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  • A man cooks sugar cane near Bavakati, in the northeastern India state of Assam.
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  • A woman carries dried sugar cane stalks in Bavakati, in the northeastern India state of Assam.
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  • A Salvadoran boy rests from working in a sugar cane field..
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  • A Salvadoran woman works in a sugar cane field..
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  • Sugar cane at sunrise near Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
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  • Edi Oro cuts sugar cane in a field outside Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
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  • A man cuts sugar cane for harvest in Nallur, a small village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: An elderly woman rests on her cane in a courtyard at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: An elderly woman rests on her cane as she waits to receive Holy Communion during Sunday service celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.
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  • Edi Oro cuts sugar cane in a field outside Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
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  • Eleven-year old Juan Lopez walks with a white cane at his home in Zipolite, a town in Oaxaca, Mexico. Juan is blind, and yet refuses to be sidelined. He rides his bike, for example, with his sister's help. She perches on the back and signals him which way to steer by pinching his shoulder. If she pinches his right shoulder, for example, he goes right. The harder the pinch, the sharper the turn.
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  • Edi Oro cuts sugar cane in a field outside Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
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  • A worker cuts sugar cane in a field outside Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
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  • A man with a cane keeps women in line as they wait for food to be distributed at the reception center of the Dagahaley refugee camp, part of the Dadaab refugee complex in northeastern Kenya.
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  • Mariano Enriquez is blind, yet with his white cane moves freely around the coastal region of Oaxaca, Mexico. Enriquez is coordinator of working with the blind and their families at Piña Palmera, a center in Zipolite which promotes community-based rehabilitation.
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  • Chey Pen, 57, received a house and land in Boeung Pram, a village in Batambang province, as part of a 2011 Cambodian government social land concession to demobilized soldiers and other landless families. Here she harvests sugar cane on her small parcel of land. Yet she has yet to receive title to any significant amount of agricultural land, so has to work on a nearby farm to earn money. Life with Dignity and Dan Church Aid, both members of the ACT Alliance, have assisted community members and local authorities in Boeung Pram as they carry out the social land concession.
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  • A blind man participates in a trauma healing workshop at the Rejaf School for the Blind in Juba, South Sudan. <br />
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Sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan and building on the work of Capacitar, the workshops help displaced people and others affected by South Sudan's violence--in this case the blind and visually-challenged--to learn body-based practices that empower them to use their inner wisdom to heal and transform themselves in order to heal injustice and build peace in their families and communities.
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  • Mariano Enriquez leads group of university students who are learning about disability by having individual disabilities imposed on them during a sensitivity training session at Piña Palmera, a community based rehabilitation program in Zipolite, a town in Oaxaca, Mexico. Enriquez, who is blind, leads the centers work with blind people and their families.
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  • A blind man touches his hand as he participates in a trauma healing workshop at the Rejaf School for the Blind in Juba, South Sudan. <br />
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Sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan and building on the work of Capacitar, the workshops help displaced people and others affected by South Sudan's violence--in this case the blind and visually-challenged--to learn body-based practices that empower them to use their inner wisdom to heal and transform themselves in order to heal injustice and build peace in their families and communities.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: Moses Ezra, South Sudanese refugee from the Kuku ethnic group and pastor of a small church in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Obongi district in northern Uganda. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda. [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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  • Oralys Despainy harvests sugar near Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
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  • 29 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: A blind Baptist man from Cuba participated in the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network pre-assembly held on the eve of the World Council of Churches' 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe.<br />
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The WCC Assembly takes place August 31 to September 8 under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."
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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.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-akobo-0425.jpg
  • 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 />
<br />
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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  • 21 January 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Baptism ceremony in Brevik Church in Lidingö near Stockholm, Sweden. Rev. Sara Hillert led the day's ceremony, which was attended by a range of friends and family.
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  • 16 June 2017, Nairobi, Kenya: Musical performance by the Pathfinders band, of the Seventh Adventist Church Kibera, Nairobi. On 16 June, more than 500 people gathered to commemorate the Day of the African Child in Nairobi, Kenya, and to speak up publicly for the rights of children and adolescents living with HIV. Religious leaders from a range of different faith communities and traditions led a march through the streets of Nairobi, from the All Saints Cathedral to Ufungamano House, accompanied by hundreds of youth and young children from local faith-sponsored schools, after which a ceremony was held where the religious leaders committed publicly to work for children's rights to HIV testing, access to treatment, and freedom from stigma and discrimination, to make sure that those who are in need of treatment are also able to stay on treatment. The day was organized by the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Advocay Alliance together with Inerela+ Kenya, with contributions from a range of other partners. At end of the ceremony, the WCC-EAA launched a global Call to Action entitled "Act now for children and adolescents living with HIV", which was signed by the range of religious leaders.
