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  • A girl at work in a gravel quarry in northeast India. Child labor is a problem throughout India and many other developing countries.
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  • A girl at work in a gravel quarry in northeast India. Child labor is a problem throughout India and many other developing countries.
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  • A girl at work in a gravel quarry in northeast India. Child labor is a problem throughout India and many other developing countries.
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  • Indian women work building a highway in the northeastern state of Assam. Women, particularly women of low castes, are often employed at low wages in such dirty jobs.
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  • Indian women work building a highway in the northeastern state of Assam. Women, particularly women of low castes, are often employed at low wages in such dirty jobs.
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  • An Indian woman works building a highway in the northeastern state of Assam. Women, particularly women of low castes, are often employed at low wages in such dirty jobs.
    india-2004-jeffrey-misc-Y52.jpg
  • 31 January 2019, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia: “People are not aware of the risks of this journey, and what they will find when they arrive where they are going,” says Samira Alemu, who left home in Ethiopia to work in Dubai in 2016. Three years later, she tells a story of unfulfilled promises, and a difficult journey back to where she is today. “There is risk of violence, of rape and abuse, you are more exposed to the risk of disease. I lost all my belongings on the way, except one shoe,” she recalls. “You think you will find a better life, but it is not what you first think.” In south central Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are helping young migrant returnees rebuild their lives through a project called Symbols of Hope. In a context where poverty can lead to desperation and the prospect of a different life can seem distant, Ethiopia has seen many young people chose to migrate, under the promise of an income big enough to share back home, and of a better, safer life. Some go to find employment in South Africa, others go to work in households in the Middle East. Yet the promises rarely turn out as proclaimed, and many have returned home traumatized, some even destitute, as they had given up whatever land they once owned to afford a plane ticket. At the heart of the Symbols of Hope project is the goal to build awareness about the risks involved in illegal migration, and to empower young people to find alternative ways of making a living through training in business development. [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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  • 31 January 2019, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia: “People are not aware of the risks of this journey, and what they will find when they arrive where they are going,” says Samira Alemu, who left home in Ethiopia to work in Dubai in 2016. Three years later, she tells a story of unfulfilled promises, and a difficult journey back to where she is today. “There is risk of violence, of rape and abuse, you are more exposed to the risk of disease. I lost all my belongings on the way, except one shoe,” she recalls. “You think you will find a better life, but it is not what you first think.” In south central Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are helping young migrant returnees rebuild their lives through a project called Symbols of Hope. In a context where poverty can lead to desperation and the prospect of a different life can seem distant, Ethiopia has seen many young people chose to migrate, under the promise of an income big enough to share back home, and of a better, safer life. Some go to find employment in South Africa, others go to work in households in the Middle East. Yet the promises rarely turn out as proclaimed, and many have returned home traumatized, some even destitute, as they had given up whatever land they once owned to afford a plane ticket. At the heart of the Symbols of Hope project is the goal to build awareness about the risks involved in illegal migration, and to empower young people to find alternative ways of making a living through training in business development. [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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  • 31 January 2019, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia: “People are not aware of the risks of this journey, and what they will find when they arrive where they are going,” says Samira Alemu, who left home in Ethiopia to work in Dubai in 2016. Three years later, she tells a story of unfulfilled promises, and a difficult journey back to where she is today. “There is risk of violence, of rape and abuse, you are more exposed to the risk of disease. I lost all my belongings on the way, except one shoe,” she recalls. “You think you will find a better life, but it is not what you first think.” In south central Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are helping young migrant returnees rebuild their lives through a project called Symbols of Hope. In a context where poverty can lead to desperation and the prospect of a different life can seem distant, Ethiopia has seen many young people chose to migrate, under the promise of an income big enough to share back home, and of a better, safer life. Some go to find employment in South Africa, others go to work in households in the Middle East. Yet the promises rarely turn out as proclaimed, and many have returned home traumatized, some even destitute, as they had given up whatever land they once owned to afford a plane ticket. At the heart of the Symbols of Hope project is the goal to build awareness about the risks involved in illegal migration, and to empower young people to find alternative ways of making a living through training in business development. [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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  • Blanca Azucena Andrade Flores.<br />
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'We are doing well with the prices Fairtrade give us, the support we get from the premium.<br />
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You've seen here, it's hard work, up here in the hills it's harder than down on the flat. This is a small farm, and an organic farm, we need more help than farms that produce hundreds and thousands of boxes. Helping small scale producers keeps a lot of people in work.<br />
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Eat my fruit, it's very, very nice. It's got no chemicals, nothing to do you harm.
