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  • 21 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches staff gather for the annual Staff Enrichment Days. On Thursdays, WCC staff wear black, standing up in solidarity with victims of sexual and gender-based violence, for a world without rape and violence.
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  • Staff of the Lutheran Counseling and Health Center in Chilakaluripet, a town in Andhra Pradesh, India. The center is a project of the AIDS Desk of the National Lutheran Health and Medical Board.
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  • 18 March 2022, Bucharest, Romania: AIDRom staff welcome a delegation from the ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches visiting the AIDRom office in Bucharest. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
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  • Faculty and staff of the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan.
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  • Staff of the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, unload food that forms part of their compensation.
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  • Staff of the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, unload food that forms part of their compensation.
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  • The staff of Jesuit Refugee Service in Maban County, South Sudan. <br />
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Misean Cara provides support for the work of Jesuit Refugee Service in Maban.
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  • A staff member waves her arms, enthusiastically helping children enjoy their play in a day care center run by the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • A staff member waves her arms, enthusiastically helping children enjoy their play in a day care center run by the Lessie Bates Neighborhood House in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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  • Tom Melissen (center), a senior account manager with Staff Management/SMX, completes an online employment application for Edson Nsanzubuhoro in the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Felecite Mukagatana looks on. Nsanzubuhoro and Mukagatana are refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and were applying for jobs in the factory. They were both assisted by Church World Service, an agency that resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Tom Melissen (left), a senior account manager with Staff Management/SMX, gives a high five to Felecite Mukagatana after the woman was offered employment in the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Joseph Shilalo, an employment specialist for Church World Service, looks on. Mukagatana is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and was resettled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by Church World Service, an agency that resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Tom Melissen (right), a senior account manager with Staff Management/SMX, completes an online employment application for Edson Nsanzubuhoro in the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Nsanzubuhoro is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and was applying for a job in the factory. He was helped by Church World Service, an agency that resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Tom Melissen (left), a senior account manager with Staff Management/SMX, completes an online employment application for Felecite Mukagatana in the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, as Joseph Shilalo, an employment specialist for Church World Service, looks on. Mukagatana, who has an oral swab for drugs in her mouth, is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and was applying for a job in the factory. She was helped by Church World Service, an agency that resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. She passed the drug test and was offered employment.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Tom Melissen (left), a senior account manager with Staff Management/SMX, completes an online employment application for Felecite Mukagatana in the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, as Joseph Shilalo, an employment specialist for Church World Service, checks an oral swab for drugs in Mukagatana's mouth. Mukagatana is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and was applying for a job in the factory. She was helped by Church World Service, an agency that resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. She passed the drug test and was offered employment.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Three administrative staff members at the Loreto Girls Secondary School outside Rumbek, South Sudan. The school is run by the Institute for the Blessed Virgin Mary--the Loreto Sisters--of Ireland.
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  • Tom Melissen, a senior account manager with Staff Management/SMX, instructs Edson Nsanzubuhoro how to place a drug test device under his tongue in the Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Nsanzubuhoro is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and was applying for a job in the factory. He was helped by Church World Service, an agency that resettles refugees in Pennsylvania and other locations in the United States. <br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey for Church World Service.
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  • Teaching staff in a meeting 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.
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  • Teaching staff 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.
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  • Makol, a worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, unloads food that forms part of the workers' compensation.
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  • Makol, a worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, unloads food that forms part of the workers' compensation.
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  • A meeting of the leadership team of the Loreto Girls' Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan.
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  • A meeting of the leadership team of the Loreto Girls' Secondary School in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan.
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  • The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, delivered a public address at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 24 April as part of his official visit to Switzerland on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch and the 50th anniversary of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy.
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  • Aliric Chol, a worker at the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei, Rumbek, South Sudan, unloads food that forms part of the workers' compensation.
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  • 1 April 2022, Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani district, Uganda: South Sudanese refugee Achol Kwol from the Dinka ethnic group leads women in dance at a women's self-help group in Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani, 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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  • 27 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo. [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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  • 27 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo blesses the congregation, as Sunday service gathers several hundred congregants in the Moshi Lutheran Cathedral, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania’s northern diocese. [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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  • 27 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo leads Sunday service in the Moshi Lutheran Cathedral, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania’s northern diocese. [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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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Dr Phillip P. Phillip, and intern doctor, carries a box marked 'Biohazard' to the Dermatology ward of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis. [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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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Dr Phillip P. Phillip is intern doctor at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis. [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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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: A group of nurses walk through the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis. [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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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: A group of nurses walk through the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis. [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.]
