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  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D023.JPG
  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D022.JPG
  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D021.JPG
  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D020.JPG
  • A student recites a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D019.JPG
  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D031.JPG
  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D029.JPG
  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D025.JPG
  • Students recite a poem about the rights of girls to have an education, during a cultural event in the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-D030.JPG
  • Students recite in unison their lesson in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-B144.JPG
  • A girl recites her lesson in class in the Catholic Church-sponsored St. Mary's Primary School in Yambio, South Sudan.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-yambio-B104.jpg
  • A man recites poetry in a poetry competition during a November 30, 2018, book festival in Mosul, Iraq. The poetry readings took place in a private club in the city, which was liberated from ISIS control in 2017. ISIS did not allow such cultural activity.
    iraq-2018-jeffrey-mosul-257.jpg
  • A man recites poetry in a poetry competition during a November 30, 2018, book festival in Mosul, Iraq. The poetry readings took place in a private club in the city, which was liberated from ISIS control in 2017. ISIS did not allow such cultural activity.
    iraq-2018-jeffrey-mosul-253.jpg
  • Holding the words of Psalm 23:4 in Swahili, children participate in a Sunday School class in the Heal Africa Church in Goma, the war-torn city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2019-jeffrey-ima-goma-1006-086.jpg
  • A boy reads aloud from a whiteboard in a class in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal. UMCOR is constructing new classrooms to replace quake-damaged buildings, but in the meantime classes meet outside the old buildings.
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  • Holding the words of Psalm 23:4 in Swahili, children participate in a Sunday School class in the Heal Africa Church in Goma, the war-torn city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    drc-2019-jeffrey-ima-goma-1006-083.jpg
  • A boy reads aloud from a whiteboard in a class in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal. UMCOR is constructing new classrooms to replace quake-damaged buildings, but in the meantime classes meet outside the old buildings.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_301181.jpg
  • A girl reads aloud from a whiteboard in a class in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal. UMCOR is constructing new classrooms to replace quake-damaged buildings, but in the meantime classes meet outside the old buildings.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_301157.jpg
  • A boy reads aloud from a whiteboard in a class in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal. UMCOR is constructing new classrooms to replace quake-damaged buildings, but in the meantime classes meet outside the old buildings.
    nepal-2016-jeffrey-30109.jpg
  • A boy reads aloud from a whiteboard in a class in Pida, a village in Nepal's Dhading District where the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping families to rebuild their lives in the wake of the 2015 earthquake that ravaged much of Nepal. UMCOR is constructing new classrooms to replace quake-damaged buildings, but in the meantime classes meet outside the old buildings.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_301170.jpg
  • Yazidi girls in school in a camp for internally displaced persons at Dawodiya in Iraq's Kurdistan region. More than 600 Yazidi families living in the camp escaped from their communities in the Sinjar region during the attempted genocide by the Islamic State group. Although ISIS was militarily defeated in 2017, camp residents say it's still not safe to return home, nor do they have sufficient resources to rebuild their homes.<br />
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The Lutheran World Federation, a member of the ACT Alliance, provides water, sanitation, garbage collection, and psycho-social support for the families in the camp.
    iraq-2018-jeffrey-dawodiya-163.jpg
  • A boy recites the alphabet at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-loreto-21.jpg
  • Children recite basic vocabulary in English in an open air classroom under a tree in the Yusuf Batil 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
  • As a teacher points to the blackboard, a girl recites her lesson during class in a day care center in Monrovia, Liberia, sponsored by United Methodist Women.
    liberia-2013-jeffrey-daycare-62.jpg
  • Students recite a pledge during morning assembly at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-F059.JPG
  • Julie Bruno (right) and Susan Laurie recite their vows as they celebrate their marriage in a May 2, 2008, wedding held in a Fort Worth, Texas, park across the street from the 2008 United Methodist General Conference. The lesbian couple, long-time united Methodists, held the ceremony next to the church assembly to protest denominational policies that do not recognize same-sex marriages.
    usa-2008-jeffrey-umc-general-confere...jpg
  • A girl recites the alphabet at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-loreto-20.jpg
  • Children recite basic vocabulary in English in an open air classroom under a tree in the Yusuf Batil 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
  • Indigenous children recite the Patriotic Oath (Panatang Makabayan) at the beginning of a school day in a church compound in Davao, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Hundreds of indigenous are living in the church center, afraid to return home.