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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.
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  • A woman helps clean up her community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse and plant material from agricultural canals as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
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  • Two men help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from agricultural canals as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-087.jpg
  • Tawfiq Al-Sagyer (left) and Mahmoud El-Farul (right), both 20 years old, work on an electrical motor in a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
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  • Young men work on electrical wiring in a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
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  • Mohamed Abu El-Enein, an 18-year old Palestinian from Rafah, practices work on electrical wiring in a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
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  • 6 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: Ukrainian refugees Tetiana Oblitsova from Zaporizhzhia (left) and Kateryna Melnyk from Kharkiv (right) review their work together with Olma Marshalyk (lower left) as they participate in a manicure training session offered at the LWF community centre in Bielsko-biała. Established as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February 2022, a community centre in Bielsko-biała – one among a number of such centres across the country – offers psychosocial support, practical trainings and a variety of other activities free of charge for Ukrainian refugees. [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 helps clean up her community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse and plant material from agricultural canals as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-100.jpg
  • Two men help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from agricultural canals as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-101.jpg
  • A woman helps clean up her community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse and plant material from agricultural canals as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-099.jpg
  • Merlita Abad (left) and Janilyn Canama help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-097.jpg
  • Merlita Abad (left) and Janilyn Canama help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-096.jpg
  • Merlita Abad (left) and Janilyn Canama help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-095.jpg
  • Merlita Abad (left) and Janilyn Canama help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-094.jpg
  • Merlita Abad (left) and Janilyn Canama help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-093.jpg
  • Merlita Abad (left) and Janilyn Canama help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-092.jpg
  • Two women help to clean up their community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-091.jpg
  • Malak Shehata Risk works maintaining a road near the Egyptian village of Sakra. The work is part of a project sponsored by the ACT Alliance and coordinated by Bless, the social development agency of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It provided economic assistance to families and communities affected by the political changes of the Arab Spring, when many Egyptians working abroad in Libya and other countries, or in the nation's capital Cairo, lost their employment.
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  • Young men work on an electrical motor in a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-133.jpg
  • Ibrahim Samir Othman, a 19-year old Palestinian from Rafah, practices work on electrical wiring in a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-131.jpg
  • Mohamed Abu El-Enein, an 18-year old Palestinian from Rafah, practices work on electrical wiring in a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-129.jpg
  • A worker finishes embroidery by hand at the Pratibha factory.<br />
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Pratibha Syntex, Pithamur, Madhya Pradesh, produces 60 million items of clothing a year in its vertically-integrated facility that takes raw cotton and turns it into finished clothing. 10,000 people work at the plant, 33,000 cotton farmers are part of Vasudha farming cooperative that provide cotton to Pratibha. Pratibha and Vasudha are Fairtrade-certified.<br />
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Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand support cotton producer groups in India. Fairtrade-certified groups benefit from Fairtrade through guaranteed prices for their produce, technical assistance to improve quality and output, and the Fairtrade premium which the producer groups decide what to do with, often using it for education and health care for their members' communities.
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  • 19 October 2022, Bytom, Poland: Olga Buzenovska (48) cleans a conference room in the evening at the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland parish in Bytom. Olga came to Poland as a refugee from Voznesensk in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine in March 2022. Today, she lives with her husband, daughter and granddaughter in a dormitory at the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland parish in Bytom, where she also works as a cleaner to earn an income. In Ukraine, Olga worked in sales at a bakery and bread factory. In the church dormitory, each part of the family has their own room, and they share a kitchen and playing room for children in the building’s basement with a couple of other refugee families. Olga’s two sons stayed in Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion, which started in February 2022. One of them has died in battle. [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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  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Social worker Júlia Andrási of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary works amid piles of donations for people in need, at her office at Mandák house, home to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary, Józsefváros district. Serving some of the poorest areas of Budapest, the parish in Józsefváros is an active congregation with regards to social work, and more than 100 people have volunteered to help organise and provide support for incoming refugees from Ukraine, following the beginning of a Russian invasion of the country on 24 February 2022. With the massive influx of refugees arriving daily in Hungary, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary is taking an active role in responding to the most urgent needs. [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.]
