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  • Men dig sand by hand on the Carepa River, Urabá. Horse-drawn carts and lorries are loaded with river sand and sold for local building work. These small artisanal operations are incomparable to the industrial removal of sand up-river where 200 lorry-loads are removed daily to be used on large infrastructure projects like highways. The large-scale mining of sand changes the speed and course of the river, creating environmental problems and danger for people who live near the river as it changes course. Near Carepa city, the river has changed course by 100m in recent years, taking houses with it. Currently it is just a few metres from housing and moving closer daily.
    Colombia_Hawkey_water_20170909_197.jpg
  • Men dig sand by hand on the Carepa River, Urabá. Horse-drawn carts and lorries are loaded with river sand and sold for local building work. These small artisanal operations are incomparable to the industrial removal of sand up-river where 200 lorry-loads are removed daily to be used on large infrastructure projects like highways. The large-scale mining of sand changes the speed and course of the river, creating environmental problems and danger for people who live near the river as it changes course. Near Carepa city, the river has changed course by 100m in recent years, taking houses with it. Currently it is just a few metres from housing and moving closer daily.
    Colombia_Hawkey_water_20170909_118.jpg
  • Men dig sand by hand on the Carepa River, Urabá. Horse-drawn carts and lorries are loaded with river sand and sold for local building work. These small artisanal operations are incomparable to the industrial removal of sand up-river where 200 lorry-loads are removed daily to be used on large infrastructure projects like highways. The large-scale mining of sand changes the speed and course of the river, creating environmental problems and danger for people who live near the river as it changes course. Near Carepa city, the river has changed course by 100m in recent years, taking houses with it. Currently it is just a few metres from housing and moving closer daily.
    Colombia_Hawkey_water_20170909_115.jpg
  • Men dig sand by hand on the Carepa River, Urabá. Horse-drawn carts and lorries are loaded with river sand and sold for local building work. These small artisanal operations are incomparable to the industrial removal of sand up-river where 200 lorry-loads are removed daily to be used on large infrastructure projects like highways. The large-scale mining of sand changes the speed and course of the river, creating environmental problems and danger for people who live near the river as it changes course. Near Carepa city, the river has changed course by 100m in recent years, taking houses with it. Currently it is just a few metres from housing and moving closer daily.
    Colombia_Hawkey_water_20170909_093.jpg
  • The Carepa river has a huge rise and fall. With prolonged heavy rainfall the river washes over the top of the riverbank. The speed of the water, and its erosive power, is increased by sand mining upriver. A commercial sand mining operation takes out around 200 large lorryloads of sand daily and this increases the speed and changes the course of the river. In this area at the edge of Carepa city, known as El Playón, people survey the river, and the erosion from the previous night. Underground pipes have been exposed  and the edge of the river bank is now less than 10m from houses..
    Colombia_Hawkey_water_20170910_383.jpg
  • Rev Apoloniar Escobar, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia, lives in Carepa, Urabá. I’ve been working as a pastor for four years here. The issue of water is complicated. Sometimes there’s too much, sometimes not enough. We have water from pipes, but it’s not clean enough for human consumption, we’ve had health problems here. We’ve had people killed here, and thrown into the reservoir that the water comes from. Some people have bought filters, others buy purified water from the shops so they can drink. Some people have a well, some collected rainwater. <br />
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This river is seriously deteriorating. When the water rises, with heavy rainfall, we have many houses here in high risk of flooding or being washed away. Some people have to leave their houses to save their lives, sometimes in the middle of night. Sometimes they lose their furniture, and we’ve helped them, as the church. When the river begins to grow, it’s hard for people to sleep at night, waiting to see if there’s a flood, or if the houses are going to be washed away. The people on the edge of the river, during the winter, they have problems. The river water is so dirty, that if people wash in it, afterwards they have to wash off the river water. In the summer, the water is low in the river and in the reservoir, so we have little water, it’s rationed, or sometimes the municipality has to take a tanker of water around to the houses.<br />
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At the moment we’ve had three days without water, the rainwater has been so strong that it washed away part of the big pipe that brings the water to town, and it’s still so strong that the workers can’t fix it.<br />
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The sand extraction is a major influence on the river. The regional government, of Antioquia, has sold the river to a company. The company is extracting around 180 lorryloads of sand every day, they have excavators and a fleet of dump trucks. Down river this has a huge effect, the river is speeding up, it is changing its course quickly, eroding
    Colombia_Hawkey_water_20170909_309.jpg
  • A portion of a sand and gravel plant in Eugene, Oregon.