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  • An old woman in the Dhobi neighborhood of Madurai, a city in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
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  • A woman carries a basket on her back in Tugala, a village on the Indonesian island of Nias. The village was struck by both a 2004 tsunami and a 2005 earthquake, leaving houses destroyed and lives disrupted. The ACT Alliance helped villagers here to construct new homes and latrines, build a potable water system, open a clinic and schools and get their lives going once again. For the residents of Tugala, the post-disaster mantra of "build back better" became a reality with help from the ACT Alliance.
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  • A man poses in front of a business in Pisak, a village in Southern Sudan's Central Equatoria State. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
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  • Paul Muego (center), executive director of the Philippine Coordinating Center for Inclusive Development, walks with Dennis Garcia (right), president of the Abucay Federation of People With Disabilities, and Florencio Fajardo, president of the local organization of people living with disabilities in Orani, a seaside town in the Bataan province of the Philippines.
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  • A former sex worker walks home from a gathering at the Sunlit Sisters Center in the Anjeong-ri neighborhood of Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Supported by United Methodist Women, the center provides accompaniment and services to elderly former sex workers still living around a giant U.S. military base.
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  • A man walks through the Zaatari Refugee Camp, located near Mafraq, Jordan. Opened in July, 2012, the camp holds upwards of 50,000 refugees from the civil war inside Syria. International Orthodox Christian Charities and other members of the ACT Alliance are active in the camp providing essential items and services.
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  • Yusef Gorges, a 66-year old internally displaced Christian, talks with Dr. Kholod Hazim during the visit of a mobile clinic to the village of Sharafiya, Iraq, which was flooded with displaced families when the Islamic State group took over nearby portions of the Nineveh Plains in 2014. The clinic is a program of the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
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  • Yusef Gorges, a 66-year old internally displaced Christian, gets a prescription filled by Pharmacist Aodeshu Yanan during the visit of a mobile clinic to the village of Sharafiya, Iraq, which was flooded with displaced families when the Islamic State group took over nearby portions of the Nineveh Plains in 2014. The clinic is a program of the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI). Inside the vehicle is Pharmacist Aodeshu Yousif. Yanan was also displaced by ISIS.
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  • Yusef Gorges, a 66-year old internally displaced Christian, gets a prescription filled by Pharmacist Aodeshu Yanan during the visit of a mobile clinic to the village of Sharafiya, Iraq, which was flooded with displaced families when the Islamic State group took over nearby portions of the Nineveh Plains in 2014. The clinic is a program of the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI). Yanan was also displaced by ISIS.
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  • Yusef Gorges, a 66-year old internally displaced Christian, waits to see a physician during the visit of a mobile clinic to the village of Sharafiya, Iraq, which was flooded with displaced families when the Islamic State group took over nearby portions of the Nineveh Plains in 2014. The clinic is a program of the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
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  • 1 March 2017, Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho: Mohobelo is a sport in Lesotho, which derives from a cultural dance that grew out of the times when the men were working in the mines in South Africa and Lesotho. The dance features sticks, which were traditionally used as simple weapons.
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  • A man in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza strip. .
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  • 14 December 2016, Cairo, Egypt: On 14-16 December, an academic conference on "Siant Irenaeus and Enlightened Humanity" was hosted by the Anaphora Institute near Cairo, Egypt, in collaboration with Lyon Catholic University, France. The Anaphora Institute is a Coptic Orthodox retreat and educational centre located north-west of Cairo.
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  • 22 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: The Orthodox Centre in Chambésy celebrates 50 years. Here, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch.
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  • Race-based laws are leaving thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent effectively stateless, recognition of their Dominican nationality denied, robbing them of rights to education, health care and eligibility to vote. Many are threatened with 'repatriation' to Haiti, though they've been born in the Dominican Republic and have never visited Haiti. Many Haitians were brought to the Dominican Republic as slaves from Haiti, to work on sugar plantations, but the sugar industry is collapsing. ACT Alliance member Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas, Inc., (SSID) works with communities affected by the crisis.
