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  • 24 May 2022, Manychskaya, Russia: An eight-year-old refugee girl from Ukraine sits down to practice mathematics in her family's room at the Russian Orthodox Children’s Shelter in honor of Saint Paraskeva in the village of Manychskaya, in southwest Russia. The shelter currently offers accommodation to a few dozen refugees from the Donbas region of Ukraine, in addition to its regular work in housing and accompanying so-called social orphans — children whose parents are alive and known, but who are currently unable to take care of their children on their own. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, the Shakhty diocese (Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) receives refugees mainly from the area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. Close to a million people — most of them women and children — have fled from Ukraine to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
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  • 24 May 2022, Manychskaya, Russia: An eight-year-old refugee girl from Ukraine sits down to practice mathematics in her family's room at the Russian Orthodox Children’s Shelter in honor of Saint Paraskeva in the village of Manychskaya, in southwest Russia. The shelter currently offers accommodation to a few dozen refugees from the Donbas region of Ukraine, in addition to its regular work in housing and accompanying so-called social orphans — children whose parents are alive and known, but who are currently unable to take care of their children on their own. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, the Shakhty diocese (Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) receives refugees mainly from the area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. Close to a million people — most of them women and children — have fled from Ukraine to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220524_AH2_875...jpg
  • 24 May 2022, Manychskaya, Russia: An eight-year-old refugee girl from Ukraine sits down to practice mathematics in her family's room at the Russian Orthodox Children’s Shelter in honor of Saint Paraskeva in the village of Manychskaya, in southwest Russia. The shelter currently offers accommodation to a few dozen refugees from the Donbas region of Ukraine, in addition to its regular work in housing and accompanying so-called social orphans — children whose parents are alive and known, but who are currently unable to take care of their children on their own. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, the Shakhty diocese (Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) receives refugees mainly from the area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. Close to a million people — most of them women and children — have fled from Ukraine to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220524_AH2_877...jpg
  • 24 May 2022, Manychskaya, Russia: An eight-year-old refugee girl from Ukraine pauses to think, as she practices mathematics in her family's room at the Russian Orthodox Children’s Shelter in honor of Saint Paraskeva in the village of Manychskaya, in southwest Russia. The shelter currently offers accommodation to a few dozen refugees from the Donbas region of Ukraine, in addition to its regular work in housing and accompanying so-called social orphans — children whose parents are alive and known, but who are currently unable to take care of their children on their own. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, the Shakhty diocese (Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) receives refugees mainly from the area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. Close to a million people — most of them women and children — have fled from Ukraine to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]
    Russia-2022-Hillert-20220524_AH2_877...jpg
  • A girl in class at the Sabegbia Nursery and Primary School in Yambio, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-B501.JPG
  • A child in class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-B085.JPG
  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends class at the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district.  Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today she attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends class at the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district.  Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today she attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200219_AH2_412...jpg
  • Basamat Alnoor Jakolo Aldabi teaches school in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan. The camp shelters thousands of refugees, including this teacher, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-maban-D077.JPG
  • Christian Love Daroy-Gagno, the program director of the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI), helps a girl learn about the letter N in a KKFI-sponsored preschool in Pulilan, a village in Bulacan, Philippines.<br />
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KKFI is supported by United Methodist Women.
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  • A girl works on an assignment in a preschool sponsored by the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI) in Pulilan, a village in Bulacan, Philippines.<br />
<br />
KKFI is supported by United Methodist Women.
    philippines-2018-jeffrey-kkfi-462.JPG
  • A teacher helps a student measure and mark fabric 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..
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  • Students in the Notre Dame de Petits school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The school's building collapsed in the January 2010 earthquake, and while some classes are conducted in the ruins, other classes meet in large tents provided by International Orthodox Christian Charities.
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-A052.jpg
  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-78.jpg
  • A refugee girl in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-178.jpg
  • 2 March 2017, Ma Mafefooane Valley, Lesotho: Anatomy class, as part of a course in Anatomy and physiology for first-year students in the general nursing programme. This lesson is on the neural system. The class consists of 31 students, both men and women, and is in its second semester. The Roma College of Nursing is a Roman Catholic non-profic institution under the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. The college educates nurses and midwives, and is situated adjacent to Saint Joseph’s Hospital in the Ha Mafefooane Valley, some 35 kilometers from Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. The school forms an integral part of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, where the students acquire essential parts of their hands-on training. The school was founded in 1972, and is open to candidates of any gender and various religious backgrounds. Applications are also open to students from other countries. Most students begin their studies at the age of 19-20. Most are from Lesotho, but some are international. The college hosts a total of some 120 students. Four out of five are women. Through sponsorship from ICAP and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI), which draws funds from PEPFAR, the school maintains a library and a skills laboratory specifically designed to improve nursing education in Lesotho. There are six nursing training institutions in Lesotho in total, of which four are denominational as part of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho, and thus owned by the churches. Two institutions are public, run by the government.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20170302_AHP_152...jpg
  • A boy in class in Hiowa, Guyana.