    Tanzania-2022-Hillert-20220326_AH1_6...jpg
  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: A group of nurses walk through the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis. [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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  • 5 April 2022, Kampala, Uganda: Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt visits the LWF World Service offices in Kampala. [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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  • 3 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: Anglican Bishop Emmanuel Murye Modi of the Episcopal Diocese of Kajo-Keji. 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_AH2_483...jpg
  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Dr Phillip P. Phillip, and intern doctor, carries a box marked 'Biohazard' to the Dermatology ward of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis. [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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  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Nurses at work in the paediatric ward of the Augusta Victoria Hospital.
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  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Head nurse of the specialized paediatrics care unit Mohammad Kabaja (right) talks to his colleagues Rihab George (centre) and Aiman Ali (left).
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  • Faculty at the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau, South Sudan. Run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic organizations supporting the development of the world's newest country, the CHTI trains nurses and midwives from throughout the country.
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  • Felomain Nassar-Batshone, program manager for the Jordan program of International Orthodox Christian Charities, works in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, located near Mafraq, Jordan. Opened in July, 2012, the camp holds upwards of 50,000 refugees from the civil war inside Syria. International Orthodox Christian Charities, which provided the uniforms, and other members of the ACT Alliance are active in the camp providing essential items and services.
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  • Dekchung Tamang walks through Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
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In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including shelter and livelihood assistance.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Gwendolyn (right) and Malika (left) are nurses at Scott Hospital, where they've worked for 10 and 8 years, respectively. Both studied at Maluti Adventist Hospital. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • A Toposa man in Karukochom, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State. <br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron and including this village, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Toposa man in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, a remote community in South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria State.<br />
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The region has been plagued by cattle raiding and child abduction in recent years. The Catholic Church-sponsored Holy Trinity Peace Village, centered in Kuron, has worked for years to foster reconciliation and peace between the region's pastoralist communities.
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  • A Hindu monk at Varanasi
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  • Sung-ok Lee, the assistant general secretary for Christian Social Action of United Methodist Women, tries on a paper hat she crafted in a May 18, 2018, leadership workshop during the United Methodist Women Assembly 2018 in Columbus, Ohio.
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  • 21 January 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Baptism ceremony in Brevik Church in Lidingö near Stockholm, Sweden. Rev. Sara Hillert led the day's ceremony, which was attended by a range of friends and family.
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  • A couple in Irula, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India..
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  • A woman herds goats along a road near Anaikulam, a small village in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.
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  • A woman carries a basket on her back in Tugala, a village on the Indonesian island of Nias. The village was struck by both a 2004 tsunami and a 2005 earthquake, leaving houses destroyed and lives disrupted. The ACT Alliance helped villagers here to construct new homes and latrines, build a potable water system, open a clinic and schools and get their lives going once again. For the residents of Tugala, the post-disaster mantra of "build back better" became a reality with help from the ACT Alliance.
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  • Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro of Juba, South Sudan, processes into the Holy Rosary Church in Juba for an October 7, 2012, ordination service.
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  • Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro of Juba, South Sudan, processes into the Holy Rosary Church in Juba for an October 7, 2012, ordination service.
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  • Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro of Juba, South Sudan, processes into the Holy Rosary Church in Juba for an October 7, 2012, ordination service.
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  • Faculty at the Catholic Health Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau, South Sudan. Run by Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholic organizations supporting the development of the world's newest country, the CHTI trains nurses and midwives from throughout the country.
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  • Acasekam Saint Jerar (left), a voodoo priest, performs a ceremony in Mizak, a small village in the south of Haiti. He is assisted by Pouchon Frederique.
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  • Acasekam Saint Jerar (left), a voodoo priest, performs a ceremony in Mizak, a small village in the south of Haiti. He is assisted by Pouchon Frederique.
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  • Heath care workers stand outside the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Heath care workers stand outside the United Methodist hospital in the Congolese village of Tunda.