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  • Race-based laws are leaving thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent effectively stateless, recognition of their Dominican nationality denied, robbing them of rights to education, health care and eligibility to vote. Many are threatened with 'repatriation' to Haiti, though they've been born in the Dominican Republic and have never visited Haiti. Many Haitians were brought to the Dominican Republic as slaves from Haiti, to work on sugar plantations, but the sugar industry is collapsing. This is Roberto on a sugar plantation in Monte Coca near San Pedro de Macoris. ACT Alliance member Servicio Social de Iglesias Dominicanas, Inc., (SSID) works with communities affected by the legislation.
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  • The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, delivered a public address at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 24 April as part of his official visit to Switzerland on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch and the 50th anniversary of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim, an internally displaced person from the Somali region, lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. [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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  • 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.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-akobo-0419.jpg
  • 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 />
<br />
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.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-akobo-0417.jpg
  • 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.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-akobo-0410.jpg
  • 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.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-akobo-0410.jpg
  • 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.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-akobo-0417.jpg
  • Participants in a February 14 2015 march in Pasco, Washington, that demanded justice for the killing of Antonio Zambrano Montes by three Pasco police officers on February 10.
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  • Oralys Despainy harvests sugar near Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
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  • A Palestinian man in the West Bank village of Aboud..
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  • A man walks along the street in Gaza.
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  • An Indian farmer walking through the countryside.
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  • Achec Teng Wok, who is blind, and her home built by Caritas in Abyei, a contested region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. Under a 2005 peace agreement, the region was supposed to have a referendum to decide which country it would join, but the two countries have yet to agree on who can vote. In 2011, militias aligned with Khartoum drove out most of the Dinka Ngok residents, pushing them across a river into the town of Agok. Yet more than 40,000 Dinka Ngok have since returned with support from Caritas South Sudan, which has drilled wells, built houses for widows and vulnerable families, opened clinics and provided seeds and tools for the returnees.
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  • Paul Muego (center), executive director of the Philippine Coordinating Center for Inclusive Development, walks with Dennis Garcia (left), president of the Abucay Federation of People With Disabilities, and Florencio Fajardo, president of the local organization of people living with disabilities in Orani.
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  • A blind man who survived Haiti's January 12 earthquake cradles a blanket and hygiene kit he received from Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance. He is part of a group of disabled Haitians who are receiving special attention from ACT Alliance members.
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  • A man walks through the Zaatari Refugee Camp, located near Mafraq, Jordan. Opened in July, 2012, the camp holds upwards of 50,000 refugees from the civil war inside Syria. International Orthodox Christian Charities and other members of the ACT Alliance are active in the camp providing essential items and services.
    jordan-2012-jeffrey-114.jpg
  • A man walks through the Zaatari Refugee Camp, located near Mafraq, Jordan. Opened in July, 2012, the camp holds upwards of 50,000 refugees from the civil war inside Syria. International Orthodox Christian Charities and other members of the ACT Alliance are active in the camp providing essential items and services.
    jordan-2012-jeffrey-112.jpg
  • A woman carries rocks in Kauda, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The area is controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, and frequently attacked by the military of Sudan. The Catholic Church sponsors schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
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  • Hosni Micheal walks through the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • 1 March 2017, Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho: Mohobelo is a sport in Lesotho, which derives from a cultural dance that grew out of the times when the men were working in the mines in South Africa and Lesotho. The dance features sticks, which were traditionally used as simple weapons.
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  • 1 March 2017, Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho: Mohobelo is a sport in Lesotho, which derives from a cultural dance that grew out of the times when the men were working in the mines in South Africa and Lesotho. The dance features sticks, which were traditionally used as simple weapons.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20170301_AHP_510...jpg
  • 1 March 2017, Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho: Mohobelo is a sport in Lesotho, which derives from a cultural dance that grew out of the times when the men were working in the mines in South Africa and Lesotho. The dance features sticks, which were traditionally used as simple weapons.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20170301_AHP_124...jpg
  • 22 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: The Orthodox Centre in Chambésy celebrates 50 years. Here, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
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  • Shadows of land mine victims, Luena, Angola.
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  • Shadows of land mine victims, Luena, Angola.
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  • A young girl climbs a wall made of cane in a house in Alta Verapaz
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  • Cristobal Coc, on his demonstration plot.  He has planted papaya, beans, medicinal plants, plantain, coffee, gandule beans and cane for building.
