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  • Katy Valeska Paguaga Salinas and her father Don Pedro Antonio Paguaga Miranda work on their diversified farm that has several acres of coffee. Katy and her father are members of the Caja Rural Coop, San Juan de Rio Coco, Nicaragua. The coop is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • Sok Sovann (standing in the water), a rural farmer in Cambodia, harvesting small fish that he sells to other farmers who raise them in ponds to later eat. Sovann has added the fish raising enterprise and improved the quality of his crops since he began working with a network of local farmers that receives technical support from Catholic Relief Services.
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  • Sok Sovann, a rural farmer in Cambodia, harvests small fish that he sells to other farmers who raise them in ponds to later eat. Sovann has added the fish raising enterprise and improved the quality of his crops since he began working with a network of local farmers that receives technical support from Catholic Relief Services.
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  • A woman carries firewood in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • A woman carries firewood in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • Jeya cooks food in front of her home in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • Jeya cooks food in front of her home in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • A girl in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • Shanthi cooks in front of her home in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • Shanthi cooks in front of her home in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • Shanthi cooks in front of her home in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • A woman in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • A woman in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • This man sells pots and pans from his motorcycle in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • Agriculture remains at the heart of Cambodia's economy. In the rural province of Svay Rieng, a farmer brings his daughter along as he works in his field.
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  • A rural farm family in Kok Kondoul, a village in Cambodia's Svay Rieng province. Along with a local network of farmers, they have received support from Catholic Relief Services, helping them improve their crops and thus improving the quality of their lives.
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  • Near the village of Dey Sor, Cambodia, boys ride on a tractor and trailer along a rural road..
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  • A woman walks along a road in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • This man sells pots and pans from his motorcycle in the rural village of Irula in southern India's state of Tamil Nadu.
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  • In San Pedro Sula, two girls play in a refuge for children that receives repatriated migrant children. Some children find parents or family waiting for them on arrival, others wait for a few days for family to arrive from remote rural areas, others remain in the refuge indefinitely if no family can be found. In this centre ACT Alliance provides migrant children and their families with psychological support services, food to take home as many of them live in extreme poverty in rural areas of the country, bus fares to get home are provided where this is a problem, and the centre has been provided with equipment and furnishings.
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  • In San Pedro Sula, a boy shows a newspaper cutting in a refuge for children that receives repatriated migrant children. Some children find parents or family waiting for them on arrival, others wait for a few days for family to arrive from remote rural areas, others remain in the refuge indefinitely if no family can be found. In this centre ACT provides migrant children and their families with psychological support services, food to take home as many of them live in extreme poverty in rural areas of the country, bus fares to get home are provided where this is a problem, and the centre has been provided with equipment and furnishings.
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  • In San Pedro Sula, two boys play in a refuge for children that receives repatriated migrant children. Some children find parents or family waiting for them on arrival, others wait for a few days for family to arrive from remote rural areas, others remain in the refuge indefinitely if no family can be found. In this centre ACT provides migrant children and their families with psychological support services, food to take home as many of them live in extreme poverty in rural areas of the country, bus fares to get home are provided where this is a problem, and the centre has been provided with equipment and furnishings.
    Honduras_Hawkey_migrants_20140805_00...jpg
  • Los Laureles, one of two reservoirs that serve the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, is currently at approximately half capacity, the water level drops more frequenty than ever and the driest months of the year bring the water level to previously unseen levels. The reservoir, according to the national water authority, SANAA, serves around 210,000 people with drinking water. The UN climate change panel, IPCC, have repeatedly predicted likelihood of reduced precipitation for the region, and cities as well as smaller rural communities are in danger of running out of water.
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  • 16 September 2018, Sohal Tole, Jahada rural municipality, Nepal: Lila Devi Shah runs a small grocery shop in Sohal Tole, Jahada Rural Municipality, Nepal, together with her family member Laxmi Shah. Sohal Tole is a community inhabited by Santal and Dalit (Musahar) people, who find themselves as the very margin of society in Nepal. The 54 households are supported by the Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church, as they mobilize together on disaster preparedness, income generating activities, financial governance, and mobilization on sanitation, education and entrepreneurship. The community project also receives technical support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service programme. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 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.
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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.
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  • Summer in rural Scandinavia.
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  • Los Laureles, one of two reservoirs that serve the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, is currently at approximately half capacity, the water level drops more frequenty than ever and the driest months of the year bring the water level to previously unseen levels. The reservoir, according to the national water authority, SANAA, serves around 210,000 people with drinking water. The UN climate change panel, IPCC, have repeatedly predicted likelihood of reduced precipitation for the region, and cities as well as smaller rural communities are in danger of running out of water.
    Honduras_Hawkey_represa_20170302_412.jpg
  • Summer in rural Scandinavia.
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  • Summer in rural Scandinavia.
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  • Summer in rural Scandinavia.
