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  • Bahati Kituli speaks to an audience in a church in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Nairobi, Kenya. Bahati is a mentor in issues around sexual health and reproductive rights, gender-based violence and HIV.<br />
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ACT Alliance member LWR/IMA supports the programme that Bahati works on.
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  • Bahati Kituli speaks to an audience in a church in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Nairobi, Kenya. Bahati is a mentor in issues around sexual health and reproductive rights, gender-based violence and HIV.<br />
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ACT Alliance member LWR/IMA supports the programme that Bahati works on.
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  • John Simba, a member of an ACT Alliance team, searches for unexploded ordnance in a civilian area near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
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  • Edith Ayok cooks beans that she received from the ACT Alliance on April 7, 2017, in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced from their homes by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remained camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approached.<br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • Mary Kuol carries water home from a well dug by the ACT Alliance in Yang Kuel, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where a persistent drought has destroyed crops and forced people to eat wild leaves to survive. Kuol is seven months pregnant.<br />
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The well was drilled in 2016 by a local partner of Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The organization has also distributed food vouchers to hungry families in the region.
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  • Akuch Kon eats wild leaves in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, Kon and the others set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. It is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • Regina Abuk displays wild fruits on which she and her neighbors survive in Yang Kuel, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where a persistent drought has destroyed crops and left people hungry. The fruit--a so-called "hunger food"--must be dried, pulverized, and boiled before it can be eaten.<br />
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A local partner of Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, dug a new well for the community in 2016, providing a source of safe water and saving Abuk a one-hour walk to a well. The organization has also distributed food vouchers to hungry families in the region.
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  • A mother and two of her children wake up after sleeping in the open in a camp for over 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau.
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  • Akuch Kon eats wild leaves in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, Kon and the others set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
<br />
In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. It is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-A0672.JPG
  • Eight-year old Adieu Anai cooks over a fire in a camp for more than 5,000 internally displaced persons in an Episcopal Church compound in Wau, South Sudan. Most of the families here were displaced by violence early in 2017, after a larger number took refuge in other church sites when widespread armed conflict engulfed Wau in June 2016.<br />
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Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, has provided relief supplies to the displaced in Wau, and has supported the South Sudan Council of Churches as it has struggled to mediate the conflict in Wau. <br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • 27 October 2018, Stockholm, Sweden: Aman Mohammedgeta from Eritrea (middle) is one of many refugees who've received support through the Goda Grannar project. Here, he shares his story with visitors from ACT Alliance. On Saturday, participants at the 2018 Assembly of the ACT Alliance visited the Stockholm Grand Mosque and the Katarina Parish of Church of Sweden to learn about their interreligious Goda Grannar ('Good Neighbours') project, through which they offer support to refugees and newly arrived people in Sweden. (Oral consent obtained for use by Church of Sweden/ACT Alliance.)
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria. Plenary 7 of the ACT Alliance 2018 general assembly. In Plenary 7, the Public Statements Committee presented the ACT Assembly Message for adoption by the assembly, as well as a series of public statements.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria. Plenary 7 of the ACT Alliance 2018 general assembly. In Plenary 7, the Public Statements Committee presented the ACT Assembly Message for adoption by the assembly, as well as a series of public statements.
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  • 30 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: Plenary four of the ACT Alliance general assembly introduces participants to three of the key decision making documents, which will come back to plenary for approval. These include the Engagement Model for Membership, the revised ACT Statutes and the Global Strategy for ACT Alliance 2019-2026.
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  • 27 October 2018, Stockholm, Sweden: Saeed Alnahhal explains how he has recently had an article published in a major Swedish newspaper, featuring refugees who've received support through the Goda Grannar project. Saeed himself came to Sweden as a refugee from Syria, and has received support through the project. By profession, he is a journalist. On Saturday, participants at the 2018 Assembly of the ACT Alliance visited the Stockholm Grand Mosque and the Katarina Parish of Church of Sweden to learn about their interreligious Goda Grannar ('Good Neighbours') project, through which they offer support to refugees and newly arrived people in Sweden. (Oral consent obtained for use by Church of Sweden/ACT Alliance.)