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  • Cristobal Coc, on his demonstration plot.  He has planted papaya, beans, medicinal plants, plantain, coffee, gandule beans and cane for building.
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  • Francisco Delgado Monteco, President of the Rio Azl coop in a stand of sugar cane on his farm. Rio Azul Cooperative is a Fairtrade-certified coffee producer based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Rio_Azul_20120315_0...jpg
  • Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_532.jpg
  • A boy plays in a stream that feeds the Pedro Cubas river in Pedro Cubas quilombo.<br />
<br />
Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_164.jpg
  • A boy plays in a stream that feeds the Pedro Cubas river in Pedro Cubas quilombo.<br />
<br />
Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_131.jpg
  • Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_087.jpg
  • Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_084.jpg
  • Gerardo, at home in Concepción Actelá. Gerardo is renting land to farm, which until recently cost 75Q/cuerda, but it has just gone up to 150Q/cuerda. For this reason he no longer plants pineapple. He also goes to work in the palm plantations in Petén or the sugar cane farms in Escuintla. He is pictured here with his Mayoral baston, the symbol he carries as a local authority.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Alta_Verapaz_201607...jpg
  • Cristobal Coc, on his demonstration plot.  He has planted papaya, beans, medicinal plants, plantain, coffee, gandule beans and cane for building.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Alta_Verapaz_201607...jpg
  • A girl jumps into the Pedro Cubas river.<br />
<br />
Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_415.jpg
  • A boy in the Pedro Cubas river.<br />
<br />
Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_503.jpg
  • Antonio Jorge, a leader of the Pedro Cubas quilombo.<br />
<br />
Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_124.jpg
  • Pedro Cubas is one of many quilombos that is taking part in the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, MAB) who are in active resistance against new dams in the region. The quilombo sits on the small river also called Pedro Cubas.<br />
<br />
Quilombos are remote hinterland settlements in Brazil set up by escaped slaves of African origin. Though most of them were destroyed by slave owners and the Brazilian state, today there are around 5,000 recognised quilombos in Brazil. Slavery was legal in Brazil for four centuries and some five million slaves were brought to Brazil, most of them from the Angola area. Today the largest population of people of African descent in the world, with the exception of Nigeria, is Brazil.<br />
<br />
When the owner of the Caiacanga farm died in the 18th century, the slaves he owned disappeared and hid in the forest, one of them was Gregorio Marinho who established the Pedro Cubas quilombo with other escaped slaves from farms and the gold mines in the region.<br />
<br />
The Pedro Cubas community has 3,800 hectares and around 60 families and 230 people, most of them under 15.<br />
<br />
The community farms collectively to produce cassava, yam, sweet potato, corn, beans, banana and sugar cane. <br />
<br />
Like many quilombos, it is remote. For centuries, rivers were the main means of transport, so the closer a quilombo community was to a large river, the greater the likelihood of being discovered and destroyed. The 5000 quilombos that survived are mainly in hinterlands and access can be difficult. To reach Pedro Cubas the river to cross on the only way in is using a ferry that is operated without an engine, using only the flow of the river.<br />
<br />
The lands of Pedro Cubas were partially titled in 2003 by the government of the State of São Paulo. But, despite the decree, non-quilombola occupants remain in the area.
    Brazil_Hawkey_water_WCC_20170914_104.jpg
  • A woman carries food in several pots to workers harvesting sugar cane outside Nallur, a small village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
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  • A sugar cane worker in Nallur, a small village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
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  • A sugar cane worker in Nallur, a small village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
    india-2010-jeffrey-portraits-10.jpg
  • building a house using adobe blocks and an earthquake-resistant design that includes reinforcing canes and buttresses.
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  • A builder carries an adobe during the construction of a house with reinforcing canes and buttresses that increase the earthquake-resistance of the building
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  • building a house using adobe blocks and an earthquake-resistant design that includes reinforcing canes, buttresses and, also visible here, a reinforced concrete bond beam cast in situ inside special adobe blocks.
    el_salvador_hawkey_20121206_811.jpg
  • building a house using adobe blocks and an earthquake-resistant design that includes reinforcing canes, buttresses and, also visible here, a reinforced concrete bond beam cast in situ inside special adobe blocks.
    el_salvador_hawkey_20121206_813.jpg