House of Music Hungary (Magyar Zene Haza), contemporary music hall, Budapest, Hungary

Tranquility Park, downtown Houston, Texas, United States of America

Elevated view of traffic and tram on major street during daytime, Hondori, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan

Employees lighting hundreds of lanterns scattered around the site for night tours of Hegra, UNESCO, AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia

Solar panels in a fishing camp on a bank of Lake Eyasi, Tanzania

Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon) skyline with colorful house, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Pink lotus flower candles symbolising human growth and development, at the Thean Hou Temple, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Wa-arusha girl holding a Bible in N'giresi village, Tanzania

Wood painting workshop at Dar Sanaa, Arts and Crafts school, Tetouan, Rif mountains, Morocco

View of the apartments in Bispekaia at dusk, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Children bringing coffee cherries to a coffee washing station, Rutsiro district, Northern province, Rwanda, East Africa, Africa

Sewell Mining Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chile, South America

Elevated view of traffic and tram on major street during daytime, Hondori, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan

Peanut production factory, workers sorting peanuts by size and quality, Tan Chau, Vietnam

Aerial of the Island of Mozambique, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mozambique, Africa

Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Microfinance and saving group in Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception church, Tohoue, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Adult literacy class in Mitro, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Women selling their goods on the colourful Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Mountain scenery along the road from Massawa to Asmara, Eritrea, Africa

Karst limestone scenery surrounding a village in Yangshuo, near Guilin, Guangxi Province, China, Asia

Community water project tap, Taveta District, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Cat at window of clapboard creole cottage home in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, USA

Traditional clapboard creole cottage home in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Traditional bright colour clapboard creole cottage home in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, USA

Traditional clapboard creole cottage home and stars and stripes flag in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, USA

Traditional bright clapboard creole cottage home with front stoop in Faubourg Marigny historic district of New Orleans, USA

A community theatre at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The theatre is used to spread educational and health messages out into the local community.

A community garden in a new housing development near Macquarie Pass National Park, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A community garden in a new housing development near Macquarie Pass National Park, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Caucasian mother and son watering plants in garden

Portrait of neighbors sitting on front stoop holding plants

Hispanic couple planting in raised garden

Hispanic couple planting in raised garden

Portrait of neighbors holding plants near house

Neighbors planting in raised garden

Caucasian mother and son watering plants in garden

Caucasian mother and son watering plants in garden

Quechua woman holding basket of potatoes and wearing traditional clothing and hat in Misminay Village, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Quechua men in traditional clothing with musical instruments in performance at El Parador de Moray, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Sewing cloths to make souvenirs. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Quechua man of Misminay village wearing traditional woven poncho and knitted ch'ullu hat; Sacred Valley, Peru.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Sewing cloths to make souvenirs. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Quechua woman weaving cloth in village of Misminay, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Basket of naturally dyed alpaca yarn for weaving cloth in Misminay Village, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Naturally dyed alpaca yarn for weaving cloth hanging to dry; Misminay Village, Sacred Valley, Peru.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Drummer welcoming visitors to Misminay village; Sacred Vally, Peru.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Taking care of the children. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Sewing cloths to make souvenirs. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Sewing cloths to make souvenirs. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Weaving traditional Quechua cloth in Misminay Village, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Portrait of a battered women. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Quechua woman weaving cloth in Misminay Village, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Quechua woman weaving cloth in Misminay Village, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Sewing cloths to make souvenirs. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Taking care of the children. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

School for children to learn. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Quechua woman wearing traditional clothing and hat in Misminay Village, Sacred Valley, Peru.

Sewing cloths to make souvenirs. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Sewing cloths to make souvenirs. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Portrait of a battered women. Afrikable spanish NGO in Lamu island Kenya. This association tries to empower women who have been victims of abuse. By making souvenirs that are later sold in the village store and the schooling of their children.

Inhabitants of a mountain village building a road with the assistance of an aid organisation, they want to link their village to the main road to allow economic development in the community, Bordes, Leogane, Ouest Department, Haiti, Caribbean, Central Ame

Inhabitants of a mountain village building a road with the assistance of an aid organisation, they want to link their village to the main road to allow economic development in the community, Bordes, Leogane, Ouest Department, Haiti, Caribbean, Central Ame

Fairways framed by housing estate at the La Noria Golf Resort. Aerial view. Drone shot. Málaga province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

The La Hacienda Links Golf Resort at the Mediterranean Sea with the Rock of Gibraltar (British) in the distance. Aerial view. Drone shot. Cádiz province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Monrovia, Liberia - September 19, 2007: Children selling snack food on the beach in the the fishing community of West Point in the Liberian capital of Monrovia which is one of the poorest slums in West Africa and suffers from overcrowding, lack of facilities, unemployment and garbage. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipped and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.

Monrovia, Liberia - September 18, 2007: Children skipping in the street in the fishing community of West Point in the Liberian Capital of Monrovia. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipped and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Mforo, Tanzania a village near Moshi, Tanzania. Solar Sister entrepreneur Fatma Mziray and her eldest daughter Zainabu Ramadhani, 19 cook lunch in her kitchen house using both a clean cookstove using wood and one using coal. One of her younger daughters, Nasma Ramadhani, age 5 helps out. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Aerial view of new homes under construction near Greenville SC

Aerial view new cluster homes in Chattanooga, TN

Neighbourhood, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada

Bangladesh, Chittagong Division, Rangamati, United Nations Mother and Child health clinic in Chakma community of remote area of Barkal Upazila.

Bangladesh, Chittagong Division, Comilla, BRAC students in a primary classroom with peer marking.

Bangladesh, Chittagong Division, Comilla, BRAC students in a primary school classroom.

Aerial view of residential housing development