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  • Activists present a play in a rural Pakistani village outside Mirpurkhas, focusing on relationships between men and women and between the landless poor and local feudal landlords. The play was presented by the Lower Sindh River Development Association, which works in southern Pakistan providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners. At the end of the play, a dialogue with villagers takes place.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-70.jpg
  • Activists present a play in a rural Pakistani village outside Mirpurkhas, focusing on relationships between men and women and between the landless poor and local feudal landlords. The play was presented by the Lower Sindh River Development Association, which works in southern Pakistan providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners. At the end of the play, a dialogue with villagers takes place.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-76.jpg
  • A girl studies her reading lesson in her village outside Mirpurkhas, Pakistan. With help from the Lower Sindh River Development Association (LSRDA), her family is working their own fields, free of the landlords' control for the first time, and she is going to school. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-81.jpg
  • A boy plays freely in his village outside Mirpurkhas, Pakistan. With help from the Lower Sindh River Development Association (LSRDA), his family is working their own fields, free of the landlords' control for the first time. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-56.jpg
  • Rooro Jhabi provides feed to her water buffalo, which she bought with a loan from the Lower Sindh River Development Association (LSRDA) in southern Pakistan. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners. By providing credit to women like Rooro Jhabi, the organization allows them to earn and save money which is usually invested in better food and the education of their daughters.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-79.jpg
  • A boy plays freely in his village outside Mirpurkhas, Pakistan. With help from the Lower Sindh River Development Association (LSRDA), his family is working their own fields, free of the landlords' control for the first time. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-53.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-186.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, as Shoroug Faraj Allah looks on. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-181.jpg
  • Boys play freely in their village outside Mirpurkhas, Pakistan. With help from the Lower Sindh River Development Association (LSRDA), their families are working their own fields, free of the landlords' control for the first time. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-61.jpg
  • Boys play freely in their village outside Mirpurkhas, Pakistan. With help from the Lower Sindh River Development Association (LSRDA), their families are working their own fields, free of the landlords' control for the first time. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-54.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-154.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-153.jpg
  • Participants engage in a group exercise during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-152.jpg
  • Participants give each other backrubs during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (second from right), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-114.jpg
  • Participants give each other backrubs during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (second from right), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-111.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-096.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.<br />
<br />
Some of the women have thanaka, a cosmetic paste, on their faces.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-094.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-084.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-082.jpg
  • Artwork produced by participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-073.jpg
  • Participants explore the relation between physical and spiritual health during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (kneeling), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-069.jpg
  • Participants explore the relation between physical and spiritual health during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (right), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-062.jpg
  • Participants form a circle during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-050.jpg
  • Participants form a circle during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-032.jpg
  • Participants form a circle while giving backrubs during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (second from left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-012.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-002.jpg
  • A group of children stretch their arms overhead during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-191.jpg
  • A group of children lies on the floor during an activity in the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, as Shoroug Faraj Allah looks on. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-029.jpg
  • Shoroug Faraj Allah leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-189.jpg
  • A group of children lies on the floor during an activity in the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, as Shoroug Faraj Allah looks on. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-188.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari lies on the floor with a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-008.jpg
  • Children during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-028.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-184.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-183.jpg
  • Shoroug Faraj Allah leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-027.jpg
  • Shoroug Faraj Allah leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-176.jpg
  • Mai Ziyedah (in back) leads a group of children in a relaxation activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-155.jpg
  • Children close their eyes and relax during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-153.jpg
  • Children close their eyes and relax during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-152.jpg
  • Children yell during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-151.jpg
  • Children sing loudly during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-150.jpg
  • A girl shares her drawing during a group activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-149.jpg
  • A girl shares her drawing during a group activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-148.jpg
  • Shoroug Faraj Allah leads a group of children in a relaxation activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
Emad Almoqari, also a counselor with the center, lies with the children.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-144.jpg
  • Boys play freely in their village outside Mirpurkhas, Pakistan. With help from the Lower Sindh River Development Association (LSRDA), their families are working their own fields, free of the landlords' control for the first time. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-62.jpg
  • Boys play freely in their village outside Mirpurkhas, Pakistan. With help from the Lower Sindh River Development Association (LSRDA), their families are working their own fields, free of the landlords' control for the first time. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-60.jpg
  • A boy plays in his village outside Mirpurkhas, Pakistan. With help from the Lower Sindh River Development Association, which is supported by Church World Service, his family is working their own fields, free of the landlords' control for the first time. LSRDA has worked throughout the area providing education, credit, and empowerment to vulnerable groups often living in virtual slavery to large landowners.
    pakistan-2005-jeffrey-57.jpg
  • Participants give each other backrubs during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (second from right), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-155.jpg
  • Participants explore the relation between physical and spiritual health during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-131.jpg
  • Participants form a circle during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-151.jpg
  • Participants during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (second from left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-121.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-106.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.<br />
<br />
Some of the women have thanaka, a cosmetic paste, on their faces.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-086.jpg
  • Artwork produced by participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-071.jpg
  • Participants explore the relation between physical and spiritual health during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-060.jpg
  • Participants engage in a group exercise during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-057.jpg
  • Participants engage in a group exercise during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-055.jpg
  • Participants form a circle while giving backrubs during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (second from right), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-017.jpg
  • Participants form a circle while giving backrubs during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-028.jpg
  • Participants form a circle while giving backrubs during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (second from left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-010.jpg
  • Participants in an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor, a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-006.jpg
  • Participants form a circle while giving backrubs during an ecumenical workshop on women's empowerment in Kalay, Myanmar. The workshop was sponsored by the Women's Department of the Myanmar Council of Churches and led by Emma Cantor (second from left), a regional missionary for United Methodist Women.