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  • A sand and gravel plant in Eugene, Oregon.
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  • A worker from the ACT Alliance lays out plot boundaries in the sand where newly arrived refugees will make their home in the Dadaab refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. Tens of thousands of refugees have fled drought-stricken Somalia in recent weeks, swelling what was already the world's largest refugee settlement. The Lutheran World Federation--a member of the ACT Alliance--manages the camp, and is working with United Nations agencies in helping receive and house the new refugees.
    kenya-2011-jeffrey-dadaab-131.jpg
  • Two girls play in sand while participating in the child care program of Wesley Community Centers in Savannah, Georgia.
    usa-2015-jeffrey-savannah-20.jpg
  • A  boy carries sand on his head for use in construction in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali which was seized by Islamist fighters in 2012 and then liberated by French and Malian soldiers in early 2013.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-164.jpg
  • A teacher sits with three children playing in the sand while participating in the child care program of Wesley Community Centers in Savannah, Georgia.
    usa-2015-jeffrey-savannah-17.jpg
  • A  boy carries sand on his head for use in construction in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali which was seized by Islamist fighters in 2012 and then liberated by French and Malian soldiers in early 2013.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-165.jpg
  • Boys harvest clean desert sand, loading it on donkeys for transport to construction sites in Timbuktu, the northern Mali city captured by Islamist forces in 2012 and liberated by French and Malian soldiers in 2013.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-079.jpg
  • A boy harvests clean desert sand, loading it on donkeys for transport to construction sites in Timbuktu, the northern Mali city captured by Islamist forces in 2012 and liberated by French and Malian soldiers in 2013.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-076.jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH2_476...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH2_477...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_532...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_544...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_544...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_544...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_543...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH2_477...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_538...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_537...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_535...jpg
  • Girls scooping water from a hole they dug in the sand of a wadi in Dondona, an Arab village in South Darfur.
    sudan-2007-jeffrey-darfur-062.jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH2_478...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_544...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_540...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_537...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_537...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_534...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_533...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_544...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_544...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_540...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_544...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH2_476...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_542...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_539...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_539...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_538...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_536...jpg
  • 10 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180110_AH1_545...jpg
  • 9 January 2018, Erg Chebbi, Morocco: The dunes of Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's two Saharan seas of sand dunes, formed by the wind. The dunes of Erg Chebbi reach a height of up to 150 meters in places and altogether it spans an area of 50 kilometers from north to south and up to 5–10 kilometers from east to west lining the Algerian border.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20180109_AH1_532...jpg
  • Iglat Shera, 12, carries a bag of sand on her head for making mortar for new house construction 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.
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  • Participating in a cash for work program sponsored by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines and Norwegian Church Aid, men carry sand to be used in the construction of new toilets on Jinamoc Island, part of the municipality of Basey in the Philippines province of Samar that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left most of the island's boats, nets, and houses destroyed.  The community received a few new boats from the government, and material for new nets from a media conglomerate. The NCCP and NCA and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of assistance to survivors, including cash for work and temporary housing, and are planning a long-term rehabilitation program with residents that will include permanent housing, schools, agricultural development, livelihood activities, and water and sanitation facilities.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-164.jpg
  • Ramesh Shrestha shovels sand to make cement blocks in Sanogoan, Nepal. This Newar community was hard hit by the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, losing almost all their housing, but they've been helped by the ACT Alliance to rebuild their lives. The ACT Alliance has provided a variety of services here since the quake, including blankets, tents, and livelihood assistance, and is helping villagers form the tens of thousands of cement blocks they will need to construct permanent housing.