    philippines-2016-jeffrey-indigenous-...jpg
  • With a teacher's help, a child leads her class in reciting the alphabet in a preschool in Kaluhoro, Malawi. With support from the Ekwendeni Hospital AIDS Program, villagers here participate in a Building Sustainable Livelihoods program, working together to earn and save money, raise more nutritious food, receive vocational training, and better prepare young children for school.
    malawi-2017-jeffrey-E555.JPG
  • As a teacher points to the blackboard, a girl recites her lesson during class in a day care center in Monrovia, Liberia, sponsored by United Methodist Women.
    liberia-2013-jeffrey-daycare-61.jpg
  • Children recite their lesson during class in a day care center in Monrovia, Liberia, sponsored by United Methodist Women.
    liberia-2013-jeffrey-daycare-01.jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: Rabbi Tamara Schagas recites the Kiddush, the blessing over the wine, to sanctify the Shabbat. On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
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  • Students recite a pledge during morning assembly at the Loreto Girls Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan. The school educates girls from throughout Africa's newest country.
    south-sudan-2021-jeffrey-rumbek-F058.jpg
  • Julie Bruno (right) and Susan Laurie share a kiss after reciting their vows during their May 2, 2008, wedding held in a Fort Worth, Texas, park across the street from the 2008 United Methodist General Conference. The lesbian couple, both of whom are long-time United Methodists, held the ceremony next to the church assembly to protest denominational policies that do not recognize same-sex marriages.
    usa-2008-jeffrey-umc-general-confere...jpg
  • A girl recites the alphabet at the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland.
    south-sudan-2015-jeffrey-loreto-41.jpg
  • Indigenous children recite the Patriotic Oath (Panatang Makabayan) at the beginning of a school day in a church compound in Davao, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Hundreds of indigenous are living in the church center, afraid to return home.
    philippines-2016-jeffrey-indigenous-...jpg
  • Indigenous children recite the Patriotic Oath (Panatang Makabayan) at the beginning of a school day in a church compound in Davao, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Hundreds of indigenous are living in the church center, afraid to return home.
    philippines-2016-jeffrey-indigenous-...jpg
  • Indigenous children recite the Patriotic Oath (Panatang Makabayan) at the beginning of a school day in a church compound in Davao, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Hundreds of indigenous are living in the church center, afraid to return home.
    philippines-2016-jeffrey-indigenous-...jpg
  • Yarely Arellano (front) recites the pledge of allegiance to the US flag at the beginning of class in the Lydia Paterson Institute in El Paso, Texas. Arrelano, 20, a U.S. citizen, travels across the border every day from her home in Juarez, Mexico, to study at the United Methodist-sponsored high school.
    usa-texas-2017-jeffrey-LPI-474.JPG
  • With a teacher's help, a child leads her class in reciting the alphabet in a preschool in Kaluhoro, Malawi. With support from the Ekwendeni Hospital AIDS Program, villagers here participate in a Building Sustainable Livelihoods program, working together to earn and save money, raise more nutritious food, receive vocational training, and better prepare young children for school.
    malawi-2017-jeffrey-E558.JPG
  • As a teacher points to the blackboard, a girl recites her lesson during class in a day care center in Monrovia, Liberia, sponsored by United Methodist Women.
    liberia-2013-jeffrey-daycare-60.jpg
  • As a teacher points to the blackboard, a girl recites her lesson during class in a day care center in Monrovia, Liberia, sponsored by United Methodist Women.
    liberia-2013-jeffrey-daycare-59.jpg
  • Children recite their lesson during class in a day care center in Monrovia, Liberia, sponsored by United Methodist Women.
    liberia-2013-jeffrey-daycare-02.jpg
  • A Rohingya refugee girl recites passages from the Koran during class in a madrassa, an Islamic school, in the sprawling Kutupalong Refugee Camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.<br />
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More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled government-sanctioned violence in Myanmar for safety in Bangladesh.
    bangladesh-2017-jeffrey-refugees-X00...JPG