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  • Farha Shurab is director of the Catholic primary school 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 church has sponsored schools and health care facilities throughout the war-torn region.
    sudan-2018-jeffrey-nuba-E0139.jpg
  • Jesuit Father Georges Kimonge is director of the St. Peter Claver Ecological Training Centre in Rumbek, South Sudan. The Jesuit-sponsored school provides vocational training school in solar energy and water and sanitation.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-rumbek-jesu...jpg
  • Sami Saint Hilaire is director of a school in Les Palmes, a rural village in southern Haiti. The Lutheran World Federation has been working with survivors of the 2010 earthquake, along with other residents of Les Palmes, to experience more abundant life. The LWF sponsors this school.
    haiti-2013-jeffrey-044.jpg
  • While Dr Chan was Director General of the World Health Organization, she visited some of the communities in Conakry, Guinea that were most heavily affected by Ebola. <br />
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Dr Chan spoke with people who took part in the Ebola trial in the Coronthie neighbourhood of Conakry. Dr Chan thanked them for their contribution to proving the efficacy of the Ebola vaccine.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_158...jpg
  • Dr Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, visited some of the communities in Conakry, Guinea that were most heavily affected by Ebola. Here Dr Chan talks with people who took part in the Ebola trial in the Coronthie neighbourhood of Conakry.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_140...jpg
  • Dr Chan joined the President of the Republic of Guinea, HE Professor Alpha Conde, His Excellency Minister of Health, Dr Abdourahmane Diallo, and representatives from the Governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone, in celebrating the successful development of the world’s first vaccine against Ebola. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of WHO’s Office of the African Region, was also present at this celebration.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_111...jpg
  • Director General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan spoke to media in Conakry Guinea, flanked by Minister of Health Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170503_719.jpg
  • Maheswari Boopathy is executive director of the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Infants and Females (CRIF), based in the city of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The group conducts advocacy and education on HIV and AIDS. CRIF receives support from United Methodist Women Mission Giving.
    india-2010-jeffrey-aids-crif-13.jpg
  • Dr Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, talke to some of the Guinean medical personnel that worked with WHO on the Ebola response, she thanked them for taking risks, making sacrifices and contributing to the success of the Ebola vaccine trial.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_178...jpg
  • Dr Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, visited some of the communities in Conakry, Guinea that were most heavily affected by Ebola. Here Dr Chan talks with people who took part in the Ebola trial in the Coronthie neighbourhood of Conakry. Dr Chan thanked them for their contribution to proving the efficacy of the Ebola vaccine.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_163...jpg
  • While Dr Chan was Director General of the World Health Organization, she visited some of the communities in Conakry, Guinea that were most heavily affected by Ebola. <br />
<br />
Dr Chan spoke with people who took part in the Ebola trial in the Coronthie neighbourhood of Conakry. Dr Chan thanked them for their contribution to proving the efficacy of the Ebola vaccine.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_149...jpg
  • While Dr Chan was Director General of the World Health Organization, she visited some of the communities in Conakry, Guinea that were most heavily affected by Ebola. <br />
<br />
Dr Chan spoke with people who took part in the Ebola trial in the Coronthie neighbourhood of Conakry. Dr Chan thanked them for their contribution to proving the efficacy of the Ebola vaccine.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_147...jpg
  • While Dr Chan was Director General of the World Health Organization, she visited some of the communities in Conakry, Guinea that were most heavily affected by Ebola. <br />
<br />
Dr Chan spoke with people who took part in the Ebola trial in the Coronthie neighbourhood of Conakry. Dr Chan thanked them for their contribution to proving the efficacy of the Ebola vaccine.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_143...jpg
  • Dr Chan joined the President of the Republic of Guinea, HE Professor Alpha Conde, His Excellency Minister of Health, Dr Abdourahmane Diallo, and representatives from the Governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone, in celebrating the successful development of the world’s first vaccine against Ebola. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of WHO’s Office of the African Region, was also present at this celebration.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_114...jpg
  • Director General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan is given a gifts of thanks by Minister of Health Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo in Conakry, Guinea. Dr Chan visited Conakry to celebrate the success of the vaccine and campaign against Ebola.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_766.jpg
  • Director General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan speaks with Minister of Health Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo in Conakry, Guinea.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170504_742.jpg
  • Minister of Health Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo speaks to media in Conakry, Guinea flanked by Director General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan. Dr Chan was visiting Guinea to celebrate the success of the campaign against Ebola.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170503_724.jpg
  • Minister of Health Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo speaks to media in Conakry, Guinea flanked by Director General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan. Dr Chan was visiting Guinea to celebrate the success of the campaign against Ebola.
