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  • Children in a camp at Salmon Lake, north of Nome, Alaska, learn to better appreciate their native culture. The camp is sponsored by the Northern Alaska Wellness Initiative and supported by the Nome Community Center.
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  • Children in a camp at Salmon Lake, north of Nome, Alaska, learn to better appreciate their native culture. The camp is sponsored by the Northern Alaska Wellness Initiative and supported by the Nome Community Center.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-alaska-072.jpg
  • Girls in a camp at Salmon Lake, north of Nome, Alaska, learn to better appreciate their native culture. The camp is sponsored by the Northern Alaska Wellness Initiative and supported by the Nome Community Center.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-alaska-073.jpg
  • Tikuna indigenous dance in the street of their neighborhood in Manaus, Brazil. Tikuna families started moving to the city in the 1980s from their forest villages in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Beginning in the 1990s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Dancing is one part of a community struggle to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
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  • Reginaldo Luciano Marcolino is a Tikuna indigenous man in Manaus, Brazil. His family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Marcolino is one of several musicians in the community who seek to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C347.jpg
  • Artemis Cruz is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city three decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community who seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C343.jpg
  • Artemis Cruz is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city three decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community who seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C310.jpg
  • Marta Nicanor Alfredo is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C295.jpg
  • Bernardino Abrando, a Tikuna indigenous man, gets his face painted before a musical performance in Manaus, Brazil. His family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Abrando is one of several musicians in the community who seek to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C277.jpg
  • 14 May 2017, Windhoek, Namibia: The Omupembe Cultural Group display a dramatic piece of Namibian culture. The local Namibian hosts offered an "Ada dâ", "Let's Celebrate", after thousands of Lutherans and guests had gathered for a festival of worship, witness and song and word and sacrament in Sam Nujoma Stadium on Sunday, May 14th to mark commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation in Windhoek, Namibia. [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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  • Children relax at a summer camp at Salmon Lake, north of Nome, Alaska, where they learn to better appreciate their native culture. The camp is sponsored by the Northern Alaska Wellness Initiative and supported by the Nome Community Center.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-alaska-077.jpg
  • Children in a camp at Salmon Lake, north of Nome, Alaska, learn to better appreciate their native culture. The camp is sponsored by the Northern Alaska Wellness Initiative and supported by the Nome Community Center.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-alaska-075.jpg
  • Girls in a camp at Salmon Lake, north of Nome, Alaska, learn to better appreciate their native culture. The camp is sponsored by the Northern Alaska Wellness Initiative and supported by the Nome Community Center.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-alaska-074.jpg
  • Children in a camp at Salmon Lake, north of Nome, Alaska, learn to better appreciate their native culture. The camp is sponsored by the Northern Alaska Wellness Initiative and supported by the Nome Community Center.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-alaska-070.jpg
  • Children in a camp at Salmon Lake, north of Nome, Alaska, learn to better appreciate their native culture. The camp is sponsored by the Northern Alaska Wellness Initiative and supported by the Nome Community Center.
    usa-2012-jeffrey-alaska-071.jpg
  • 14 May 2017, Windhoek, Namibia: The Omupembe Cultural Group display a dramatic piece of Namibian culture. The local Namibian hosts offered an "Ada dâ", "Let's Celebrate", after thousands of Lutherans and guests had gathered for a festival of worship, witness and song and word and sacrament in Sam Nujoma Stadium on Sunday, May 14th to mark commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation in Windhoek, Namibia. [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.]
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20170514_AHP_891...jpg
  • Marta Nicanor Alfredo is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C415.jpg
  • Artemis Cruz is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city three decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C410.jpg
  • Cleonica Candido da Silva is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C406.jpg
  • Marta Nicanor Alfredo is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C402.jpg
  • Tikuna indigenous dance in the street of their neighborhood in Manaus, Brazil. Tikuna families started moving to the city in the 1980s from their forest villages in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Beginning in the 1990s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Dancing is one part of a community struggle to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C387.jpg
  • Tikuna indigenous people dance in the street of their neighborhood in Manaus, Brazil. Tikuna families started moving to the city in the 1980s from their forest villages in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Beginning in the 1990s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Dancing is one part of a community struggle to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C381.jpg
  • Tikuna indigenous dance in the street of their neighborhood in Manaus, Brazil. Tikuna families started moving to the city in the 1980s from their forest villages in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Beginning in the 1990s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Dancing is one part of a community struggle to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C376.jpg
  • Tikuna indigenous dance in the street of their neighborhood in Manaus, Brazil. Tikuna families started moving to the city in the 1980s from their forest villages in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Beginning in the 1990s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Dancing is one part of a community struggle to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C368.jpg
  • Cleonica Candido da Silva (right), a Tikuna indigenous woman, dances with other Tikuna in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C365.jpg
  • Cleonica Candido da Silva is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C278.jpg
  • Yuiu Dominges, a Tikuna indigenous man, gets his face painted before a musical performance in Manaus, Brazil. His family moved to the city decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Dominges is a drummer, one of several musicians in the community who seek to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.
    brazil-2019-jeffrey-manaus-C273.jpg
  • A math problem in the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, South Sudan, relates closely to the region's cattle culture..
