistan
2002. Gerald Martone, gerald@theIRC.org |
Mangali Murmu
Mangali Murmu is learning how to better plan for the future of her
pig-rearing business through the use of drawings and diagrams. At
a training in Kultarn, West Bengal, India, she reveals her drawings
after her first attempt to hold a pen. Janet Heisey, janeth@trickleup.org |
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Bath Time
After the tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, IDP camps are quickly
established and the necessities of life continue. Getting a hand bath
and washing from her mother, this family is lucky to be alive even though
they have lost everything. Jeffrey Austin, http://www.jaustinphoto.com/ |
A young girl smiles
A young girl smiles as assistance from Children International is delivered
in her community in Jalisco, Mexico. Michael Bisceglie (submitted by
Susan Warner), swarner@savechildren.org |
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Advice
A nomadic woman in the Gobi desert of Mongolia, Sept. 2004. Jibek Iskakova, jiskakova@osi.hu |
Rose's Chickens
Rose received a small loan from the International Institute of Rural
Reconstruction to purchase chicks and a rooster. Today she has over
100 chickens and sells the eggs to supplement her family’s
income. And she now trains other women in her community in Nyanza
Province, Kenya, how to raise chickens and sell eggs. Women around
the world play a central role in raising health and nutrition standards,
keeping kids in school and helping create jobs. Jim Stipe, www.jimstipe.com |
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Safe At Last (Hidden War)
After a long journey, Sudanese refugees, mostly women and children, arrived safely
at Kashuni Refugee Camp in Chad near the Sudan border in July 2004. Sudanese
refugees and displaced people fled fighting that erupted in Sudan's western
region of Darfur in early 2003. According to the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees, by late 2004 some 200,000 Sudanese had fled across the border to
neighboring Chad and an estimated 1.6 million were displaced within Darfur,
where militias reportedly killed, raped and forced hundreds of thousands from
their homes. The camp was supported by the International Rescue Committee and
UNHCR. Jiro Ose, jiro@jiroose.com |
Girls in Kabul School
Three generations -- a grandmother, mother and daughters --
use dry beans to spell out letters to save paper in Kabul, Afghanistan.
John Connolly, johnc@paxton.com |
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Mother and Daughter (Colony #8 Moldova)
Women's Colony #8 in Rusca, Moldova is a maximum security prison. The Global
Fund supports a program that promotes basic health care, inmate administered
needle exchange, and the distribution of health products. The woman pictured
with her daughter is participating in the part of the program that allows mothers
to keep their infant children with them in prison. John Rae, John@raephoto.com |
Women's Reconstruction Committee
On the tsunami devastated coast of Tamil Nadu, India, Mercy
Corps' work in villages was aided in large part by elected groups of
community members. A group of women formed to coordinate and manage all
construction projects, specifically temporary home construction. John
Stephens, jstephens@mercycorps.org |
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Abandoned
A young woman who had been abandoned by her parents a few years back got pregnant
and gave birth to a little girl on the streets. She developed cancer, and was
begging to survive. Kinshasa Congo, 2003. Jonathan Alpeyrie, peloponnessian@hotmail.com |
Returning Refugees
Refugees are still coming back to Rwanda, ten years after the end of
the genocide. Communities have to be resettled and livestock rebuilt
to ensure a sustainable future. The UN Development Program in Kigali
assists over 20,000 returning refugees in the Umutara province. Houses,
water pits and basic infrastructure are being rebuilt. Women and
girls are actively participating in the reconstruction of the country.
June 2003. Julie Pudlowski, http://www.juliepudlowski.com |
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Chica Nica women
Volunteers from Partners of the America's Wisconsin partnership showed several
women how to sew clothing for dolls in Nicaragua. The women have been able
to sell the doll clothes, and with the money they get their children's teeth
fixed, put new roofs on their houses or pay for one of their kids to attend
school. In addition to the money they earn, they have a renewed sense of purpose.
Justin Hackworth, http://www.justinhackworth.com |
Girls at School
Two girls at a school implementing an education development
center program in Conakry, Guinea, read a pamphlet on HIV/AIDS prevention.
Karl Grobl, www.Karlgrobl.com |
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Grief
A woman in a refugee camp in Banda Aceh, Indonesia -- January
2005. Kate Moxham, www.katemoxham.com |
Making empanadas
Street vendors in Panchimalco, El Salvador. Laura Guimond, lguimond@mercycorps.org |
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Bucket Distribution
Buckets are distributed in Hijalegia, West Darfur, an IDP camp where Concern
set-up programs in 2004. Laura Wiessen, sarah.hannafin@concern.net |
Two Women
Hai Tarik Shiite Community, Baghdad. Linda Panetta (submitted by Beth
Dulin), bdulin@catholicrelief.org |
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Trapped
A young girl sits on the ground in her courtyard near a leaning pestle. This
young girl lives in a village near Birni N'Konni, Niger, where she assists
her family and attends school. Lisa Sullivan, lsulliva@aed.org |
Quechua Mother and Child
A Quechua woman and child selling flowers on the street. In
order to advance the welfare of their families and communities, many
Quechua women living in destitute barrios in Bolivia have formed “mothers'
clubs”. With literacy education as the cornerstone of their programs,
mothers’ club members have created many innovative income generating
projects to support themselves and their families. Lynn Curtis, intl@proliteracy.org |
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Orphan Girl Kabul
In 2003, a young Hazara orphan holds on to her notebook in class at a Kabul orphanage.