    Guinea_Hawkey_Ebola_WHO_20170503_723.jpg
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E031.JPG
  • Robert Ngori, director of the Norwegian Church Aid office in Alek, talks with residents of an an internally displaced persons camp in Manangui, South Sudan. NCA is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-warrap32030...JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E033.JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E032.JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E030.JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E023.JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E024.JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E022.JPG
  • Loreto Sister Orla Treacy speaks to students at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. Treacy, from Ireland, is the director of the school, which brings girls from throughout the country to study together.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-E021.JPG
  • Cecilia Sierra, a Camboni sister from Mexico, is director of the Catholic Church-sponsored Radio Bakhita in Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan. NOTE: In July 2011 Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2010-jeffrey-misc-049.jpg
  • Matushka Rose May Legoute helps students sing in the Foyer d'Amour d'Haiti, an Orthodox Church-sponsored school for mentally challenged children in the Fontamara neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Legoute is the school's director..
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-A074.jpg
  • Father Gregoire Legoute (right), a Russian Orthodox priest in the Fontamara neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, helps a girl in a wheelchair with assistance from his wife, Matushka Rose May Legoute, the director of the Foyer d'Amour d'Haiti, a church-sponsored school for mentally challenged children..
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-A071.jpg
  • Polycarpe Joseph is executive director of the "House of Hope," a community-based educational training program in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for children performing domestic work (so-called 'restaveks'), sponsored by the Ecumenical Foundation for Peace and Justice (FOPJ).  Participants in the program also include former gang members and teenage mothers. Many rights activists consider the use of restaveks to be a modern form of slavery. They are usually children from extremely poor families who are sent away to work as domestic servants in wealthier homes. The children aren't paid for their work, but provided shelter and a sometimes meager meal supply. In the best case scenarios, families will send their restavek children to school. But restaveks often work long days performing a variety of household tasks for nothing more that a meal or two a day. Two-thirds of restaveks are girls, and they are extremely vulnerable to rape and sexual abuse from the families who house and control them. The life of a restavek child in Haiti often varies between bleak and hopeless, and many children never successfully leave their slave conditions. The "House of Hope," which is supported by Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, has begun to change that cycle of oppression for some restavek children.. (Fondation Oecumenique Pour la Paix et la Justice.)
    haiti-2011-jeffrey-657.jpg
  • Robert Ngori, director of the Norwegian Church Aid office in Alek, talks with residents of an an internally displaced persons camp in Manangui, South Sudan. NCA is a member of the ACT Alliance.
    south_sudan-2014-jeffrey-warrap32030...JPG
  • Melinda Powell directs a deaf sign choir during a worship service at Lover's Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas.
    usa-texas-2015-jeffrey-dallas-disabi...jpg
  • Margaret Scott is principal of the Solidarity Teacher Training College in Yambio, South Sudan. Run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic organizations supporting the development of the world's newest country, the College trains teachers from throughout the nation. From New Zealand, Scott is a member of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-sttc-21.jpg
  • A U.S. military helicopter lands at the Port-au-Prince airport on January 22, part of an operation to ferry much-needed emergency aid, including material provided by the ACT Alliance, to the isolated town of Jacmel on Haiti's southern coast.
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-quake-103.jpg
  • Military personnel from the United States land a US Navy helicopter at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 21. The aircraft was used to ferry relief supplies, provided by governments and nongovernmental organizations including the ACT Alliance, destined for homeless families in Jacmel, on Haiti's southern coast, who survived their country's January 12 earthquake.
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-quake-099.jpg
  • Military personnel from the United States land a US Navy helicopter at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 21. The aircraft was used to ferry relief supplies, provided by governments and nongovernmental organizations  including the ACT Alliance, destined for homeless families in Jacmel, on Haiti's southern coast, who survived their country's January 12 earthquake.