    myanmar-2017-jeffrey-workshop-009.jpg
  • Mohammes Abu Amirah leads a group of children in a relaxation activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-192.jpg
  • A group of children lies on the floor during an activity in the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, as Shoroug Faraj Allah looks on. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-190.jpg
  • Shoroug Faraj Allah leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-030.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-187.jpg
  • Shoroug Faraj Allah and Emad Almoqari lead a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-185.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari leads a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-182.jpg
  • Children jump and dance during a group activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-180.jpg
  • Emad Almoqari and Shoroug Faraj Allah lead a group of children in an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-179.jpg
  • Children draw during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-178.jpg
  • Children close their eyes and relax during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
<br />
In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
    palestine-2015-jeffrey-gaza-154.jpg
  • Girls participate in a group activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
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In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
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  • A girl during an activity at the Youth Empowerment Center in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. The program is supported by Caritas and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, and is designed to help children better cope with the trauma they experienced during the 2014 war.<br />
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In the wake of that war between the government of Gaza and the government of Israel, ACT Alliance members are supporting health care, vocational training, rehabilitation of housing and water systems, psycho-social care, and other humanitarian actions throughout the besieged Palestinian territory.
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  • A woman selling food in the market in the Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, where several programs that empower women and children receive support from the mission giving of United Methodist Women.
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  • A girl in the Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, where several programs that empower women and children receive support from the mission giving of United Methodist Women.
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  • A girl in the Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, where several programs that empower women and children receive support from the mission giving of United Methodist Women.
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  • The Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, where several programs that empower women and children receive support from the mission giving of United Methodist Women.
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  • A woman at the Talitha Kumi Center in Lahore, Pakistan. The Center is sponsored by the Church of  Pakistan and works to end gender-based violence and empower women.
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  • A woman at the Talitha Kumi Center in Lahore, Pakistan. The Center is sponsored by the Church of  Pakistan and works to end gender-based violence and empower women.
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  • A woman at the Talitha Kumi Center in Lahore, Pakistan. The Center is sponsored by the Church of  Pakistan and works to end gender-based violence and empower women.
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  • A woman in a senior adult day care center run by the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • Children play in a day care center run by the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • A girl hangs upside down while playing in a day care center run by the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • A girl draws a picture in a day care center run by the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • Young men play basketball in the Mary E. Brown Center, part of the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • A girl skips rope in the Mary E. Brown Center, part of the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • Girls play a board game in the Mary E. Brown Center, part of the Lessie bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • Young men play basketball in the Mary E. Brown Center, part of the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • Young men play basketball in the Mary E. Brown Center, part of the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • Girls share a secret in the Mary E. Brown Center, part of the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • Participants--wearing hats as they play Egyptians in a sociodrama--in a workshop for women in Hyderabad, India. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women.
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  • Participants--wearing hats as they play Egyptians in a sociodrama--in a workshop for women in Hyderabad, India. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women.
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  • Harriett Olson (in red sweater), the chief executive officer of United Methodist Women, walks through the Manila North Cemetery in Manila, Philippines, on January 16, 2018.  On her left is Christian "Love" Gagno, the program director for the UMW-supported Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI), which carries out educational and other work in the cemetery. On her right is Melanie Betanio, a young woman from the cemetery who is doing university studies with help from a scholarship from KKFI. <br />
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Olson was in the Philippines to meet with women from throughout the region.
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  • Children in the Manila North Cemetery in Manila, Philippines, sing a song that includes tickling their armpits on January 16, 2018.  The children participate in classes sponsored by the United Methodist Women-supported Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI), which carries out educational and other work in the cemetery.
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  • Harriett Olson (in red sweater), the chief executive officer of United Methodist Women, sings and dances with a group of children in the Manila North Cemetery in Manila, Philippines, on January 16, 2018. Olson was in the Philippines to meet with women from throughout the region. United Methodist Women has long supported educational and other work in the cemetery carried out by the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI).
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  • Harriett Olson, the chief executive officer of United Methodist Women, shares movement with a group of children in the Manila North Cemetery in Manila, Philippines, on January 16, 2018. Olson was in the Philippines to meet with women from throughout the region. United Methodist Women has long supported educational and other work in the cemetery carried out by the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation.
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  • Marie Alice Jean Louis is a member of Haitian Artisans for Peace International (HAPI), based in the southern Haitian village of Mizak.
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  • Vasty Gabelus, a member of Nouvel Etwal - Haitian Kreyol for "New Stars" - poses on the beach at Jacmel, Haiti. Nouvel Etwal is a dance and creative movement group of 16 girls from age 8 to 13, based in the southern village of Mizak. According to Valerie Mossman-Celestin, an organizer of the group, "Nouvel Etwal seeks to empowers girls to be self-confident and creative. The girls learn flexibility, discipline and teamwork, lessons they also need for life. Nouvel Etwal promotes health, well-being and enhanced self-worth. The girls are encouraged to live into a brighter future where girls and women are valued,  educated, and have equal opportunity to achieve their potential."
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  • Givenay St. Germain, a member of Nouvel Etwal - Haitian Kreyol for "New Stars" - poses on the beach at Jacmel, Haiti. Nouvel Etwal is a dance and creative movement group of 16 girls from age 8 to 13, based in the southern village of Mizak. According to Valerie Mossman-Celestin, an organizer of the group, "Nouvel Etwal seeks to empowers girls to be self-confident and creative. The girls learn flexibility, discipline and teamwork, lessons they also need for life. Nouvel Etwal promotes health, well-being and enhanced self-worth. The girls are encouraged to live into a brighter future where girls and women are valued,  educated, and have equal opportunity to achieve their potential."
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