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  • Eighty-five year old earthquake survivor Sardha Shrestha lives in this tent in the village of Sanogoan, Nepal. People in this Newar community, hard hit by the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, have 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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  • Dekchung Tamang walks through Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
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In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including shelter and livelihood assistance.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_313042.jpg
  • Dekchung Tamang walks through Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
<br />
In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including shelter and livelihood assistance.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_313038.JPG
  • Dekchung Tamang walks through Gatlang, in the Rasuwa District of Nepal near the country's border with Tibet.<br />
<br />
In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, the ACT Alliance helped people in this village with a variety of services, including shelter and livelihood assistance.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_313045.jpg
  • Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan speaks during a Mass in a displaced persons camp in Ankawa, near Erbil, Iraq, on April 11, 2016. The Mass concluded a three day visit by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and chair of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, to Iraqi Kurdistan with other church leaders to visit with Christians and others displaced by ISIS.
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  • A woman prepares food at the Krnjaca Center for Refugees on the outskirts of Belgrade, Serbia.
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  • 22 October 2017, Brännkyrka, Stockholm, Sweden: Mass celebrated in the church of Brännkyrka, Church of Sweden, led by Bishop Eva Brunne.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Matabo Mosoeu is a cleaner at Scott Hospital. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20170302_AHP_187...jpg
  • A Hindu monk at Varanasi
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  • Ayak Yangalis disembarks from a boat that has brought her back home to Bor, a city in South Sudan's Jonglei State that has been the scene of fierce fighting in recent months between the country's military and anti-government rebels. After fighting broke out in mid December 2013, control of the town changed hands four times in a few weeks. ACT Alliance members were among the first humanitarian agencies to enter the city in January 2014, and are providing services to thousands of people who are cautiously returning home to the troubled city. Yangalis, who said she doesn't know her age, crossed the While Nile River to Awerial to escape the violence, but came home--despite knowing that her house was burned--after hearing that the ACT Alliance had begun distributing shelter material and other household items to returning families.
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  • Acasekam Saint Jerar (left), a voodoo priest, performs a ceremony in Mizak, a small village in the south of Haiti. He is assisted by Pouchon Frederique.
    haiti-2011-jeffrey-H049.jpg
  • Eighty-five year old earthquake survivor Sardha Shrestha lives in this tent in the village of Sanogoan, Nepal. People in this Newar community, hard hit by the April 2015 earthquake that ravaged Nepal, have 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.
    nepal_2016_jeffrey_315014.jpg
  • 22 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: The Orthodox Centre in Chambésy celebrates 50 years. Here, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch.
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  • 28 March 2022, Arusha, Tanzania: Staff member Miriam (left) and her daughter Gloria (right) arrive at the Usa River Rehabilitation and Training Centre for people with special needs. Miriam herself, who suffers from untreated clubfoot -- was formerly a tailoring student at Usa River, and now works there producing totebags, cushions and various garments for sale at Usa River. An institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, the Usa River Rehabilitation Centre’s 54 staff support a group of 147 students with special needs, through vocational training, secondary school, and income projects. [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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  • 20 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, as World Council of Churches staff gather for the annual Staff Enrichment Days. Here, Owe Boersma.
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  • The drill for destroying the Ebola virus where medical staff come in contact with confirmed cases is strict routine, one small mistake and the infection can be passed on. Staff in PPE, are often close to being overcome by the heat and dehydration, and sometimes need to be shouted instructions like "raise your head up" as each part of the drill is gone through, a series of specific movements as they are sprayed with a bleach solution and each part of the protective clothing is peeled off in the right order and in the right direction, and put straight in the incineration bucket, even the ground where they stand is considered contaminated and has to be covered in bleach. Eventually, a very grateful and completely sweat-sodden worker emerges from inside.
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  • T Hynavathi, a staff member of the Lutheran Counseling and Health Care Center in Chilakaluripet, Andhra Pradesh, India, discusses how to combat stigma and discrimination with a group of staff and HIV positive women. (Note Special Instructions below.)
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  • 20 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, as World Council of Churches staff gather for the annual Staff Enrichment Days. Here, Marcelo Schneider.