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  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search for unexploded ordnance in the charred remains of a house near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor331101.JPG
  • A member of an ACT Alliance team searches for unexploded ordnance in the charred remains of a house near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
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  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search for unexploded ordnance in the charred remains of a house near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor331061.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search abandoned houses for unexploded ordnance in a civilian area near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor331036.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search for unexploded ordnance in the charred remains of a house near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor331078.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search for unexploded ordnance in the charred remains of a house near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor331047.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search for unexploded ordnance in a civilian area near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor331006.JPG
  • A member of an ACT Alliance team talks with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329017.JPG
  • A member of an ACT Alliance team talks with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
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  • Hassan Kossar places hand grenades in a sandbag for transport to a safe disposal site. The grenades were found by an ACT Alliance team as it searched for unexploded ordnance in a civilian area near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. Kossar, from Somaliland, is a senior technical advisor to the explosive ordnance disposal team, part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329012.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search for unexploded ordnance in civilian areas around the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329010.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search for unexploded ordnance in civilian areas around the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
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  • Oyet Justin, a member of an ACT Alliance team, searches for unexploded ordnance in a civilian area near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329008.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team talk with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329004.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team talk with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
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  • A member of an ACT Alliance team searching for unexploded ordnance in Bor, South Sudan, raises his hand to signal he found something suspicious. The team is searching civilian areas around Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329002.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team search for unexploded ordnance in a civilian area near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The explosive ordnance disposal team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329003.JPG
  • People receive food from the ACT Alliance on April 7, 2017, in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. The man, a resident of a nearby community who will receives a handful of food for his work, carries a 100 kilogram bag of sorghum that will be divided between several vulnerable families. <br />
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The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • Women line up to receive food from the ACT Alliance in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families, including these women. The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • KG Mathaikutty, an emergency specialist with the Lutheran World Federation, rides a boat to Jinamoc Island, part of the municipality of Basey in the Philippines province of Samar that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. LWF is a member of the ACT Alliance, which has been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here, and Mathaikutty and other ACT Alliance leaders spent several days in this and other affected communities learning first hand about the network's emergency response and long-term plans for recovery and rehabilitation.
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  • Johnny Thomsen, a Danish explosive ordnance disposal technician, marks a Russian-built SA3 missile on June 15 at a former Libyan Air Force site outside Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Several missiles here were damaged in a NATO air strike, and a team from the ACT Alliance, concerned about the safety of civilians traveling a nearby road, investigated the site and marked which items need to be safely removed. Thomsen is marking this missile for removal as it still contains its warhead. Thomsen works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • Johnny Thomsen (left) and Fred Pavey, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, mark a Russian-built SA3 missile on June 15 at a former Libyan Air Force site outside Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Several missiles here were damaged in a NATO air strike, and a team from the ACT Alliance, concerned about the safety of civilians traveling a nearby road, investigated the site and marked which items need to be safely removed. Thomsen is spray painting this missile for removal as it still contains its warhead. Thomsen and Pavey work with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • Johnny Thomsen, a Danish explosive ordnance disposal technician, surveys Russian-built SA3 missiles on June 15 at a former Libyan Air Force site outside Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The missiles were damaged in a NATO air strike, and a team from the ACT Alliance, concerned about the safety of civilians traveling a nearby road, investigated the site and marked which items need to be safely removed. Thomsen works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    libya-2011-jeffrey-war-129.jpg
  • A member of an ACT Alliance team talks with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329018.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team talk with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329015.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team talk with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329014.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team talk with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329013.JPG
  • Hassan Kossar examines a hand grenade that an ACT Alliance team found as it searched for unexploded ordnance in a civilian area near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. Kossar, from Somaliland, is a senior technical advisor to the explosive ordnance disposal team, part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys mine risk education teams to help villagers identify and understand the dangers of unexploded ordnance and land mines from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329011.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team talk with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329007.JPG
  • Members of an ACT Alliance team talk with villagers about the dangers of unexploded ordnance near the South Sudan town of Bor, which has been the scene of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels since a dispute within the ruling party turned violent in December 2013 and quickly ripped the newly independent nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The mine risk education team is part of the humanitarian mine action program of Dan Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The program also deploys explosive ordnance disposal teams to locate and safely remove dangerous items from this most recent conflict as well as ordnance left over from earlier decades of civil war.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-bor329006.JPG
  • Workers carry pipe as they drill a well on April 7, 2017, in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
<br />
In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling the well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. <br />
<br />
The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • A girl cooks beans that her family received from the ACT Alliance on April 7, 2017, in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced from their homes by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remained camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approached.<br />
<br />
In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
    south-sudan-2017-jeffrey-A1227.JPG
  • People receive food from the ACT Alliance on April 7, 2017, in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. The man carries a 100 kilogram bag of sorghum that will be divided between several families. <br />
<br />
The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • A woman receives beans from the ACT Alliance on April 7, 2017, in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
<br />
In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. <br />
<br />
The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • Johnny Thomsen (left) and Fred Gras, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, inspect on June 16 a Tomahawk cruise missile which failed to explode after being fired by NATO forces at a target in Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Thomsen, from Denmark, is part of a team from the ACT Alliance which arrived in Misrata on June 13. He works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance. Gras works with the Mines Advisory Group, which is working in partnership with the ACT Alliance team in Misrata. The two groups are concerned about the threat posed to the civilian population of the area by unexploded ordnance.