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220307_AH2_71...jpg
  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Social worker Júlia Andrási of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary works amid piles of donations for people in need, at her office at Mandák house, home to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary, Józsefváros district. Serving some of the poorest areas of Budapest, the parish in Józsefváros is an active congregation with regards to social work, and more than 100 people have volunteered to help organise and provide support for incoming refugees from Ukraine, following the beginning of a Russian invasion of the country on 24 February 2022. With the massive influx of refugees arriving daily in Hungary, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary is taking an active role in responding to the most urgent needs. [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.]
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220307_AH2_71...jpg
  • Raji (left) and Suganya work in a small shop making rubber grommets in Madurai, a city in Tamil Nadu state in southern India.
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  • Violet Kawelani, age 74, at work in her farm field in Zombwe, in northern Malawi.
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  • Violet Kawelani, age 74, at work in her farm field in Zombwe, in northern Malawi.
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  • Abed Alluh Namroty, a 21-year old Palestinian from Khan Younis, works on an electrical motor in a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-136.jpg
  • Ibrahim Al-Jelalah, a 20-year old Palestinian, works on an electrical motor in a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
    palestine-2011-jeffrey-gaza-134.jpg
  • Yofre Sanmartin, is working as the puller with a cutting team at work on an ASOGUABO organic banana farm in southern Ecuador.
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  • 31 January 2019, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia: In south central Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are helping young migrant returnees rebuild their lives through a project called Symbols of Hope. In a context where poverty can lead to desperation and the prospect of a different life can seem distant, Ethiopia has seen many young people chose to migrate, under the promise of an income big enough to share back home, and of a better, safer life. Some go to find employment in South Africa, others go to work in households in the Middle East. Yet the promises rarely turn out as proclaimed, and many have returned home traumatized, some even destitute, as they had given up whatever land they once owned to afford a plane ticket. At the heart of the Symbols of Hope project is the goal to build awareness about the risks involved in illegal migration, and to empower young people to find alternative ways of making a living through training in business development. [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.]
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190131_AH1_269...jpg
  • 31 January 2019, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia: In south central Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are helping young migrant returnees rebuild their lives through a project called Symbols of Hope. In a context where poverty can lead to desperation and the prospect of a different life can seem distant, Ethiopia has seen many young people chose to migrate, under the promise of an income big enough to share back home, and of a better, safer life. Some go to find employment in South Africa, others go to work in households in the Middle East. Yet the promises rarely turn out as proclaimed, and many have returned home traumatized, some even destitute, as they had given up whatever land they once owned to afford a plane ticket. At the heart of the Symbols of Hope project is the goal to build awareness about the risks involved in illegal migration, and to empower young people to find alternative ways of making a living through training in business development. [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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  • 6 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 43-year-old Iryna Holovach from Bucha, Ukraine, works at the rehabilitation centre of the Foundations for Generations in Bielsko-biała. A medical professional, Iryna fled the war in Ukraine before Bucha was occupied in early 2022, and now lives in Bielsko-biała with her three children (19, 18, and 16 years old). [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.]
    Poland-2023-Hillert-20230306_AH2_861...jpg
  • 7 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Social worker Julia Andrási (left) leads a volunteer worker coordination meeting at Mandák house, home to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary, Józsefváros district. Serving some of the poorest areas of Budapest, the parish in Józsefváros is an active congregation with regards to social work, and more than 100 people have volunteered to help organise and provide support for incoming refugees from Ukraine, following the beginning of a Russian invasion of the country on 24 February 2022. With the massive influx of refugees arriving daily in Hungary, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary is taking an active role in responding to the most urgent needs. [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.]
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220307_AH1_41...jpg
  • 27 February 2020, Ramallah, Palestine: 29-year-old Jihad Albaba, from the Am'ari Camp, works in a small shop in Ramallah, after graduating from studies in Telecommunication at the Lutheran World Federation vocational training centre in Ramallah. Here, she works on fixing the wifi functionality of a mobile phone. [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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  • Fatemeh Kavianpour, an immigrant from Iran, at work in a department store in Lakewood, Washington, on February 21, 2018. She was placed in her job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.