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-quake-097.jpg
  • The body of a refugee child is carried along a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos on November 1, 2015.  It was covered with a plastic raincoat by Spanish lifeguards until it could be picked up by local authorities.  The body appeared to be that of an Afghan boy of about 8 years of age. Thousands of refugees have died this year attempting to cross the Aegean from Turkey to Greece. Fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, most are on their way toward western Europe.
    greece_2015_jeffrey_lesbos_1101-121.JPG
  • The body of a refugee child is collected from a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos on November 1, 2015.  It was covered with a plastic raincoat by Spanish lifeguards until it could be picked up by local authorities.  The body appeared to be that of an Afghan boy of about 8 years of age. Thousands of refugees have died this year attempting to cross the Aegean from Turkey to Greece. Fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, most are on their way toward western Europe.
    greece_2015_jeffrey_lesbos_1101-119.JPG
  • The body of a refugee child is collected from a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos on November 1, 2015.  It was covered with a plastic raincoat by Spanish lifeguards until it could be picked up by local authorities.  The body appeared to be that of an Afghan boy of about 8 years of age. Thousands of refugees have died this year attempting to cross the Aegean from Turkey to Greece. Fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, most are on their way toward western Europe.
    greece_2015_jeffrey_lesbos_1101-116.JPG
  • 1 December 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: On World AIDS Day 2017, the World Council of Churches – Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) brought together representatives of faith-based organizations as well as public sector and inter-governmental organizations at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 1 December. The event saw a commemorative prayer service, an interactive art exhibition, and a round table discussion on how to improve access to testing and treatment for children and adolescents living with HIV, particularly by means of education.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20171201_AHP_016...jpg
  • 29 January 2018, Geneva, Switzerland: His Holiness Most Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, primate of The Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide visits the World Council of Churches from 28-30 January in Geneva. Here, morning prayers in the Ecumenical Centre Chapel.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180129_AH2_541...jpg
  • Military personnel from the United States land a US Navy helicopter at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 21. The aircraft was used to ferry relief supplies, provided by governments and nongovernmental organizations including the ACT Alliance, destined for homeless families in Jacmel, on Haiti's southern coast, who survived their country's January 12 earthquake.
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-quake-101.jpg
  • Children sing during Sunday School activities of the Methodist Church in the Cambodian village of O Kroich. The people of this village are from the Kouy indigenous group.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-rural-086.jpg
  • Children sing during Sunday School activities of the Methodist Church in the Cambodian village of O Kroich. The people of this village are from the Kouy indigenous group.
    cambodia-2009-jeffrey-rural-085.jpg
  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: ACT Alliance director of programs Thorsten Göbel (centre), ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria (left) and World Council of Churches director of International Affairs Peter Prove (right) visit the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
    Romania-2022-Hillert-20220317_AH2_94...jpg
  • 21 February 2019, Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibé visits the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, here in conversation with Khadijah Abdullah, Executive Director, RAHAMA. On 20-21 February, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, the World Council of Churches and the International Catholic Migration Commission host a workshop on HIV among migrants and refugees. The aim of the workshop is to identify a roadmap for strengthening faith-based organizations’ engagement in collaboration with other sectors, expanding the role of faith-based organizations in addressing HIV risk and providing services to migrants and refugees.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190221_AH1_549...jpg
  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Frank Dimmock, who used to be director of Scott Hospital, talks to Adam Creighton, development director of InStove, as they visit the hospital together. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20170302_AHP_568...jpg
  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: ACT Alliance director of programs Thorsten Göbel (left), and World Council of Churches director of International Affairs Peter Prove (centre) visit the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
    Romania-2022-Hillert-20220317_AH2_94...jpg
  • Najla Chahda, director of the Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center, which is funded by Catholic Relief Services, the relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community.