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  • Fred Pavey, a British explosive ordnance disposal technician, removes part of a Spanish-built MAT-120 cluster mortar found on June 16 alongside a heavily traveled road in Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Pavey is part of a team from the ACT Alliance which is concerned about the safety of civilians traveling the road. Pavey works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • Fred Pavey, a British explosive ordnance disposal technician, marks a Russian-built SA3 missile on June 15 at a former Libyan Air Force site outside Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Several missiles on this site were damaged in a NATO air strike, and a team from the ACT Alliance, concerned about the safety of civilians traveling a nearby road, investigated the site and marked which items need to be safely removed. Pavey is marking this missile for removal as it still contains its warhead. Pavey works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • Johnny Thomsen, a Danish explosive ordnance disposal technician, marks a Russian-built SA3 missile on June 15 at a former Libyan Air Force site outside Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Several missiles here were damaged in a NATO air strike, and a team from the ACT Alliance, concerned about the safety of civilians traveling a nearby road, investigated the site and marked which items need to be safely removed. Thomsen is marking this missile for removal as it still contains its warhead. Thomsen works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • Fred Pavey, a British explosive ordnance disposal technician, inspects part of a Russian-built SA3 missile on June 15 at a former Libyan Air Force site outside Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The site contained several missiles damaged in a NATO air strike, and a team from the ACT Alliance, concerned about the safety of civilians traveling a nearby road, investigated the site and marked which items need to be safely removed. Pavey works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • Johnny Thomsen, a Danish explosive ordnance disposal technician, marks a portion of a Russian-built SA3 missile on June 15 at a former Libyan Air Force site outside Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Several missiles here were damaged in a NATO air strike, and a team from the ACT Alliance, concerned about the safety of civilians traveling a nearby road, investigated the site and marked which items need to be safely removed. Thomsen is marking this booster element of the missile as not posing a threat. Thomsen works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • Johnny Thomsen, a Danish explosive ordnance disposal technician, marks a Russian-built SA3 missile on June 15 at a former Libyan Air Force site outside Misrata, the besieged Libyan city where civilians and rebel forces are surrounded on three sides by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Several missiles here were damaged in a NATO air strike, and a team from the ACT Alliance, concerned about the safety of civilians traveling a nearby road, investigated the site and marked which items need to be safely removed. Thomsen is marking this missile for removal as it still contains its warhead. Thomsen works with the humanitarian mine action program of DanChurchAid, which is a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • Chrissy Biziweki (left) examines s dried up cornfield with Dingiswayo Jere in Chisatha, a village in southern Malawi on its border with Mozambique. Jere is coordinator of the ACT Alliance Malawi Forum. This village has been hard hit by drought in recent years, leading to chronic food insecurity, especially during the "hunger season," when farmers are waiting for the harvest. The ACT Alliance is working with farmers in this village to switch to alternative, drought-resistant crops, such as millet, as well as using irrigation and other improved techniques to increase agricultural yields. Solar panels will power a pump that will draw water from a river into a reservoir and then into six elevated 5,000 liter tanks, which will then provide water to grow healthy crops year round.
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  • Children practice volleyball skills inside a camp for internally displaced families in Yei, South Sudan. The camp holds Nuer families who took refuge there in December 2013 after a political dispute within the country's ruling party quickly fractured the young nation along ethnic and tribal lines. The ACT Alliance is providing psycho-social services in the camp, including safe places for children to enjoy being children. On the right is Victoria Amude, program manager of children's protective services for the Institute for the Promotion of Civil Society, whose work in the camp is funded by ICCO, a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • manes Steven (right), 33, stands in a dried up cornfield with Chifundo Macheka, a project assistant for Churches Action in Relief and Development, a member of the ACT Alliance. They are in Chisatha, a village in southern Malawi on its border with Mozambique, that has been hard hit by drought in recent years, leading to chronic food insecurity, especially during the "hunger season," when farmers are waiting for the harvest. The ACT Alliance is working with farmers in this village to switch to alternative, drought-resistant crops, such as millet, as well as using irrigation and other improved techniques to increase agricultural yields. Solar panels will power a pump that will draw water from a river into a reservoir and then into six elevated 5,000 liter tanks, which will then provide water to grow healthy crops year round. In the background two of the tanks can be seen being installed.
