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  • Students in an after-school tutoring center run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Veemankaman, Sri Lanka.
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  • Thaivania Thesesingurasa lives in the village of Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. She and her family were displaced during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, and when they moved back home after the fighting ended, a church group gave her husband a sewing machine. He now supports his family making clothes for his neighbors.
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  • Annaletchumi Velayutham holds a goat in the village of Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. She and her husband were displaced during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, and when they moved back home after the fighting ended, a church group loaned them two goats. Three years later, they have over 30, and they’ve sold several goats to finance the expansion of their simple house and buy better seeds for their farm fields. They’ve also paid the loan off.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-274.jpg
  • A boy collects his laundry in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
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  • Thesesingurasa Unerisappu holds clothing he made as he poses with his wife Thaivania and their two children in the village of Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. The family was displaced during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, and when they moved back home after the fighting ended, a church group gave him a sewing machine. He now supports his family making clothes for his neighbors.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-346.jpg
  • Thillaiaml Nallaperumal grins after getting a microcredit loan from a church group for the equivalent of $500. She’s going to use it to grow peanuts this coming season her village of Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. She was displaced during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war.
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  • A girl in an after-school tutoring center run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Veemankaman, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-236.jpg
  • A child eats lunch in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-148.jpg
  • A child reads from the blackboard as a teacher watches in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-139.jpg
  • A child writes on the blackboard as a teacher watches in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-074.jpg
  • Children sing in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
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  • A child in a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
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  • Children dance to music in a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
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  • The Rev. Joseph Gnanapra and Gnanatheepom Rasakanthan walk through a neighborhood in Veenamkaman, Sri Lanka, where the Church of the American Ceylon Mission is starting a new outreach program.
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  • People arrive for mass at St. John's Church in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka. The congregation is part of the Church of the American Ceylon Mission.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-087.jpg
  • Thesesingurasa Unerisappu works on his sewing machine in the village of Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. He and his family were displaced during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, and when they moved back home after the fighting ended, a church group gave him the machine. He now supports his family making clothes for his neighbors.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-343.jpg
  • Santhosam Gnamuthu grins after getting a microcredit loan from a church group in Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. Displaced during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, he'll use the money to buy six cows.
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  • Pramila Kirubajhas (center) is proud owner of a small shop in Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. Once displaced by Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, when she moved back home after the fighting ended, a church group loaned her money to open the store. Her profits have enabled her to pay for her children's education and improve the family diet. <br />
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With her are Sasikala Thavarasa (left) and Krishnaveni Puthisikamani. All three are members of a local women's empowerment group sponsored by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission, which provided the funding for her store.
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  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
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  • Children in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Their mothers participate in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-296.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-271.jpg
  • A girl in an after-school tutoring center run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Veemankaman, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-231.jpg
  • A child reads from the blackboard as a teacher watches in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-127.jpg
  • A boy bathes in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-037.jpg
  • The Rev. ST Mathiyafaranam greets students in a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-154.jpg
  • The Rev. Joseph Gnanapra talks with a woman and her daughter in a neighborhood in Veemankaman, Sri Lanka, where the Church of the American Ceylon Mission is starting a new outreach program.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-212.jpg
  • The Rev. Joseph Gnanapra talks with a man in a neighborhood in Veemankaman, Sri Lanka, where the Church of the American Ceylon Mission is starting a new outreach program.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-195.jpg
  • The Rev. Joseph Gnanapra talks with children in a neighborhood in Veemankaman, Sri Lanka, where the Church of the American Ceylon Mission is starting a new outreach program.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-185.jpg
  • A ruined mission center of the Church of the American Ceylon Mission near Veemankaman, Sri Lanka.