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  • A year after Hurricane Matthew destroyed much of the village of Citerne Remy in Haiti's poverty-wracked northwest, 10-year old Adline Francoise plays in a pile of sand used in the construction of a new house being built by Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • A child sleeps in the sand in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali which was seized by Islamist fighters in 2012 and then liberated by French and Malian soldiers in early 2013.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-147.jpg
  • A child sits in the sand in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali which was seized by Islamist fighters in 2012 and then liberated by French and Malian soldiers in early 2013. This child belongs to the Bella ethnic group, which has traditionally been exploited by the region's lighter-skinned groups.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-091.jpg
  • The future of their tiny territory uncertain, an older couple sits on the sand of the beach in Gaza, staring out to a sea that is no longer theirs. Under the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, the people of Gaza were allowed to fish out to 20 nautical miles from their coastline, yet since the Israeli military imposed a naval blockade in 2007 they have been limited to just three nautical miles. In practice, fishers who venture beyond two nautical miles are shot at by Israeli gunboats; several have been injured and some killed. Despite having 40 kilometers of coastline and a long tradition as fishers, many Gaza fishers are unemployed and the people of Gaza are forced to import fish from Israel. And what fishing they can do close to shore mostly involves the harvest of immature fish, which biologists warn has a negative impact on fish stocks in the region.
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-051.jpg
  • Libyan rebels have suffered heavy losses on the battlefield in their war against strongman Moammar Gadhafi, so replacements are needed. At a training center in the rebel enclave of Misrata, recruits go through a 20-day training program to prepare them for the frontline. Training includes activities such as crawling in sand under barbed wire.
    libya-2011-jeffrey-war-067.jpg
  • Local community members prepare construction material at the Loreto School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland. The mixture of cement and sand they are mixing will be used in the construction of new classrooms.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J053.jpg
  • Local community members prepare construction material at the Loreto School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland. The mixture of cement and sand they are mixing will be used in the construction of new classrooms.
    south-sudan-2018-jeffrey-J043.jpg
  • A year after Hurricane Matthew destroyed much of the village of Citerne Remy in Haiti's poverty-wracked northwest, 10-year old Clervency Mertilus plays in a pile of sand used in the construction of a new house being built by Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance.<br />
<br />
Parental consent obtained.
    haiti-2017-jeffrey-2320.JPG
  • A year after Hurricane Matthew destroyed much of the village of Citerne Remy in Haiti's poverty-wracked northwest, 10-year old Clervency Mertilus plays in a pile of sand used in the construction of a new house being built by Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance.<br />
<br />
Parental consent obtained.
    haiti-2017-jeffrey-2294.JPG
  • A girl cleans the sand in front of her family's shelter in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali which was seized by Islamist fighters in 2012 and then liberated by French and Malian soldiers in early 2013. This girl belongs to the Bella ethnic group, which has traditionally been exploited by the region's lighter-skinned groups.
    mali-2013-jeffrey-092.jpg
  • Libyan rebels have suffered heavy losses on the battlefield in their war against strongman Moammar Gadhafi, so replacements are needed. At a training center in the rebel enclave of Misrata, recruits go through a 20-day training program to prepare them for the frontline. Training includes activities such as crawling in sand under barbed wire.
    libya-2011-jeffrey-war-068.jpg
  • Libyan rebels have suffered heavy losses on the battlefield in their war against strongman Moammar Gadhafi, so replacements are needed. At a training center in the rebel enclave of Misrata, recruits go through a 20-day training program to prepare them for the frontline. Training includes activities such as crawling in sand under barbed wire.
    libya-2011-jeffrey-war-066.jpg
  • Edna Machin da Silva sands a hardwood turtle bowl crafted by members of the Esperança Sustainable Development Project, a pioneering jungle community where U.S. Catholic Sister Dorothy Stang worked. Stang was murdered here for her defense of the jungle and landless poor families like this one which survive there. The Project's families use the forest in a sustainable way.