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  • Fatemeh Kavianpour, an immigrant from Iran, at work in a department store in Lakewood, Washington, on February 21, 2018. She was placed in her job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.
    usa-2018-jeffrey-tacoma-community-ho...jpg
  • Kang Uk Yi, an immigrant from South Korea, at work in a factory in Tacoma, Washington, on February 21, 2018. He was placed in his job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.<br />
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The factory manufactures large concrete beams for bridges and construction.
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  • Kang Uk Yi, an immigrant from South Korea, at work in a factory in Tacoma, Washington, on February 21, 2018. He was placed in his job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.<br />
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The factory manufactures large concrete beams for bridges and construction.
    usa-2018-jeffrey-tacoma-community-ho...jpg
  • Fatemeh Kavianpour, an immigrant from Iran, at work in a department store in Lakewood, Washington, on February 21, 2018. She was placed in her job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.
    usa-2018-jeffrey-tacoma-community-ho...jpg
  • 12 January 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco: Baker Said at work in his bakery in the area of Aset Ihiri in the Marrakesh Medina. The Marrakesh Medina, listed as a UNESCO World Heritate site, forms an old fortified city centre of narrow streets, shops and vendor stalls. The city of Marrakesh was founded in 1070-1072, and has long been a political, economic and cultural centre.
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  • A woman cleans up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. She is a participant in a United Nations funded cash for work program.
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  • A woman cleans up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. She is a participant in a United Nations funded cash for work program.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-266.jpg
  • Maryglen Roa (left), Jeanette Ayo and Maryann Lloveras clean up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. They are participants in a United Nations funded cash for work program.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-264.jpg
  • Maryglen Roa (left) and Jeanette Ayo clean up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. They are participants in a United Nations funded cash for work program.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-263.jpg
  • Participants in a cash for work program clean up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. The ACT Alliance has been active here and in affected communities throughout the region helping survivors to rebuild their homes and recover their livelihoods.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-261.jpg
  • Participants in a cash for work program clean up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. The ACT Alliance has been active here and in affected communities throughout the region helping survivors to rebuild their homes and recover their livelihoods.
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  • Jonalyn Caliñao digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Rony Bacuyan digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Virginia Baclean digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jonalyn Caliñao digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jaime Papiyona digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jaime Papiyona digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jaime Papiyona digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jaime Papiyona digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Michael Lariyon digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • A man digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Rebecca Villear, 65, helps clean up her community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse and plant material from agricultural canals as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
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  • A woman helps clean up her community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse and plant material from agricultural canals as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Their neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
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  • Ida Yabigail, 52, helps to clean up her community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Her neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
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  • Ida Yabigail, 52, helps to clean up her community following Typhoon Haiyan, removing refuse from blocked drainage ditches as part of a cash for work program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief, a member of the ACT Alliance. Her neighborhood in Ormoc, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte, was hit hard by the typhoon, known locally as Yolanda, in November 2013. LWR and other ACT Alliance members have been providing a variety of forms of assistance to survivors here.
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  • Students work in the cafeteria in the Lydia Paterson Institute in El Paso, Texas, where most of the students cross the border every day from their homes in Juarez, Mexico, to study at the United Methodist-sponsored high school. Many repay part of their scholarship by working in the cafeteria or helping to clean the school.
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  • Boys work weeding a field in Les Palmes, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with survivors of the 2010 earthquake, along with other residents, to experience more abundant life.
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  • Boys work weeding a field in Les Palmes, a rural village in southern Haiti where the Lutheran World Federation has been working with survivors of the 2010 earthquake, along with other residents, to experience more abundant life.
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  • Mahmoud Mohel Abu-Lebda teaches at a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
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  • Participants in the electrical course at a vocational training center in al-Qarara, in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by the Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee Work, part of the ACT Alliance, the center trains youth in residential and industrial electrical work..
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  • 6 March 2023, Bielsko-biała, Poland: 43-year-old Iryna Holovach from Bucha, Ukraine, works at the rehabilitation centre of the Foundations for Generations in Bielsko-biała. A medical professional, Iryna fled the war in Ukraine before Bucha was occupied in early 2022, and now lives in Bielsko-biała with her three children (19, 18, and 16 years old). [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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  • Toposa women work on the main road through Kuron, linking Toposa and Jiye tribes. The women have the traditional scarifications and piercings of their tribe.
