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  • Fadiya Foed Gerges (center) serves tea to Hana Henin (left) and Adil Gabriel, who participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
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  • Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Safwat Awad pours old bread into a grinder that converts it into animal feed in the Egyptian village of Sakra. His business was started with assistance from the ACT Alliance, part of a project coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-73.jpg
  • Osama Yacoub carries a tree to plant in the Egyptian village of Sakra. The campaign of tree planting is part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-56.jpg
  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life..
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-50.jpg
  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life..
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  • Nora Sobhy lives in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Sobhy's husband worked in Libya until the revolution there..
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  • An old woman in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
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  • Fadiya Foed Gerges, pictured here in her home, participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages..
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-37.jpg
  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where many residents received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities adversely affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-36.jpg
  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where many residents received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities adversely affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-35.jpg
  • Yousef Yagoub Yousef lost his employment in Libya during the Arab Spring, and was forced to return to Egypt to his home village of Kafr Darwish. There he received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
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  • Reda Sodeky Abdel paints a lamp post as Habib Kamal Habib and Alae Adel Gabriel sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. The two men sweeping worked in Libya before the revolution there. Abdel worked as a construction worker in Cairo, but lost his job there as social unrest swept through Egypt.
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  • Reda Sodeky Abdel paints a lamp post as Habib Kamal Habib and Alae Adel Gabriel sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. The two men sweeping worked in Libya before the revolution there. Abdel worked as a construction worker in Cairo, but lost his job there as social unrest swept through Egypt.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-30.jpg
  • Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-24.jpg
  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-18.jpg
  • Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-15.jpg
  • Alae Adel Gabriel, Habib Kamal Habib and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh sweep the streets in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Yousef Yagoub Yousef paints a lamp post in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. This work was part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo (as was the case with Yousef), lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
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  • Yousef Yagoub Yousef paints a lamp post in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. This work was part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo (as was the case with Yousef), lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
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  • Safwat Awad pours old bread into a grinder that converts it into animal feed in the Egyptian village of Sakra. His business was started with assistance from the ACT Alliance, part of a project coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-74.jpg
  • Safwat Awad pours old bread into a grinder that converts it into animal feed in the Egyptian village of Sakra. His business was started with assistance from the ACT Alliance, part of a project coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-72.jpg
  • Soad Hanah washes her hands in her new sink in her home in the Egyptian village of Sakra. Her house was remodeled as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
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  • Malak Shehata Risk works maintaining a road near the Egyptian village of Sakra. The work is part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
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  • Osama Yacoub carries a tree to plant in the Egyptian village of Sakra. The campaign of tree planting is part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-55.jpg
  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life..
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-48.jpg
  • Nora Sobhy, seen here with her donkey, lives in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Sobhy's husband worked in Libya until the revolution there..
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  • Nora Sobhy lives in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Sobhy's husband worked in Libya until the revolution there. Her home behind her was improved during the village development program..
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where the ACT Alliance and Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, carried out a relief project that benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-42.jpg
  • Fadiya Foed Gerges (center) serves tea to Hana Henin (left) and Adil Gabriel, who participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-41.jpg
  • Fadiya Foed Gerges (center) serves tea to Hana Henin (left) and Adil Gabriel, who participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-39.jpg
  • Fadiya Foed Gerges (center) serves tea to Hana Henin (left) and Adil Gabriel, who participated in an economic relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. It benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment, thus having to return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village and improving the local quality of life..
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-38.jpg
  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where many residents received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities adversely affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-34.jpg
  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish, where many residents received work as part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities adversely affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-33.jpg
  • Reda Sodeky Abdel paints a lamp post as Habib Kamal Habib, Alae Adel Gabriel and Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. The three men sweeping worked in Libya before the revolution there. Abdel worked as a construction worker in Cairo, but lost his job there as social unrest swept through Egypt.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-28.jpg
  • Three men walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. Their work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel walk through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish with their brooms. The men's work cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-16.jpg
  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh,Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-13.jpg
  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-12.jpg
  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh, Habib Kamal Habib, and Alae Adel Gabriel sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-11.jpg
  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh,Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh,Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep up garbage in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village streets is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. All three men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep the streets in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Both men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Alae Adel Gabriel and Habib Kamal Habib sweep the streets in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Both men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Risk Sahata Alid El Masieh paints a lamp post in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. This work was part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya (as was the case for El Masieh) and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment and were forced to return to their home villages.