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  • A boy in class at the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-A371.jpg
  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: A girl attends class at the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200219_AH2_415...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy sits down to write in the 'nanny room' of the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_342...jpg
  • Girls do homework at an orphanage in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The girls are HIV positive. The orphanage was started by United Methodist missionaries.
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  • A girl in a school in the Southern Sudanese village of Kenyi. The school was constructed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).  Families here are rebuilding their lives after returning from refuge in Uganda in 2006 following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the north and south. NOTE: In July 2011, Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan
    south-sudan-2009-jeffrey-yei-065.jpg
  • Joana Ilario, a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College (STTC) in Yambio, South Sudan, helps one of her students in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio. The STTC is run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic groups working to train teachers, health workers and pastoral agents throughout the African country.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-sttc-49.jpg
  • Joana Ilario, a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College (STTC) in Yambio, South Sudan, helps one of her students in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio. The STTC is run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic groups working to train teachers, health workers and pastoral agents throughout the African country.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-sttc-43.jpg
  • Joana Ilario, a graduate of the Solidarity Teacher Training College (STTC) in Yambio, South Sudan, helps one of her students in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio. The STTC is run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic groups working to train teachers, health workers and pastoral agents throughout the African country.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-sttc-44.jpg
  • A boy pays attention during class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-sttc-41.jpg
  • A boy pays attention during class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-sttc-35.jpg
  • A girl works on her lesson in an outdoor classroom at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, focuses on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, it also educates children from nearby communities. The school is building more classrooms, but in the meantime some of the children study outdoors under the trees.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J481.jpg
  • A girl works on her lesson in an outdoor classroom at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, focuses on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, it also educates children from nearby communities. The school is building more classrooms, but in the meantime some of the children study outdoors under the trees.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J469.jpg
  • A boy displays his notebook in an outdoor classroom at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, focuses on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, it also educates children from nearby communities. The school is building more classrooms, but in the meantime some of the children study outdoors under the trees.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J472.jpg
  • A boy works on his lesson in an outdoor classroom at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, focuses on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, it also educates children from nearby communities. The school is building more classrooms, but in the meantime some of the children study outdoors under the trees.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J462.jpg
  • A boy displays his notebook in an outdoor classroom at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, focuses on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, it also educates children from nearby communities. The school is building more classrooms, but in the meantime some of the children study outdoors under the trees.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J446.jpg
  • A boy in class in the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While focused on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, also educates children from nearby communities.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H314.jpg
  • A boy in class at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While focused on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, also educates children from nearby communities.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-H207.jpg
  • Basamat Alnoor Jakolo Aldabi sings with students in her school classroom in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan. The camp shelters thousands of refugees, including this teacher, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-maban-D157.JPG
  • Basamat Alnoor Jakolo Aldabi teaches school in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan. The camp shelters thousands of refugees, including this teacher, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-maban-D104.JPG
  • A girl in school in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan. The camp shelters thousands of refugees, including this girl, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-maban-D095.JPG
  • Basamat Alnoor Jakolo Aldabi teaches school in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan. The camp shelters thousands of refugees, including this teacher, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-maban-D081.JPG
  • A boy works math problems in his notebook in class in the Gendrassa refugee camp in South Sudan's Upper Nile State. More than 110,000 refugees were living in four camps in Maban County in October 2012, but officials expected more would arrive once the rainy season ended and people could cross rivers that block the routes from Sudan's Blue Nile area, where Sudanese military has been bombing civilian populations as part of its response to a local insurgency. Conditions in the camps are often grim, with outbreaks of diseases such as Hepatitis E.
    south-sudan-2012-jeffrey-refugees-ma...jpg
  • Teacher Lodema Dela Cruz Doroteo helps two women learn to read and write in Santa Ines, an indigenous village in the Philippines. A graduate of Harris Memorial College, where she benefited from a scholarship from United Methodist Women, she is the first indigenous school teacher in her village.