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  • 27 February 2020, Ramallah, Palestine: 29-year-old Jihad Albaba, from the Am'ari Camp, works in a small shop in Ramallah, after graduating from studies in Telecommunication at the Lutheran World Federation vocational training centre in Ramallah. Here, she works on fixing the wifi functionality of a mobile phone. [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 February 2020, Ramallah, Palestine: 29-year-old Jihad Albaba, from the Am'ari Camp, works in a small shop in Ramallah, after graduating from studies in Telecommunication at the Lutheran World Federation vocational training centre in Ramallah. Here, she works on fixing the wifi functionality of a mobile phone. [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 February 2020, Ramallah, Palestine: 29-year-old Jihad Albaba, from the Am'ari Camp, works in a small shop in Ramallah, after graduating from studies in Telecommunication at the Lutheran World Federation vocational training centre in Ramallah. Here, she works on fixing the wifi functionality of a mobile phone. [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 February 2020, Ramallah, Palestine: 29-year-old Jihad Albaba, from the Am'ari Camp, works in a small shop in Ramallah, after graduating from studies in Telecommunication at the Lutheran World Federation vocational training centre in Ramallah. Here, she works on fixing the wifi functionality of a mobile phone. [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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  • Fatemeh Kavianpour, an immigrant from Iran, at work in a department store in Lakewood, Washington, on February 21, 2018. She was placed in her job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.
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  • Fatemeh Kavianpour, an immigrant from Iran, at work in a department store in Lakewood, Washington, on February 21, 2018. She was placed in her job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.
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  • Fatemeh Kavianpour, an immigrant from Iran, at work in a department store in Lakewood, Washington, on February 21, 2018. She was placed in her job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.
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  • Fatemeh Kavianpour, an immigrant from Iran, at work in a department store in Lakewood, Washington, on February 21, 2018. She was placed in her job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.
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  • Kang Uk Yi, an immigrant from South Korea, at work in a factory in Tacoma, Washington, on February 21, 2018. He was placed in his job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.<br />
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The factory manufactures large concrete beams for bridges and construction.
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  • Fatemeh Kavianpour, an immigrant from Iran, at work in a department store in Lakewood, Washington, on February 21, 2018. She was placed in her job with assistance from Tacoma Community House, a United Methodist Women-supported agency that helps new immigrants with language, employment and a variety of other services.
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  • 12 January 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco: Baker Said at work in his bakery in the area of Aset Ihiri in the Marrakesh Medina. The Marrakesh Medina, listed as a UNESCO World Heritate site, forms an old fortified city centre of narrow streets, shops and vendor stalls. The city of Marrakesh was founded in 1070-1072, and has long been a political, economic and cultural centre.
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  • Children are employed in a gravel quarry in northeast India.
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  • Robert Mana (9), left, and his brother Manaseh Banja (12), work their family's small agricultural plot as the sun rises in the Southern Sudan village of Ligitolo. Families here are rebuilding their lives after returning from refuge in Uganda in 2006 following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the north and south. These two boys are sons of the village's United Methodist pastor. NOTE: In July 2011, Southern Sudan became the independent country of South Sudan
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  • A woman cleans up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. She is a participant in a United Nations funded cash for work program.
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  • Maryglen Roa (left), Maryann Lloveras and Jeanette Ayo clean up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. They are participants in a United Nations funded cash for work program.
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  • Participants in a cash for work program clean up debris in Tacloban, a city in the Philippines province of Leyte that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. The storm was known locally as Yolanda. The ACT Alliance has been active here and in affected communities throughout the region helping survivors to rebuild their homes and recover their livelihoods.
    philippines-2014-jeffrey-typhoon-262.jpg
  • Rony Bacuyan digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jaime Papiyona digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jaime Papiyona digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jaime Papiyona digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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  • Jaime Papiyona digs a ditch for a water pipe as part of a cash for work program in the village of Cambayan in the Philippines province of Samar. The region was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Known locally as Yolanda, the storm left much of the community's infrastructure a shambles. Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, is helping the community rehabilitate its potable water system as well as build new toilets.
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