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  • 20 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, as World Council of Churches staff gather for the annual Staff Enrichment Days.
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  • 20 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, as World Council of Churches staff gather for the annual Staff Enrichment Days.
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  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. Staff member Noel Sevilla speaks to the community group. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
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  • Staff from CWS-supported group INPRHU in the judicial centre of Masaya discuss a case with court officials. INPRHU staff were supporting a minor giving evidence against the man who raped her. INPRHU runs a centre for girls and boys who have been raped, providing residential and non-residential programmes for emotional recovery, as well as legal support to prosecute rapists.
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  • The Fairtrade Premium is used by the Andes Coop for quality control equipment, laboratories, staff and training. Here staff make visual inspections of new batches of coffee entering the warehouse.
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  • 18 November 2018, Bogotá, Colombia: Rev. John Rojas blesses a group of staff from the church-run school. The church of San Lucas ('Saint Lucas') of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia, brings together a congregation of some 100 people in the southern areas of Bogotá. Located in the Kennedy area, the church has recently celebrated 50 years. As part of its ministry, the church runs a school and college, The Colegio Evangelico Luterano de Colombia (CELCO) San Lucas, offering education to just over 1,000 students aged 3-18. The school started as a social initiative offering care for children aged 0-4 in Bogotá's less wealthy neighbourhood, allowing the parents opportunities to go to work. 36 years after its foundation, the school employs 56 staff, of which 36 are teachers.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: This building at Scott Hospital used to be a chapel, where staff would meet every morning, except fridays, when they'd meet outside in the garden. All staff gathered to pray for the patients. Devotion together have been practiced for many years, since the early 1980s. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • Ken Crus and Leng Thy speak to residents of the Cambodian village of Char. The two men are staff members of the Community Health and Agricultural Development program of the Methodist Mission in Cambodia.
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  • Staff of member agencies of the ACT Alliance pose for a photo in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines that was ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
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  • Staff of the clinic 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, and provides basic medical care to them and their families.
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  • The Rev. Dr. Hea Sun Kim, director of the Scranton Women's Leadership Center in Seoul, helps young women from Japan and South Korea develop a timeline for relations between their two countries during an August 2016 peacemaking seminar in Seoul. Kim encouraged participants to confront the historic tensions between their two countries. The gathering was sponsored by United Methodist Women, the Wesley Foundation in Japan, the Scranton Women's Leadership Center, and the Methodist Theological University. Kim is also a staff member of United Methodist Women.
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  • 5 April 2022, Kampala, Uganda: Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt greets the staff community as she visits the LWF World Service offices in Kampala. [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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  • 28 March 2022, Arusha, Tanzania: 19-year-old girl Wanumbilia, whose name means ’happiness’, enjoys an afternoon meal on the campus of the Usa River Rehabilitation and Training Centre for children with special needs, in Arusha, Tanzania. Wanumbilia has Hydrocephalus, and lives and studies at Usa River. An institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, the Usa River Rehabilitation Centre’s 54 staff support a group of 147 students with special needs, through vocational training, secondary school, and income projects. [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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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Pauline from Ukraine tends to her new-born child in their temporary new home in Nyíregyháza. With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]
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  • 18 March 2022, Bucharest, Romania: AIDRom staff welcome a delegation from the ACT Alliance and the World Council of Churches visiting the AIDRom office in Bucharest. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
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  • 6 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Lutheran World Federation youth delegate to COP26 Nora Antonsen (right) and Lutheran World Federation staff Savanna Sullivan and Elena Cedillo (centre) join tens of thousands of people - including environmental groups, children, youth, charities, climate activists, trade unionists and indigenous people - in marching through Glasgow city centre on Saturday, calling for climate justice and for world leaders to address the climate emergency. Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency.
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  • 3 November 2021, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom: Stunt in preparation by ACT Alliance and Lutheran World Federation participants at COP26, to highlight justice issues related to climate finance, on Finance day at COP26. Here, Lutheran World Federation staff Savanna Sullivan wearing a sweater with the message 'Creation - Not for Sale'. Glasgow hosts the United Nations climate change conference COP26, where world leaders gather to negotiate a response to the ongoing climate crisis and emergency.