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  • Antonio Dias de Reyes sands part of a piece of custom built furniture crafted by members of the Esperança Sustainable Development Project, a pioneering jungle community where U.S. Catholic Sister Dorothy Stang worked. Stang was murdered here for her defense of the jungle and landless poor families like this one which survive there. The Project's families use the forest in a sustainable way.
    brazil-2008-jeffrey-16.jpg
  • Rachel Agarjon sands a door in preparation for painting at a school in San Jose de Buena Vista, her village in the southern Philippines province of Samar. The community was ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, but has now constructed several new classrooms with assistance from the ACT Alliance.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-318.jpg
  • 3 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: Congregants from the Diocese of Kajo-Keji gather for worship under a group of tents in Palorinya refugee settlement. Following the eruption of war in South Sudan, the Diocese of Kajo-Keji in the country’s Central Equatoria State, decided to move with some 350 congregants to seek refuge in neighboring Uganda. The diocese is since hosted under the auspices of the Diocesan office of the Anglican Church in Moyo, Uganda, and is able to continue to gather and worship as a congregation in the Palorinya settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda. [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.]
    Uganda-2022-Hillert-20220403_AH1_791...jpg
  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian military and others work to seal off the street on Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard, outside the Ministry of Education and Science, as a missile hit the site hours earlier. Pictured in the upper right corner is Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [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.]
    Ukraine-2022-Hillert-20221010_AH2_02...jpg
  • 1 April 2022, Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani district, Uganda: Refugees walk through the Nyumanzi refugee settlement in Adjumani district, West Nile area of Uganda. The Nyumanzi refugee settlement, in Adjumani district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 50,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda. [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.]
    Uganda-2022-Hillert-20220401_AH2_345...jpg
  • 1 April 2022, Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani district, Uganda: Refugees move through the Nyumanzi refugee settlement in Adjumani district, West Nile area of Uganda. The Nyumanzi refugee settlement, in Adjumani district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 50,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda. [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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  • 1 April 2022, Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani district, Uganda: Refugees walk through the Nyumanzi refugee settlement in Adjumani district, West Nile area of Uganda. The Nyumanzi refugee settlement, in Adjumani district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 50,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda. [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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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko makes a recording showing what has just happened, as the Ukrainian military and others work to seal off the street on Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard, outside the Ministry of Education and Science, as a missile hit the site hours earlier. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [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 Black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) at Coquille Point, part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge near Bandon, Oregon, USA.<br />
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The Black oystercatcher is listed as a Bird of Conservation Concern by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service due to its dependence on rocky shoreline habitats, and its rarity and vulnerability to threats including climate change and human disturbance.
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  • An Indian bride and groom celebrate their wedding on the shores of the Ganges River near Varanasi.
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  • 4 January 2018, Tinzert, Morocco: The village of Tinzert is at least 600 years old. Built on the mountainside at 1600 meters, the village was originally used only in the summers, when warm weather made life too hot in the valley below. Inhabited mostly by farmers, the village has grown to become the full-year residence of a couple of hundred Moroccan Berbers.
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  • 4 January 2018, Tinzert, Morocco: The village of Tinzert is at least 600 years old. Built on the mountainside at 1600 meters, the village was originally used only in the summers, when warm weather made life too hot in the valley below. Inhabited mostly by farmers, the village has grown to become the full-year residence of a couple of hundred Moroccan Berbers.
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  • 4 January 2018, Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
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  • 13 June 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia: Chair and wooden board on road in the Tbilisi Old Town.
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  • 16 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Easter day in Katarina Church, Church of Sweden.
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  • A beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the hotels of the Waikiki neighborhood in the background.
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  • A girl obtains water by digging into a riverbed near Santa Paula, a hot and isolated village in northwestern Nicaragua.
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  • A woman obtains water by digging into a riverbed near Santa Paula, a hot and isolated village in northwestern Nicaragua.