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  • Teacher Lodema Dela Cruz Doroteo helps a woman learn to read and write in Santa Ines, an indigenous village in the Philippines. A graduate of Harris Memorial College, where she benefited from a scholarship from United Methodist Women, she is the first indigenous school teacher in her village.
    philippines-2018-jeffrey-d3467.JPG
  • A girl works on an assignment in a preschool sponsored by the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI) in Pulilan, a village in Bulacan, Philippines.<br />
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KKFI is supported by United Methodist Women.
    philippines-2018-jeffrey-kkfi-489.JPG
  • A girl works on an assignment in a preschool sponsored by the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI) in Pulilan, a village in Bulacan, Philippines.<br />
<br />
KKFI is supported by United Methodist Women.
    philippines-2018-jeffrey-kkfi-470.JPG
  • Students in an Alternative Learning System class, sponsored by the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI), in the Tondo neighborhood of Manila, Philippines. <br />
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KKFI is supported by United Methodist Women.
    philippines-2018-jeffrey-kkfi-158.JPG
  • Vanjon Allibas works building new homes on Jinamoc Island, which was hard hit in 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Typhoon Yolanda. The ACT Alliance has been present since the first moments of the emergency, accompanying the people of Jinamoc to rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-283.jpg
  • A teacher helps a student measure and mark fabric 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..
    haiti-2010-jeffrey-A079.jpg
  • A boy in the Mary Morris Orphanage, run by the United Methodist Church in Kamina, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2008-jeffrey-congo-A150.jpg
  • On a Sunday afternoon--their only day off--Filipina domestic workers gather in the center of Hong Kong. Some 370,000 foreign domestic workers live in Hong Kong, about five percent of the population. Most are from the Philippines and Indonesia.
    hong-kong-2018-jeffrey-A425.jpg
  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-82.jpg
  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-81.jpg
  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-79.jpg
  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-80.jpg
  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-77.jpg
  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-76.jpg
  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
    egypt-2012-jeffrey-bless-75.jpg
  • A refugee boy in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-215.jpg
  • Refugee girl in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. The school is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-214.jpg
  • A refugee boy in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-213.jpg
  • Refugee girls in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. The school is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-180.jpg
  • A refugee girl in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-179.jpg
  • A refugee girl in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-177.jpg
  • A refugee girl in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-124.jpg
  • A refugee girl in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-123.jpg
  • A refugee boy in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
    egypt-2013-jeffrey-refugees-071.jpg
  • Sister Ferdos Zora helps a student draw in a preschool for displaced children run by the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Ankawa, near Erbil, Iraq.<br />
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The children, and the nuns themselves, were displaced by ISIS from Mosul and Qaraqosh in 2014. The sisters have established a variety of schools and other ministries among the displaced.
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  • Sister Ferdos Zora helps a student draw in a preschool for displaced children run by the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Ankawa, near Erbil, Iraq.<br />
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The children, and the nuns themselves, were displaced by ISIS from Mosul and Qaraqosh in 2014. The sisters have established a variety of schools and other ministries among the displaced.
    iraq_2016_jeffrey_erbil_407353.jpg
  • Wichi indigenous children study in a school in El Algarrobal, a small town in the Chaco region in northern Argentina.
    argentina_2014_jeffrey_chaco_821-01.JPG
  • 2 March 2017, Ma Mafefooane Valley, Lesotho: Mojakhomo is a first-year nursing student. Here, during anatomy class, as part of a course in Anatomy and physiology for first-year students in the general nursing programme. This lesson is on the neural system. The class consists of 31 students, both men and women, and is in its second semester. The Roma College of Nursing is a Roman Catholic non-profic institution under the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. The college educates nurses and midwives, and is situated adjacent to Saint Joseph’s Hospital in the Ha Mafefooane Valley, some 35 kilometers from Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. The school forms an integral part of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, where the students acquire essential parts of their hands-on training. The school was founded in 1972, and is open to candidates of any gender and various religious backgrounds. Applications are also open to students from other countries. Most students begin their studies at the age of 19-20. Most are from Lesotho, but some are international. The college hosts a total of some 120 students. Four out of five are women. Through sponsorship from ICAP and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI), which draws funds from PEPFAR, the school maintains a library and a skills laboratory specifically designed to improve nursing education in Lesotho. There are six nursing training institutions in Lesotho in total, of which four are denominational as part of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho, and thus owned by the churches. Two institutions are public, run by the government.