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  • Yvette Moore, the communications director of United Methodist Women, during the United Methodist Women Assembly 2018 in Columbus, Ohio.
    usa-2018-jeffrey-umw-assembly-130.jpg
  • Father Emanuel Youkhana is a priest in Duhok, Iraq, of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East. He serves as executive director of the Christian Aid Program Nohadra - Iraq (CAPNI).
    iraq-2017-jeffrey-capni-999.jpg
  • Faye Wilson and Yvette Moore lead singing at a Gathering of African American Women on May 19 during the United Methodist Women Assembly 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. Wilson is the minister of Music & Arts at Mt. Zion UMC, Quantico, Maryland, and director of GeeFaye Associates, a consulting firm in music and education. Moore is communications director for the national office of UMW.
    usa-2018-jeffrey-umw-assembly-071.jpg
  • Sister Zita Telkamp surveys donated clothes at the Posada Providencia in San Benito, Texas. Telkamp, a member of the Sisters of Divine Providence, is executive director of the shelter, which provides a safe place for people in crisis from all over the world who are seeking legal refuge in the United States.
    usa-texas-2017-jeffrey-sanbenito004.JPG
  • Police remove Irene Taeyeon Kwon (with the sign) and the Rev. Hikari Chang from the gate of a new U.S. Marine Corps airbase under construction at Henoko on the Japanese island of Okinawa, on February 19, 2019. Dozens of protestors, who want the construction halted, had to be physically removed in order for trucks of fill to enter the base, which is filling in a huge section of sea in order to build a new airfield. Kwon is associate director of the Scranton Women’s Leadership Center in Seoul. Chang is director of the Wesley Center in Tokyo. They were in Okinawa for a regional seminar on women and militarization sponsored by United Methodist Women.
    japan-2019-jeffrey-okinawa-protest-3...jpg
  • Police remove Irene Taeyeon Kwon (with the sign) and the Rev. Hikari Chang from the gate of a new U.S. Marine Corps airbase under construction at Henoko on the Japanese island of Okinawa, on February 19, 2019. Dozens of protestors, who want the construction halted, had to be physically removed in order for trucks of fill to enter the base, which is filling in a huge section of sea in order to build a new airfield. Kwon is associate director of the Scranton Women’s Leadership Center in Seoul. Chang is director of the Wesley Center in Tokyo. They were in Okinawa for a regional seminar on women and militarization sponsored by United Methodist Women.
    japan-2019-jeffrey-okinawa-protest-3...jpg
  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: Rev. Géza Laborczi of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros, and director of the diaconal institution Oltalom in front of one of many houses offered by congregants as accommodation for refugees from Ukraine. With the recent influx of refugees arriving from the east after the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the congregation works hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220309_AH2_76...jpg
  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: <br />
Rev. Géza Laborczi of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros, and director of the diaconal institution Oltalom looks at a map of Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary, where his church is active in supporting refugees at the border crossings. With the recent influx of refugees arriving from the east after the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the congregation works hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220309_AH2_75...jpg
  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: ACT Alliance director of programs Thorsten Göbel visits the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
    Romania-2022-Hillert-20220317_AH2_95...jpg
  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: World Council of Churches director of International Affairs Peter Prove visits the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
    Romania-2022-Hillert-20220317_AH2_95...jpg
  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: World Council of Churches director of International Affairs Peter Prove (left) and ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria (right) visit the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
    Romania-2022-Hillert-20220317_AH2_94...jpg
  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20210914_AH2_070...jpg
  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20210914_AH2_069...jpg
  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, representatives from the WCC, WCC, WSCF and others meet with Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20210914_AH1_577...jpg
  • Marcia McFee, the director of worship for the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, dances during the gathering's final worship service on May 2.
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  • After the passage of Typhoon Bopha, Minnie Anne Calub (right), the emergency coordinator for the National Council of Churches of the Philippines, distributes food supplies to people displaced by the storm in Iligan, on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. Assisting her is  Ciony Ayo-Eduarte (in yellow shirt), the director of operations in the Philippines for the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Both UMCOR and the NCCP are members of the ACT Alliance..