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  • 16 September 2018, Sirsiya Tole, Jahada rural municipality, Nepal: A man leads the way, beating the drum, in Sirsiya Tole, Jahada rural municipality, Nepal. Sirsiya Tole is a community inhabited by Santal and Dalit (Musahar) people, who find themselves as the very margin of society in Nepal. Through support from the Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church, the community has been able to recover and develop flood resilience, and to mobilize to make their voices heard in the local government, as Nepal is transitioning into a federal government system. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 16 September 2018, Sohal Tole, Jahada rural municipality, Nepal: Laxmi Shah runs a small grocery shop in Sohal Tole, Jahada Rural Municipality, Nepal, together with her family member Lila Devi Shah. Sohal Tole is a community inhabited by Santal and Dalit (Musahar) people, who find themselves as the very margin of society in Nepal. The 54 households are supported by the Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church, as they mobilize together on disaster preparedness, income generating activities, financial governance, and mobilization on sanitation, education and entrepreneurship. The community project also receives technical support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service programme. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • A woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • Jean Manuel Dupres stands in the doorway of his family's kitchen in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Early in the morning, Imaculador Dupres prepares to cook bananas for breakfast in her home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Working by candlelight, Imaculador Dupres sorts beans in her home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres weeds his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Nigenson Dupres, 15, holds seedlings in a plant nursery in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life. The LWF-sponsored nursery provides plant which residents use to fight deforestation.
    haiti-2013-jeffrey-203.jpg
  • Simon Peter Kaweesi, 8, raises his hand in class in the Buyikuuzi Primary School in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. The boy's mother is an enthusiastic participant in the program.
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  • Simon Peter Kaweesi, 8, raises his hand in class in the Buyikuuzi Primary School in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. The boy's mother is an enthusiastic participant in the program.
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  • Sylvia Namaganda helps Simon Peter Kaweesi, 8, get dressed for school at their home in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. Namaganda, a widow, cares for her own three children along with four she adopted after her sister died.
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  • Children get dressed for school in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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  • Children bathe in the morning in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women. These children belong to an extended family, where a widow with three children has adopted four children of her sister who died.
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  • Students from Isabella Thoburn College walk to a remote village outside Lucknow, India, where they will teach rural Indian children about HIV and AIDS.
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  • Hindu women in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A man in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • Rural road in India.
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  • A Hindu woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A Hindu woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A Hindu woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A Hindu woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • A Hindu woman in Mursan in northern India.
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  • Jean Manuel Dupres, 13, lives in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A woman in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A boy in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A boy in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Jean Manuel Dupres, 13, lives in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Imaculador Dupres lives in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life. Here she holds her son Jefte.
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  • Jean Manuel Dupres (left), 13, cooks his family's daily meal while his brother Nigenson, 15, holds their younger brother Jefte in their home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Nigenson Dupres, 15, holds his younger brother Jefte in the doorway to their home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Nigenson Dupres, 15, holds his younger brother Jefte in the doorway to their home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Imaculador Dupres in the doorway of her kitchen in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Nigenson Dupres, 15, holds his younger brother Jefte in the doorway to their home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Imaculador Dupres in the doorway of her kitchen in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Imaculador Dupres in the doorway of her kitchen in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Imaculador Dupres sorts beans in her home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Working by candlelight, Imaculador Dupres sorts beans in her home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres chops firewood in the doorway of his home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Working by candlelight, Imaculador Dupres sorts beans in her home in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A rural resident walks along a road near Despagne, an isolated village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A rural resident walks along a road near Despagne, an isolated village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A boy in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Radio at hand, a boy walks along a road n Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A woman in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A man grinds grain in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres walks along a path in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres poses in his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres works in his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres works in his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres works in his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres stands in his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres stands in his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Abel Dupres stands in his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Nigenson Dupres, 15, holds seedlings in a plant nursery in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life. The LWF-sponsored nursery provides plant which residents use to fight deforestation.
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  • Abel Dupres weeds his farm field early in the morning in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Nigenson Dupres, 15, holds seedlings in a plant nursery in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life. The LWF-sponsored nursery provides plant which residents use to fight deforestation.
    haiti-2013-jeffrey-207.jpg
  • Nigenson Dupres, 15, holds seedlings in a plant nursery in Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life. The LWF-sponsored nursery provides plant which residents use to fight deforestation. His father, Abel Dupres, works in the background.
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  • Imaculador Dupres waits beside the road to purchase items from others on their way to market in the mountains near Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Imaculador Dupres waits beside the road to purchase items from others on their way to market in the mountains near Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Imaculador Dupres waits beside the road to purchase items from others on their way to market in the mountains near Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • Imaculador Dupres waits beside the road to purchase items from others on their way to market in the mountains near Despagne, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with residents to improve their quality of life.
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  • A girl in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
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  • A woman who participates in a women's savings group in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
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  • A woman who participates in a women's savings group in Lukaya, Uganda, where the Good Samaritan Women's Project has helped rural women improve their financial literacy, thus improving the quality of life for the women, many of whom are widows who also care for children who lost their parents to AIDS. The program was funded by the Call to Prayer and Self-Denial of United Methodist Women.
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