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  • 2 March 2017, Ma Mafefooane Valley, Lesotho: Mary Mpeqa  is a first-year student in the general nursing programme. Here, during anatomy class, as part of a course in Anatomy and physiology for first-year students in the general nursing programme. This lesson is on the neural system. The class consists of 31 students, both men and women, and is in its second semester. The Roma College of Nursing is a Roman Catholic non-profic institution under the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. The college educates nurses and midwives, and is situated adjacent to Saint Joseph’s Hospital in the Ha Mafefooane Valley, some 35 kilometers from Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. The school forms an integral part of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, where the students acquire essential parts of their hands-on training. The school was founded in 1972, and is open to candidates of any gender and various religious backgrounds. Applications are also open to students from other countries. Most students begin their studies at the age of 19-20. Most are from Lesotho, but some are international. The college hosts a total of some 120 students. Four out of five are women. Through sponsorship from ICAP and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI), which draws funds from PEPFAR, the school maintains a library and a skills laboratory specifically designed to improve nursing education in Lesotho. There are six nursing training institutions in Lesotho in total, of which four are denominational as part of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho, and thus owned by the churches. Two institutions are public, run by the government.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20170302_AHP_155...jpg
  • 2 March 2017, Ma Mafefooane Valley, Lesotho: Anatomy class, as part of a course in Anatomy and physiology for first-year students in the general nursing programme. This lesson is on the neural system. The class consists of 31 students, both men and women, and is in its second semester. The Roma College of Nursing is a Roman Catholic non-profic institution under the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. The college educates nurses and midwives, and is situated adjacent to Saint Joseph’s Hospital in the Ha Mafefooane Valley, some 35 kilometers from Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. The school forms an integral part of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, where the students acquire essential parts of their hands-on training. The school was founded in 1972, and is open to candidates of any gender and various religious backgrounds. Applications are also open to students from other countries. Most students begin their studies at the age of 19-20. Most are from Lesotho, but some are international. The college hosts a total of some 120 students. Four out of five are women. Through sponsorship from ICAP and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI), which draws funds from PEPFAR, the school maintains a library and a skills laboratory specifically designed to improve nursing education in Lesotho. There are six nursing training institutions in Lesotho in total, of which four are denominational as part of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho, and thus owned by the churches. Two institutions are public, run by the government.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20170302_AHP_150...jpg
  • A teacher helps a boy during a class in the Branko Pesic School, an educational center for Roma children and families in Belgrade, Serbia, which is supported by Church World Service. Many of the students' families came to Belgrade as refugees from Kosovo. Many of them lack legal status in Serbia, and thus have difficulty obtaining formal employment and accessing government services.
    serbia-2012-jeffrey-roma-125.jpg
  • A student in a preschool for Roma children in the Zemun Polje neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. The program, for children 5-9 years old, is part of the Branko Pesic School, supported by Church World Service. Many of the children are from refugee families that fled from Kosovo. Lacking legal legal status in Serbia, their children are unable to attend regular schools.
    serbia-2012-jeffrey-roma-002.jpg
  • A girl in class in Hiowa, Guyana.
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  • A boy in class in Hiowa, Guyana.
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  • A girl in class in Hiowa, Guyana.
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  • 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. During the morning prayer service, participants were asked to write down their own commitments, of what they can do for people living with or affected by HIV today. The commitments were symbolically placed in a basket by the altar, demonstrating a shared commitment for work to overcome HIV and AIDS.
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  • 2 March 2017, Ma Mafefooane Valley, Lesotho: Diny Makanyane is a first-year nursing student. Anatomy class, as part of a course in Anatomy and physiology for first-year students in the general nursing programme. This lesson is on the neural system. The class consists of 31 students, both men and women, and is in its second semester. The Roma College of Nursing is a Roman Catholic non-profic institution under the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. The college educates nurses and midwives, and is situated adjacent to Saint Joseph’s Hospital in the Ha Mafefooane Valley, some 35 kilometers from Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. The school forms an integral part of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, where the students acquire essential parts of their hands-on training. The school was founded in 1972, and is open to candidates of any gender and various religious backgrounds. Applications are also open to students from other countries. Most students begin their studies at the age of 19-20. Most are from Lesotho, but some are international. The college hosts a total of some 120 students. Four out of five are women. Through sponsorship from ICAP and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI), which draws funds from PEPFAR, the school maintains a library and a skills laboratory specifically designed to improve nursing education in Lesotho. There are six nursing training institutions in Lesotho in total, of which four are denominational as part of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho, and thus owned by the churches. Two institutions are public, run by the government.