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Adam Creighton, development director of InStove donates a 20-litre stove autoclave system to Scott Hospital clinical manager Ella Ramatla. The stove is to be used at the Materiel Health Centre in the district of Mafeteng, Lesotho, at a satellite learning centre run by Scott Hospital. The stove autoclave system can be used either to sterilize medical equipment, including waste, or as a cookstove. It runs on small amounts of renewable biomass. The rationale is that small pieces of biomass can be used as fuel more sustainably than when stoves require large-piece firewood. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre executive director Prof. Dr Gileard Masenga speaks in the hospital chapel during a moment of prayer. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis. [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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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Accompanied by Lutheran World Federation Vice-President for the Africa region Rev. Dr Jeannette Ada Maina (left) and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre executive director Prof. Dr Gileard Masenga (right), Lutheran World Federation general secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt (mid-left) enters a construction site at the KCMC together with Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo (mid-right) where they are to unveil a foundational stone for what is to become a hostel for cancer patients to the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the ELCT. Having to undergo medical treatment for a long time, many cancer patients of the KCMC are known to struggle with accommodation during the period of their treatment. Particularly for children, even if the treatment itself is offered for free, offering accommodation is necessary to enable them to complete their treatment. To remedy this, the KCMC is undertaking the construction of a hostel for cancer patients, planned to offer a total of 60 rooms. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis. [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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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: Rev. Géza Laborczi of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros, and director of the diaconal institution Oltalom in front of one of many houses offered by congregants as accommodation for refugees from Ukraine. With the recent influx of refugees arriving from the east after the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the congregation works hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]
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  • 18 March 2022, Bucharest, Romania: Fr Ioanut Tutea, director of Diaconia of the Romanian Orthodox Church, greets a delegation from the ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches visiting the AIDRom office in Bucharest. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
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  • 18 March 2022, Bucharest, Romania: Fr Ioanut Tutea, director of Diaconia of the Romanian Orthodox Church, greets a delegation from the ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches visiting the AIDRom office in Bucharest. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
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  • 18 March 2022, Bucharest, Romania: ACT Alliance director of programs Thorsten Göbel speaks as a delegation from the ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches visits the UNHCR in Bucharest. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: ACT Alliance director of programs Thorsten Göbel visits the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: ACT Alliance director of programs Thorsten Göbel (left) meets aid workers from AIDRom at the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, representatives from the WCC, WCC, WSCF and others meet with Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, representatives from the WCC, WCC, WSCF and others meet with Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, representatives from the WCC, WCC, WSCF and others meet with Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, representatives from the WCC, WCC, WSCF and others meet with Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, panel discussion on the topic of Public Space, with moderation by Casey Harden<br />
World YWCA, general secretary and input from Hon. Emma Theofelus<br />
Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Namibia; Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office; and Frederike van Oorschot<br />
Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, panel discussion on the topic of Public Space, with moderation by Casey Harden<br />
World YWCA, general secretary and input from Hon. Emma Theofelus<br />
Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Namibia; Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office; and Frederike van Oorschot<br />
Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, panel discussion on the topic of Public Space, with moderation by Casey Harden<br />
World YWCA, general secretary<br />
 and input from Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, presentation by Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • 14 September 2021, Berlin, Germany: An international symposium on Social Justice in a Digital Age is held in Berlin, Germany. Co-organised by the World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication, the event brings together research, experiences from different regions and marginalized communities, expert input on economic and political trends, and ethical and theological reflection as a contribution to the WCC 11th Assembly in September 2022. Here, representatives from the WCC, WCC, WSCF and others meet with Goran Buldioski<br />
Director, Open Society Foundation, Berlin Office.
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  • Erica Williams speaks to participants in the 2010 Assembly of United Methodist Women in St. Louis, Missouri. Williams is deputy director of Progress 2050, a project of the Center for American Progress that develops new ideas for an increasingly diverse America. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/Response.
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  • Marcia McFee leads singing in an April 25 session of the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida. McFee is the conference worship director.
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  • Marcia McFee, the director of worship for the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, leads singing during the April 27 session.
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  • Marcia McFee, the director of worship for the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, dances during the gathering's final worship service on May 2.
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  • Marcia McFee, the director of worship for the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, dances during the gathering's final worship service on May 2.
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  • Marcia McFee, the director of worship for the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, dances during the gathering's final worship service on May 2.
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  • Marcia McFee, the director of worship for the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, dances during the gathering's final worship service on May 2.
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  • Marcia McFee, the director of worship for the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, dances during the gathering's final worship service on May 2.
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  • Yehuda Stolov is executive director of the Interfaith Encounter Association in Jerusalem.
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