The Hazara population, centered in the central Afghan highlands, was brutalized
during Taliban rule. Massoud Hossaini, www.ainaphoto.org |
Smiling Refugee Girl
Darfurian refugee girls in Chad feel safer and more secure in their
new home. Megan McKenna, meganm@womenscommission.org |
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Zelal
Zelal was one of the kids living on the streets in one of the
poor ghettos of the city. Mert Gokalp, monochus@yahoo.com |
A Mother Learns
A young mother in Bangladesh learns to write through a program supported
by Save the Children. Michael Bisceglie (submitted by Susan Warner), swarner@savechildren.org |
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Afghan Girls
Nowrooz -- or New Year's -- Kabul, Afghanistan 2004. Najibullah Musafer, www.ainaphoto.org |
Untitled
A little inhabitant of the outskirts of Naryn, a town in Kyrgyzstan,
September of 2004. Natalia Andrianova, asol@mail.auca.kg |
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Future Planning
Teenage girls and young women discuss the problems, realities, and how to avoid
contracting AIDS/HIV, at a peer group meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nicky
Lewin, nickylewin@aol.com |
Two Generations Walk to Safety
Two generations of refugees. Driven from their homes, this young
girl and her grandmother were both forced to walk ten days through
the Darfur desert to the relative safety of Bahai, Chad. Peter Biro, peterb@theirc.org |
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Girls in food line
These young women waited in line at a food distribution in Nyala, South Darfur,
Sudan. Peter Bussian, www.peterbussian.org |
After the Tsunami
A mother and daughters in a UN High Commissioner for Refugees tent
on the beach near the village of Kalmunai, Sri Lanka. Ray Buchanan, r.buchanan@stophungernow.org |
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The Joy of Reading
Kyankonwa Adult Literacy Circle member Joyce Nanyonga, in a blue dress, participates
in a literacy exercise with her friends near Nakasongola, Uganda in a project
supported by Save the Children USA. Rick D'Elia, rickdelia2003@yahoo.com |
Women Leaders of the Tausug Tribe
Women leaders of the Tausug tribe from Sulu province in the Philippines
and Al Santoli, Director of Asia America Initiative discuss the breakdown
of the peace process and basic needs of the community. Rohaniza Sumndad, honey_sumndad@yahoo.com |
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Anna Leon Mushi, Shop Owner
At a much darker time of her life, Anna found herself weighing
the risk of AIDS and prostitution against the need to feed her parents
and young daughter. A lack of work and money had pushed her to the brink.
With several loans from ACCION's Tanzanian partner Akiba Commercial Bank,
Anna is able to run a little shop where she works 14 hour days every
day. It's a hard life but she's happy to be her own boss in control of
her life. Better yet, her family is no longer hungry and she is able
to pay for her daughter and nephew's educations. Rohanna Mertens (submitted
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VGP
Young women in Ezbet-al-Hagana, a squatter area in Cairo, Egypt, who
are participants in the Coptic Orphans program, the Valuable Girl
Project. The Valuable Girl Project is a mentoring program that empowers
girls and young women in high poverty areas of Egypt who are at risk
of dropping out of school. Young women enrolled in the tertiary or
secondary level serve as academic mentors to girls enrolled
in primary school. Rosemary Misdary, nycrosie@yahoo.com |
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New Well
In Siem Reap, Cambodia, women show western women their new well. Ruth Messinger, rmessinger@ajws.org |
Reshma
Reshma Akhter, a 7-year-old from the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, breaks
through the ribbon. She is one of 150 students at a school mobilized
by Hunger Project volunteers in Dhaka. Investing in women and girls
is an essential component to economic development and building strong
communities. Syed Ziaul Habib Roobon (submitted by Carol Coonrod), csc@thp.org |
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Child Marriage
In Andhra Pradesh there is an ill-tradition of “child marriages”,
which is present in all castes. Poverty, a lack of education and the parents'
fear of missing a good match for their children contribute to the tradition.
Even when the children are well educated, they agree to their parents wish unknowingly.
In this photo, a 12-year-old girl marries a 16-year-old boy who is a blood relative.
V. Sumathi, gopal_raja27@yahoo.com |
People Life
Hazara people living in Buddha's caves in Bamyan, Afghanistan, 2004.
Wakil Kohsar, www.ainaphoto.org |
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