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  • 31 May 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia: You Shall Be My Witnesses: Hundreds gathered today in Novi Sad for the CEC General Assembly.  After many months of preparation, more than 500 delegates, advisors, stewards, youth, staff, and distinguished guests have arrived in Novi Sad (Serbia) to take part in the 2018 General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and related events. On the evening of 31 May, an open-air worship in the city centre of Novi Sad set the tone for the spiritual life of the General Assembly.
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  • 3 June 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia: Participants of the CEC assembly gather in a peace prayer on the Danube.  Commemoration, forgiveness, and hope were at the focus of the prayer. A procession of delegates and participants started at the memorial commemorating the victims of the raid on Novi Sad in January 1942 during World War II. Hungarian armed forces occupying the region killed 1,246 civilians of the city, mainly Serbs and Jews, throwing their bodies into the Danube. The procession then passed underneath Varadinski Bridge and ended at the newly constructed Žeželj Bridge. At the end of the procession four trees were planted near Žeželj Bridge as a sign of hope and reconciliation. The Conference of European Churches General Assembly takes place on 31 May - 6 June 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia. More than 400 delegates, advisors, stewards, youth, staff, and distinguished guests take part in the 2018 General Assembly and related events. Gathered together under the theme, “You shall be my witnesses,” the assembly forges the path for CEC for the coming five-year period and beyond. Of central concern is the future of Europe in light of economic, political, and social crises and how the churches will live out a vision of witness, justice, and hospitality within this context.
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  • 3 June 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia: On Sunday, participants of the CEC general assembly attended Sunday service in local churches in and around Novi Sad. Here, in the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Holy Great Martyr George. The Conference of European Churches General Assembly takes place on 31 May - 6 June 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia. More than 400 delegates, advisors, stewards, youth, staff, and distinguished guests take part in the 2018 General Assembly and related events. Gathered together under the theme, “You shall be my witnesses,” the assembly forges the path for CEC for the coming five-year period and beyond. Of central concern is the future of Europe in light of economic, political, and social crises and how the churches will live out a vision of witness, justice, and hospitality within this context.
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  • 17 September 2018, Kavre district, Nepal: Lutheran World Federation staff Arjun Acharya works on the car's engine, to fix a jammed tank filter.
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  • 3 June 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia: On Sunday, participants of the CEC general assembly attended Sunday service in local churches in and around Novi Sad. Here, in the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Holy Great Martyr George. The Conference of European Churches General Assembly takes place on 31 May - 6 June 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia. More than 400 delegates, advisors, stewards, youth, staff, and distinguished guests take part in the 2018 General Assembly and related events. Gathered together under the theme, “You shall be my witnesses,” the assembly forges the path for CEC for the coming five-year period and beyond. Of central concern is the future of Europe in light of economic, political, and social crises and how the churches will live out a vision of witness, justice, and hospitality within this context.
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  • In San Luis, Somoto, Nicaragua, the community meets for Farm School days with staff from the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua. The project is supported by ELCA and provides the community groups with a solar-powered pump that brings up water from 45m deep and a drip irrigation system for the cultivation of maize that they grow collectively in the village, as a response to the prolonged drought and many failed harvests the region is suffering.
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  • At the peak of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, the Nongo Ebola treatment centre had so many patients arriving at its gates that people were left to die on the gravel outside. <br />
“One night, 28 people died here. I still have nightmares, I saw too many dead people,” said Dr Mohammed Keita, manager of the centre where he was in charge of 250 employees.  <br />
The former Ebola treatment centre appears abandoned. Boot stands and shelves once filled with protective gear and chlorine spray backpacks lie empty.  <br />
Keita tells how one night a pregnant woman came in to the centre. She was already bleeding and very ill. It was too late to save her. She gave birth to a baby girl before she died. <br />
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“That little baby was blessed by God,” he said, pointing to a photo of the child taped to the wall where patient records and lists of staff mark the wall. <br />
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She tested positive for Ebola and we were prepared to lose her as well. Then, a few days later, she tested negative for the disease. We all looked after her here, naming her Nubia after one of the health workers who worked at the centre.<br />
Since the Ebola outbreak ended, the treatment centre is now caring for people with other infectious diseases including measles, yellow fever and other diseases with potential to cause epidemics.
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