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  • Prospectors pan for gold on the beach east of Nome, Alaska. More than a century after a gold rush led to the establishment of Nome, higher gold prices and a television reality show have brought thousands of new miners to the remote Bering Sea community.
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  • Prospectors pan for gold on the beach east of Nome, Alaska. More than a century after a gold rush led to the establishment of Nome, higher gold prices and a television reality show have brought thousands of new miners to the remote Bering Sea community.
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  • Prospectors pan for gold on the beach east of Nome, Alaska. More than a century after a gold rush led to the establishment of Nome, higher gold prices and a television reality show have brought thousands of new miners to the remote Bering Sea community.
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  • Prospectors pan for gold on the beach east of Nome, Alaska. More than a century after a gold rush led to the establishment of Nome, higher gold prices and a television reality show have brought thousands of new miners to the remote Bering Sea community.
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  • Ten-year old Fathan Nur Selani plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The 2004 tsunami struck the coastal village when Fathan was just three weeks old. YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Fathan's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Ten-year old Fathan Nur Selani walks on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The 2004 tsunami struck the coastal village when Fathan was just three weeks old. YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Fathan's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • In the coastal village of Moawo, 5-year old Jefrin plants mangrove seedlings, part of a project on the Indonesian island of Nias to improve habitat for sea life and provide some protection from future tsunamis. The project is sponsored by CD Bethesda/YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) and the ACT Alliance.
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  • In the coastal village of Moawo, 5-year old Jefrin (right) and his 10-year old brother Fajrin help their father Idris plant mangrove seedlings, part of a project on the Indonesian island of Nias to improve habitat for sea life and provide some protection from future tsunamis. The project is sponsored by CD Bethesda/YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) and the ACT Alliance.
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  • In the coastal village of Moawo, 5-year old Jefrin plants mangrove seedlings, part of a project on the Indonesian island of Nias to improve habitat for sea life and provide some protection from future tsunamis. The project is sponsored by CD Bethesda/YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) and the ACT Alliance.
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  • In the coastal village of Moawo, 5-year old Jefrin (left) and his 10-year old brother Fajrin plant mangrove seedlings, part of a project on the Indonesian island of Nias to improve habitat for sea life and provide some protection from future tsunamis. The project is sponsored by CD Bethesda/YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) and the ACT Alliance.
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  • Women walk along the beach in Olora, on the Indonesian island of Nias, where ACT Alliance members helped people recover from the 2004 tsunami and 2005 earthquake.
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  • In this 2007 photo from the coastal village of Moawo, 5-year old Jefrin Zendrato (right) and his 10-year old brother Fajrin help their father Idris plant mangrove seedlings, part of a project on the Indonesian island of Nias to improve habitat for sea life and provide some protection from future tsunamis. The project is sponsored by the Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU), a member of the ACT Alliance.
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  • A worker from the ACT Alliance digs a trench marking the boundaries of plots where newly arrived refugees will make their home in the Dadaab refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. Tens of thousands of refugees have fled drought-stricken Somalia in recent weeks, swelling what was already the world's largest refugee settlement. The Lutheran World Federation--a member of the ACT Alliance--manages the camp, and is working with United Nations agencies in helping receive and house the new refugees.
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  • 27 January 2019, Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Micha town is suffering drought. Dust and smoke fills the air, as night fires are dying out, lit by people who sleep on the streets. [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 sweeps out her shelter in a camp in Mopti, Mali, for people displaced by the fighting in the north of the country. Islamist rebels seized control of the north of Mali in 2012, but were chased out in early 2013 by French troops. Many displaced and refugee families have yet to return, preferring to wait for better security and improved economic conditions in the north.
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  • A small child crawls along a street in Timbuktu, the northern Mali city that was seized by Islamist fighters in 2012 and then liberated by French and Malian soldiers in early 2013.
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  • A small child crawls along a street in Timbuktu, the northern Mali city that was seized by Islamist fighters in 2012 and then liberated by French and Malian soldiers in early 2013.
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