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  • In Port-au-Prince, Don Tatlock (center), an emergency worker for Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, unloads relief material from Lutheran World Relief, also an ACT Alliance member, brought into earthquake-ravaged Haiti from the Dominican Republic on January 25.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: ACT Alliance head of communication Simon Chamberg takes photos of a group of ACT 2018 assembly participants as they take a group selfie.
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  • 27 October 2018, Stockholm, Sweden: Erik Lysén, Church of Sweden, in conversation with Saeed Alnahhal, a Syrian refugee who's received support through the Goda Grannar project. On Saturday, participants at the 2018 Assembly of the ACT Alliance visited the Stockholm Grand Mosque and the Katarina Parish of Church of Sweden to learn about their interreligious Goda Grannar ('Good Neighbours') project, through which they offer support to refugees and newly arrived people in Sweden.
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  • 29 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: Amina Mohammed (second from the right), Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations,  in conversation with representatives of the Church of Sweden and ACT Alliance.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: Peace doves made from olive trees in the Holy Land are distributed before evening entertainment is offered by ACT Alliance 3rd general assembly participants from the Middle East and North Africa region.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: On Wednesday evening, participants in the ACT Alliance 2018 general assembly visited the Uppsala Cathedral for a guided tour.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: On Wednesday evening, participants in the ACT Alliance 2018 general assembly visited the Uppsala Cathedral for a guided tour. Here, inside Uppsala Cathedral.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: On Wednesday evening, participants in the ACT Alliance 2018 general assembly visited the Uppsala Cathedral for a guided tour. Here, inside Uppsala Cathedral.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: On Wednesday evening, participants in the ACT Alliance 2018 general assembly visited the Uppsala Cathedral for a guided tour.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: On Wednesday evening, participants in the ACT Alliance 2018 general assembly visited the Uppsala Cathedral for a guided tour. Here, inside Uppsala Cathedral.
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  • 31 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: Mr He Wen from the Amity Foundation, China. On Wednesday evening, participants in the ACT Alliance 2018 general assembly visited the Uppsala Cathedral for a guided tour.
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  • 29 October 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations,  in conversation with representatives of the Church of Sweden and ACT Alliance.
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  • 1 November 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: The Thursdays in Black campaign is featured at a Joint Day on Ecumenical Diakonia, with ACT Alliance and the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches.
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  • 1 November 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: Participants use interactive technology to explore issues of ecumenical diakonia during a Joint Day on Ecumenical Diakonia, with ACT Alliance and the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches.
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  • 1 November 2018, Uppsala, Sweden: Dr Agnes Abuom (left) in conversation with Lars Ove Ljungberg, Church of Sweden. The Thursdays in Black campaign is featured at a Joint Day on Ecumenical Diakonia, with ACT Alliance and the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches.
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  • A boy displays money he is earning selling fish in the market in Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
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Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
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DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • A tailor in the market in Akobo, South Sudan.<br />
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Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area. DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • A boy staffs a clothing shop in the market in Akobo, South Sudan.<br />
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Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area. DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • A woman walks along a street in Akobo, South Sudan.<br />
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Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area. DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Early in the morning, a young fisher delivers his catch of fish directly from his boat in Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
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Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Early in the morning, a fisher sells his catch along the riverbank in Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Early in the morning, a man arranges the fish he is selling in the market in Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
<br />
Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Early in the morning, a young fisher checks his net in the river near Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Early in the morning, a young fisher sells his catch directly from his boat in the river in Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Chomgkuoth Makuach, 10, and his brother Chuol, 16, pull a fish from their net in the river near Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo--including the family of these boys--with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Chomgkuoth Makuach, 10, and his brother Chuol, 16, pull a fish from their net in the river near Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo--including the family of these boys--with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Chomgkuoth Makuach, 10, and his brother Chuol, 16, pull a fish from their net in the river near Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo--including the family of these boys--with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Yoal Thiran, 12, reaches for a fish caught in his net in the river near Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo--including the family of this boy--with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Yoal Thiran, 12, checks his fishing net in the river near Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo--including the family of this boy--with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
<br />
Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Chomgkuoth Makuach, 10, and his brother Chuol, 16, pull a fish from their net in the river near Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
<br />
Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in this area, yet fishing remains a sustainable way of supplying food to hungry families and income to those who catch and sell the fish.<br />
<br />
DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo--including the family of these boys--with fishing hooks and twine for nets, along with other food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • A woman carries her baby in a basket on her head in Akobo, South Sudan. <br />