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  • 2 March 2017, Ma Mafefooane Valley, Lesotho: Anatomy class, as part of a course in Anatomy and physiology for first-year students in the general nursing programme. This lesson is on the neural system. The class consists of 31 students, both men and women, and is in its second semester. The Roma College of Nursing is a Roman Catholic non-profic institution under the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. The college educates nurses and midwives, and is situated adjacent to Saint Joseph’s Hospital in the Ha Mafefooane Valley, some 35 kilometers from Lesotho’s capital, Maseru. The school forms an integral part of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, where the students acquire essential parts of their hands-on training. The school was founded in 1972, and is open to candidates of any gender and various religious backgrounds. Applications are also open to students from other countries. Most students begin their studies at the age of 19-20. Most are from Lesotho, but some are international. The college hosts a total of some 120 students. Four out of five are women. Through sponsorship from ICAP and the Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI), which draws funds from PEPFAR, the school maintains a library and a skills laboratory specifically designed to improve nursing education in Lesotho. There are six nursing training institutions in Lesotho in total, of which four are denominational as part of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho, and thus owned by the churches. Two institutions are public, run by the government.
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  • A boy studies in class at the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.
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  • A boy in class at the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: A girl attends class at the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends class at the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district.  Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today she attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends class at the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district.  Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today she attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • A girl in a school in the Southern Sudanese village of Kenyi. The school was constructed by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).  Families here are rebuilding their lives after returning from refuge in Uganda in 2006 following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the north and south. NOTE: In July 2011, Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan
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  • A boy pays attention during class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio, South Sudan.
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  • A boy displays his notebook in an outdoor classroom at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, focuses on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, it also educates children from nearby communities. The school is building more classrooms, but in the meantime some of the children study outdoors under the trees.
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  • A girl works on her lesson in an outdoor classroom at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, focuses on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, it also educates children from nearby communities. The school is building more classrooms, but in the meantime some of the children study outdoors under the trees.
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  • A girl sits on the ground to do her lesson in the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, focuses on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, it also educates children from nearby communities. The school is building more classrooms, but in the meantime some of the children study outdoors under the trees.
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  • Students in the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. While focused on educating girls from throughout the war-torn country, the school, run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland, also educates children from nearby communities.
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  • Students in a primary school in Bunj, South Sudan, sponsored by Jesuit Relief Service. The community is host to more than 130,000 refugees from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and JRS provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community.
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  • Basamat Alnoor Jakolo Aldabi teaches school in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan. The camp shelters thousands of refugees, including this teacher, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community.
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  • Basamat Alnoor Jakolo Aldabi teaches school in the Kaya Refugee Camp in Maban County, South Sudan. The camp shelters thousands of refugees, including this teacher, from the Blue Nile region of Sudan, and Jesuit Refugee Service, with support from Misean Cara, provides educational and psycho-social services to both refugees and the host community.
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  • Teacher Lodema Dela Cruz Doroteo helps a woman learn to read and write in Santa Ines, an indigenous village in the Philippines. A graduate of Harris Memorial College, where she benefited from a scholarship from United Methodist Women, she is the first indigenous school teacher in her village.
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  • Students in an Alternative Learning System class, sponsored by the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation (KKFI), in the Tondo neighborhood of Manila, Philippines. <br />
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KKFI is supported by United Methodist Women.
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  • A girl studies in a quake-damaged school building in the rural Haitian village of Embouchure. The Episcopal Church-sponsored school was damaged in the January 2010 earthquake, yet classes have continued inside. In October villagers began holding classes in a large tent while the old building is razed and a new one constructed. The project is sponsored by International Orthodox Christian Charities and FinnChurch Aid.
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  • A girl arrives at school in the morning in the Dereig Camp for internally displaced persons.
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  • A child in the Coptic Orthodox preschool in the Egyptian village of Sakra.
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  • A refugee girl in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
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  • Refugee girls in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. Located at St. Andrews United Church of Cairo, the program is supported by Church World Service.
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  • Refugee girl in class in a school operated by St. Andrew's Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt. The school is supported by Church World Service.
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