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  • A woman walks by Habib Kamal Habib and Alae Adel Gabriel as they sweep the streets in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish. The men's work of cleaning the village is part of a relief project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and carried out by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It has benefited individuals and families adversely affected by the Libyan revolution and other events in the Arab Spring, which caused many Egyptians working abroad to lose their employment and return to their home villages. The project involved cleaning the village, reconstructing homes and improving the local quality of life. Both men worked in Libya before the revolution there.
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  • Father Mike Bassano, a Maryknoll priest from the United States, blesses a displaced woman inside a United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. More than 20,000 civilians have lived inside the base since shortly after the country's civil war broke out in December, 2013, but renewed fighting in 2015 drove another 5,000 people, including this woman, into the relative safety of the camp. Bassano lives in the camp to accompany the people there.
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  • Father Mike Bassano, a Maryknoll priest from the United States, blesses a displaced woman inside a United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. More than 20,000 civilians have lived inside the base since shortly after the country's civil war broke out in December, 2013, but renewed fighting in 2015 drove another 5,000 people, including this woman, into the relative safety of the camp. Bassano lives in the camp to accompany the people there.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Hosni Micheal (left) and his son Amed Shafik in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman walks across a field in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A man cooks in his small restaurant in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A man in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • Men ride a tractor in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman carries her daughter along a muddy street in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Hosni Micheal lives in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra. Working behind him is Gatar Saad.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman carries water on her head in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman carries a pot on her head in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman carries water on her head as she walks through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A man rides a donkey through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A man waves a greeting while riding a donkey through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A woman harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A woman in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Farhoun Saad harvests cotton outside the Egyptian village of Sakra. Working behind him is Gatar Saad.
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  • Women walk across a field in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • Hosni Micheal walks through the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A boy shows the teeth of a donkey in the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A man rides a donkey through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A man rides a donkey through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • People ride a motorcycle cart through the Egyptian village of Kafr Darwish.
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  • A Catholic priest sprinkles holy water on November 8, 2014, on the crosses at a mass gravesite in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines that was ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan exactly one year earlier.
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  • A Catholic priest sprinkles holy water on November 8, 2014, on the crosses at a mass gravesite in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines that was ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan exactly one year earlier.
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  • Bishop Paul Verryn baptizes a baby born to a refugee woman from Zimbabwe during worship in the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg, South Africa, where The church is home to more than 3,000 refugees suffering from economic desperation and sporadic xenophobic attacks.
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  • 3 November 2019, Monrovia, Liberia: Rev. Jesse King gathers children around the altar to bless them after Sunday service at Saint Andrew Lutheran Parish in Monrovia. Part of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, the parish gathers some 220 members for prayer each week. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • A woman uses incense to bless homes in the Dhobi neighborhood of Madurai, a city in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
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  • A woman uses incense to bless homes in the Dhobi neighborhood of Madurai, a city in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
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  • 3 November 2019, Monrovia, Liberia: Rev. Jesse King gathers children around the altar to bless them after Sunday service at Saint Andrew Lutheran Parish in Monrovia. Part of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, the parish gathers some 220 members for prayer each week. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • The blessing of the crab fleet, which is broadcast over the radio to ships in the Dutch Harbor/Unalaska area as they prepare to begin the crabbing season. Left to right: Unalaska Mayor Shirley Marquardt, United Methodist layman Rick Harwell, Unalaska Christian Fellowship pastor John Honan, Unalaska United Methodist Church pastor the Rev. Dale Kelley.
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  • Scene from an interfaith worship service held in the Global Village during the XV International AIDS Conference in 2004. Khun Somya Utacharntara, a person living with AIDS, is blessed by Phra Kru Tanawat Techapanyo.
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  • Father Joil Sobhe, a Coptic Orthodox priest, is greeted by a woman as he visits and blesses church members in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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