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A674.JPG
  • Children at a display table at a book festival in Mosul, Iraq, on November 30, 2018. The festival celebrated the rebirth of culture in the wake of the city's liberation in 2017 from control by the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS.
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  • Children at a display table at a book festival in Mosul, Iraq, on November 30, 2018. The festival celebrated the rebirth of culture in the wake of the city's liberation in 2017 from control by the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS.
    iraq-2018-jeffrey-mosul-233.jpg
  • A boy playing in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-167.jpg
  • Children dance traditional Cambodian dances in the Catholic Church in Ta Han, near Battambang. The church encourages exploring the Gospel within Cambodian culture.
    cambodia-2005-jeffrey-rural-002.jpg
  • A boy plays football (soccer) in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-168.jpg
  • Children play in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-166.jpg
  • Girls have a tea party in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-164.jpg
  • Children have a discussion in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-165.jpg
  • A girl does macrame in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-163.jpg
  • A girl paints a mask in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel.
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-162.jpg
  • A boy studies in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel.
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-161.jpg
  • A girl studies in a center run by the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), a Palestinian NGO in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, which is supported by Christian Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance. The CFTA offers counseling and support for children affected by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and provides a safe space to play, learn, and make friends. This work is critical for providing new hope to damaged children, both for their own sakes, and for the sake of the future of Palestinian society and a future peace with Israel.
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-160.jpg
  • A student at the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, dances during a cultural event at the school. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
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The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D025.jpg
  • Brother Sylvanus-Aniebiet Victor Okon, a Marist brother from Nigeria, dances with students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, where they regularly share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
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The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan. Brother Sylvanus is an instructor in the school.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D149.JPG
  • Brother Christopher Soosai, a De La Salle brother from India, dances with students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, where they regularly share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
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The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan. Brother Chris is the school's principal.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D134.JPG
  • Brother Christopher Soosai, a De La Salle brother from India, dances with students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, where they regularly share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
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The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan. Brother Chris is the school's principal.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D121.jpg
  • Students pose with Brother Christopher Soosai, a De La Salle brother from India, in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, where they regularly share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
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The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan. Brother Chris is the school's principal.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D110.jpg
  • Students pose in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, where they regularly share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
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The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan. In the back row is the school's principal, Brother Christopher Soosai, a De La Salle brother from India.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D108.jpg
  • Students pose in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, where they regularly share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D107.jpg
  • Nasrin Zacharia Andrea and other students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D097.jpg
  • Nasrin Zacharia Andrea and other students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D094.JPG
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D089.jpg
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D077.jpg
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D054.jpg
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D063.jpg
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D046.JPG
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D034.jpg
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D137.JPG
  • Brother Christopher Soosai, a De La Salle brother from India, dances with students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, where they regularly share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan. Brother Chris is the school's principal.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D126.jpg
  • Brother Christopher Soosai, a De La Salle brother from India, gets ash painted on his face by students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, where they regularly share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. Putting ash on their faces is a common practice when dancing.<br />
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The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan. Brother Chris is the school's principal.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D115.JPG
  • Nasrin Zacharia Andrea and other students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D104.jpg
  • Nasrin Zacharia Andrea and other students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D100.jpg
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D068.jpg
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D043.jpg
  • Students in the Solidarity Teacher Training Institute in Yambio, South Sudan, share dances from their own tribal traditions with other students. To bridge cultural gaps that often lead people in the war-torn country to violence, students intentionally learn the songs and dances of the tribes of other students in the school. <br />
<br />
The school is sponsored by Solidarity with South Sudan
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-D041.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
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  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
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  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
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  • Hayat Husen, a newly arrived refugee, is tutored by Shirley Kurtz in a cultural orientation class in a United Methodist Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Husen was resettled in the Harrisonburg area by Church World Service, which also sponsors the class.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • A student performs rap music--while others play adoring fans--during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. <br />
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Since students don't have phones in the school, one girl is wielding a calculator as if it were the phone of an adoring fan.<br />
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The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
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  • Students perform rap music--while others play adoring fans--during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D122.JPG
  • Students perform rap music during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D123.JPG
  • Students perform rap music during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D120.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D116.JPG
  • A girl blows a cow horn as students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D115.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D114.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D113.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D112.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D110.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D111.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D108.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D107.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D106.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D104.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D102.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D103.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D101.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D100.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D098.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D095.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D096.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D094.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D092.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D091.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D090.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D088.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D085.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D082.JPG
  • Students perform traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embrace a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D083.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D061.JPG
  • Students perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D059.JPG
  • Students paint ash on their faces before they perform their traditional tribal dances during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's violence-plagued newest country, encouraging them to celebrate their own tribal background while at the same time embracing a shared national identity.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D058.JPG
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