1194-1969 - Namibia children, many of whom aids orphans positive themselves at bernard nordkamp (youth) center, katatura, a black township of windhoek, (dating from apartheid)
1194-2558 - Vietnam unexploded ordnance, both bombs dropped by americans and land mines laid by both sides during the vietnam war, remain a big problem in central vietnam for children and adults alike. in response, crs has implemented a mine risk education program in quang tri province near the former khe sanh battlefield. this image shows the yard of a scrap metal merchant in tan hop. 80% of the steel comes from bombs, either exploded or unexploded. collecting and selling scarp metal has for long been an income for many poor people in the area
1194-1804 - Bangladesh ajizul hoque and his grandmother shahera khatun with their harvest of okra, or ladies fingers kumargati village, mymensingh region
1194-364 - Colombia single mother with her children, barrancabermeja. Beautiful people, but they are extremely poor, and the children both suffer from malnutrition and stunted growth. She often does not send them to school becasue they are too hungry
1194-1798 - Bangladesh a group of women of the garo tribal minority attend a session of instruction about fish farming from a specialist at haluaghat, mymensingh region
1194-518 - Ethiopia procession of monks at the abuna garima monastery, tigray, during the visit of his holiness, patriarch paulos, who used to be a monk at the monastery
1194-2257 - India. Small home of hindu family, omana radhara krishnan (mother) and her daughters rashmi (14) and maya (11). They will soon get a better house thanks to house building project funded by cnewa and implemented by diocese of kottayam social services in villages of wayanad district, kerala. 2007
1194-2249 - India. Nuns and girls at prayer. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007
1194-2247 - India. Girls working in vegetable plot. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007
1194-2259 - India. Niranam syrian orthodox church, one of eight founded by st. Thomas after 52 ad, kerala. The new gothic church, early 20th century. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad
1194-1005 - Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east
1194-2288 - India. Pilgrimage to malayattoor, a hill which saint thomas the apostle is believed to have climbed around 55 ad, leaving his footprints at the top. It is a major pilgrim centre for christians as well as hindus and moslems, who believe the trip can cure them of physical and mental disease. Kerala. Statue of thomas in the lower church
1194-690 - Tanzanian line of buckets waiting to be filled by a slow tap at a water distribution point in kansay, near ngorongoro. They will carry the bucket of water upto 3 miles each way to and from their homes.They And their families suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water
1194-313 - Religion, ethiopia. 64-year-old meregeta zewde tadesi, a scribe who was trained in gondar, writing a prayer book, bilbala village, near lalibela. A detail of the master writing. He always squats on his haunches and writes on his knee, in the traditional style
1194-2265 - India. Kokkamamngalam syro-malabar catholic church, one of the 8 said to have been founded by saint thomas. Altar shows wooden model of ship in which he arrived. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad
1194-2276 - India. The syro-malabar church, founded by saint thomas, at palayur, kerala. Above altar. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad
1194-2254 - India. Study and reading time. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007
1194-32 - CAMBODIA Katot village, inhabited by the Prov tribal group, Stung Treng district. DPA cultural centre built by DPA and financed by SCIAF. Village elder, Nom Boun (79) playing his flute
1194-308 - Religion, ethiopia. Na’akuto la’ab church, 7 kms from lalibela, built in a cave. The priest showing some of the church’s treasures: an old painting, gondar style
1194-2268 - India. Kokkamamngalam syro-malabar catholic church, one of the 8 said to have been founded by saint thomas, as it is today, constructed in the 19th century. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad
1194-9 - CAMBODIA Scavenger Soun Srey Thouch searching for recyclable materials on Phnom Penh's Mean Caeay garbage dump, with sons Khoeun Sovan (8) and Khoeun Sanja (10)