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Like several locations around the troubled country, the combination of fighting and flooding has worsened food insecurity in the area. DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects, including cash grants, aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security. It carries out that program in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Nyalieth Makuei Ngok milks one of her goats on an isolated farm along the Akobo River in South Sudan, near the country's border with Ethiopia. <br />
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In response to unprecedented flooding and fighting in the area, DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. Many families, including this woman's family, received goats as part of the program, which was carried out by Nile Hope, a South Sudanese NGO.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Eight-year old Country Gatwech holds two of his family's goats on an isolated farm along the Akobo River near South Sudan's border with Ethiopia. <br />
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In response to unprecedented flooding and fighting in the area, DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. Many families, including this boy's family, received goats as part of the program, which was carried out by Nile Hope, a South Sudanese NGO.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Twelve-year old Nyakhan Lual holds one of her family’s goats on an isolated farm along the Akobo River in South Sudan, near the country's border with Ethiopia. <br />
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In response to unprecedented flooding and fighting in the area, DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. Many families, including this girl's family, received goats as part of the program, which was carried out by Nile Hope, a South Sudanese NGO.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Twelve-year old Nyamiri Kulang holds one of her family’s goats on an isolated farm along the Akobo River in South Sudan, near the country's border with Ethiopia. <br />
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In response to unprecedented flooding and fighting in the area, DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. Many families, including this girl's family, received goats as part of the program, which was carried out by Nile Hope, a South Sudanese NGO.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Twelve-year old Nyamiri Kulang holds one of her family’s goats on an isolated farm along the Akobo River in South Sudan, near the country's border with Ethiopia. <br />
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In response to unprecedented flooding and fighting in the area, DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. Many families, including this girl's family, received goats as part of the program, which was carried out by Nile Hope, a South Sudanese NGO.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • John Thiel, who is blind, was displaced from his home by flooding last year and moved in with relatives in Akobo, South Sudan, after his animals all died from starvation caused by the high waters. In addition to some food he received from a United Nations agency, he received two small cash grants which he used to buy sorghum and medicines for his wife, who has lung disease. He also sent a small amount to his son, who is studying in Juba. A Presbyterian elder, he doesn't work, but his wife gets occasional informal work fetching and selling firewood. He wants to return to his home, so he sends another son to check regularly, but so far the area remains either flooded or too muddy for them to return. <br />
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DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. DCA provided the funds for the cash grants, which were administered by Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • John Thiel, who is blind, was displaced from his home by flooding last year and moved in with relatives in Akobo, South Sudan, after his animals all died from starvation caused by the high waters. In addition to some food he received from a United Nations agency, he received two small cash grants which he used to buy sorghum and medicines for his wife, who has lung disease. He also sent a small amount to his son, who is studying in Juba. A Presbyterian elder, he doesn't work, but his wife gets occasional informal work fetching and selling firewood. He wants to return to his home, so he sends another son to check regularly, but so far the area remains either flooded or too muddy for them to return. <br />
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DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. DCA provided the funds for the cash grants, which were administered by Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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  • Nyamuoch Reath prepares tea for her customers in her small tea shop in Akobo, South Sudan.<br />
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Displaced by fighting from her home in Malakal, she lived for a while in a protected area of the United Nations base there. After her husband was killed in the conflict, she fled to Akobo where she had relatives. With two small cash grants, she bought what she needed to open her small tea shop in a bombed out building she rented from a local church. Her business has gone well, and besides having money for health care and her children's education, she has used her profits to purchase six goats. She hopes peace will prevail, as she says it's good for her business.<br />
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Reath received the cash grants from DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, which is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. It carries out its programs in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-akobo-0437.jpg
  • Nyamuoch Reath prepares tea for her customers in her small tea shop in Akobo, South Sudan.<br />
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Displaced by fighting from her home in Malakal, she lived for a while in a protected area of the United Nations base there. After her husband was killed in the conflict, she fled to Akobo where she had relatives. With two small cash grants, she bought what she needed to open her small tea shop in a bombed out building she rented from a local church. Her business has gone well, and besides having money for health care and her children's education, she has used her profits to purchase six goats. She hopes peace will prevail, as she says it's good for her business.<br />
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Reath received the cash grants from DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, which is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. It carries out its programs in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-akobo-0428.jpg
  • Nyamuoch Reath serves tea to her customers in her small tea shop in Akobo, South Sudan.<br />
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Displaced by fighting from her home in Malakal, she lived for a while in a protected area of the United Nations base there. After her husband was killed in the conflict, she fled to Akobo where she had relatives. With two small cash grants, she bought what she needed to open her small tea shop in a bombed out building she rented from a local church. Her business has gone well, and besides having money for health care and her children's education, she has used her profits to purchase six goats. She hopes peace will prevail, as she says it's good for her business.<br />
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Reath received the cash grants from DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, which is helping families in Akobo with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. It carries out its programs in partnership with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.
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