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  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-441.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-442.jpg
  • Paranthaman Annammia walks home in the rain in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. The woman, who lost a leg in 2009 during government shelling that killed her husband, participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows. The group loaned her money to expand her chicken raising, which produces badly needed income for her family.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-396.jpg
  • A boy in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. His mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-359.jpg
  • Children in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, whose mothers participate in a church-sponsored women's group. Many of their mothers are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-345.jpg
  • Nitinaicaca holds one of her chickens in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war. The group loaned her money to buy more chickens.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-331.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-280.jpg
  • A church-sponsored women's group meets in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Many of the women are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-261.jpg
  • A child writes on the blackboard in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-072.jpg
  • Children act out a drama in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-070.jpg
  • Children act out a drama in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-066.jpg
  • Children sing in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-043.jpg
  • Girls dance in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-122.jpg
  • A boy in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-069.jpg
  • Sasikaren Sumathi gets her son Dilakshan, 4, dressed before taking him to a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
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  • A boy in a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-174.jpg
  • Children line up in a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
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  • A girl participates in a hymn-singing competition in St. John's Church in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka. The congregation is part of the Church of the American Ceylon Mission.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-166.jpg
  • A boy participates in a hymn-singing competition in St. John's Church in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka. The congregation is part of the Church of the American Ceylon Mission.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-160.jpg
  • A boy participates in a hymn-singing competition in St. John's Church in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka. The congregation is part of the Church of the American Ceylon Mission.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-158.jpg
  • St. John's Church in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka. The congregation is part of the Church of the American Ceylon Mission.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-001.jpg
  • Annaletchumi Velayutham and her husband Velayutham Sinnaih hold their goats as they talk with Ratnaswamy Muthukumar in the village of Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. The couple was displaced during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, and when they moved back home after the fighting ended, a church group loaned them two goats. Three years later, they have over 30, and they’ve sold several goats to finance the expansion of their simple house and buy better seeds for their farm fields. They’ve also paid the loan off. Muthukumar is a development consultant to the Church of the American Ceylon Mission.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-332.jpg
  • Recipients of microcredit loans from a church group pose in Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. They were displaced during Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, but are now back home and struggling to rebuild the local economy.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-247.jpg
  • A girl in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Her mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-469.jpg
  • A woman feeds her chickens in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. The woman participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows. The group loaned her money to expand her chicken raising, which produces badly needed income for her family.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-464.jpg
  • A woman feeds her chickens in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. The woman participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows. The group loaned her money to expand her chicken raising, which produces badly needed income for her family.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-461.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-451.jpg
  • A boy in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. His mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-369.jpg
  • A girl in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Her mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-352.jpg
  • A girl in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Her mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-348.jpg
  • Girls in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Their mothers participate in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-340.jpg
  • Kathesunaran Mariyamania lives in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
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  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-283.jpg
  • A child reads from the blackboard in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-081.jpg
  • Children act out a drama in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-059.jpg
  • Children sing in a preschool run by Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Kudathanai, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-027.jpg
  • A boy in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-075.jpg
  • A boy in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-074.jpg
  • A boy in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-073.jpg
  • A boy in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-071.jpg
  • A boy in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-068.jpg
  • Boys in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission walk to school in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-060.jpg
  • A boy bathes in an orphanage run by the Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Uranee, Batticoloa, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-022.jpg
  • A girl in a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-176.jpg
  • A girl in a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-170.jpg
  • Parents bring their children to a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-157.jpg
  • A girl in a preschool run by St. James Church of the American Ceylon Mission in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-069.jpg
  • The Rev. Joseph Gnanapra talks with and woman and her children in a neighborhood in Veemankaman, Sri Lanka, where the Church of the American Ceylon Mission is starting a new outreach program.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1022-194.jpg
  • The Rev. T. Thevanesan of the Church of the American Ceylon Mission prays with an elderly couple in their home in Barathipuram, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
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  • Ratnaswamy Muthukumar speaks to a group of people receiving microcredit loans from a church group in Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. Muthukumar is a development consultant to the Church of the American Ceylon Mission.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-239.jpg
  • A woman receives a microcredit loan from a church group in Karadianaru, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-241.jpg
  • A woman and her child wait for the distribution of microcredit loans by a church group in Karadianaru, Sri Lanka.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-234.jpg
  • Pramila Kirubajhas is proud owner of a small shop in Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. Once displaced by Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, when she moved back home after the fighting ended, a church group loaned her money to open the store. Her profits have enabled her to pay for her children's education and improve the family diet.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-186.jpg
  • Pramila Kirubajhas is proud owner of a small shop in Karadianaru, Sri Lanka. Once displaced by Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war, when she moved back home after the fighting ended, a church group loaned her money to open the store. Her profits have enabled her to pay for her children's education and improve the family diet.
    sri-lanka-2018-jeffrey-1020-183.jpg
  • A girl in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Her mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-468.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-456.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-450.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-446.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-444.jpg
  • Paranthaman Annammia feeds her chickens in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. The woman, who lost a leg in 2009 during government shelling that killed her husband, participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows. The group loaned her money to expand her chicken raising, which produces badly needed income for her family.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-421.jpg
  • Akamparam Seathilmiani rides her bike in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-410.jpg
  • Thvarasa Thruamalar poses in front of her small store in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war. The group loaned her money to expand her store and a mushroom business, both of which produce badly needed income for her family.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-434.jpg
  • Paranthaman Annammia walks home in the rain in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. The woman, who lost a leg in 2009 during government shelling that killed her husband, participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows. The group loaned her money to expand her chicken raising, which produces badly needed income for her family.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-392.jpg
  • A girl in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Her mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-372.jpg
  • A girl in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Her mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-361.jpg
  • A boy in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. His mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-358.jpg
  • A girl in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. Her mother participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-356.jpg
  • Kathesunaran Mariyamania lives in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-308.jpg
  • A woman and her child on a motorbike in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. The woman participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows whose husbands were killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-290.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-275.jpg
  • A woman in Parantan, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. She participates in a church-sponsored women's group, many of whose members are widows, their husbands killed during the country's brutal civil war.
    sri-lanka-2018-1021-274.jpg
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