African girl, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Agboli-Agbo Dedjlani, Abomey, Benin, Africa

Boy working in Aleka Gamid Gidey painting workshop, Zege peninsula, Lake Tana, Gondar region, Ethiopia, Africa

Wore African school classroom, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Schoolgirl, African primary school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African child in the countryside, Tori, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Portrait of young African child, smiling and looking at the camera, Kagenyi Camp, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Village of Goulisoo, Oromo country, Welega state, Ethiopia, Africa

Water chore in an African village, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Ugandan child outside his home, Bweyale, Uganda, Africa

African school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African child sponsored by an NGO, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Nigerian locals at tribal gathering cultural event at Port Harcourt in Nigeria, West Africa

African child, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Schoolchildren learning about coffee, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

African child in the countryside, Tori, Benin, West Africa, Africa

African girl, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African girl in village with baby, Talpia, Zambia, Africa

African children, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Woman with an African child, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African girl, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Wore African school classroom, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

An African mother and her children, Tori, Benin, West Africa, Africa

African children in village, Talpia, Zambia, Africa

African children, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African girl, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Young Muslim boys, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

African boy, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African boy, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African boy praying, Cotonou, Benin, West Africa, Africa

African children, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Young boy holding flowers at the flower market on Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

African children, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African boy, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Children eating an African meal, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African schoolchildren, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Young patient in an African hospital, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African child blessed by a priest, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Children in costume and with masks, Mardi Gras festival, Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Yaruba with tatoo knifed on cheek, nigeria, afric

Marabou stork and a Ugandan woman with her child in Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda.

Young Xhosa boys playing football on a hill near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Young Xhosa boys playing football on a hill near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Young Xhosa boys playing football on the hills near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows solar powered lamps in a refugee camp near Chikwawa.

Ghana children bolgatanga

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

Ghana breast feeding bongo, bolgatanga

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

Benin woman and child of dassari n materi (north- benin)

African girl carrying baby on back, Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows A Medicin Sans Frontieres clinic in Makhanga testing local people for malaria, many of whom proved positive for the disease, as a result of the drying up flood waters providing ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows displaced people in Baani refugee camp near Phalombe, preparing pumpkin flowers to eat.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows A Russian Mi8 helicopter being used by the United Nations, World Food Program to deliver food aid to areas still cut off by the flooding, around Bangula and Mkhanga.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows displaced people dividing up food aid in a refugee camp near Phalombe.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a drainage pipe that was washed away near Chikwawa.

Watatulu tribal mother & child, tanzania. Mwankale

Hardest hit was a 650 kilometers stretch of the somali coastline between garacad (mudung region) and xaafuun (bari region), which forms part of the puntland province near the horn of africa. The tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Ghana woman feeding twins bongo, bolgatanga

Ethiopia boys chanting geez prayers. Mihur eyesus orthodox monastery, gurage

Watatulu tribal family, tanzania. Mwankale

Ghana children bolgatanga

Food, ethiopia. Saint mary’s catholic school, addis ababa. A mainstream elementary and secondary school, it has a small wing for special needs children, which is featured here. Betty and her mother feleku (on left) who helps with preparing food at the center. Other parents participate in rotation

Burundi nduwamahoro, active non,violence peace building project, supported by sciaf. In the home of grandmother ntezahorigwa pelagie, 60. The family preparing food: taking beans from their pods, cleaning peas and peeling cassava, their staple diet.

Ghana woman feeding bongo, bolgatanga

Education, ethiopia. Elementary school at meki

Ghana woman feeding bongo, bolgatanga

Kenya woman & child of kibera, nairobi

South sudan toposa village near narus

Religion, ethiopia. Temple of yeha, c5th bc. Boy and priests showing off manuscripts at the small yeha museum

Ethiopia science class for 10th grade at the lazarist catholic high school addis ababa

Burundi woman breast feeding baby. Gitera.

South sudan toposa village near narus

Zambia girl in front of her house, shangombo

Uganda at the home of nakabugo betty, kisoga village, kayunga district. breast feeding her baby. kayunga district

South sudan mother and child at community celebration at toposa tribal village of naboliyatom, nanyangacor.

Ethiopia catholic elementary school at adaga, irop, tigray

Ghana mother malnourished children bongo, bolgatanga

Uganda boys digging a pit latrine, and hauling up the dirt with a winch and small bucket. kayunga district

Ethiopia science class for 10th grade at the lazarist catholic high school addis ababa

Burundi small children carrying even smaller children. Gitera.

South sudan toposa village near narus

Zambia 7-year-old constance mabo of chikwela village, chongwe, with her grandmother rita, in front of her house

Zambia kaunga mashi village, shangombo district (near the angolan border). Seed distribution project by catholic relief services. Face of farmer waiting to receive free seeds to grow crops. This follows 2 years of serious famine in the region

Ghana midwife measuring stomoch of pregant woman at a mother/child health clinic bongo, bolgatanga

Ghana children eating luncg supplied by crs bolgatanga

South sudan lutaya primary school, constructed and financed by jesuit refugee services since 2005, yei. lesson taking place in one of the classrooms. some classes have over 100 children. most classes do not have desks or seats. children often bring their own stools to sit on

Kenya. Primary school children of christ the king catholic school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital

South sudan mother & child, toposa at nanyangacor

Ghana woman feeding twins bongo, bolgatanga

Kenya. Christ the king catholic secondary school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

Burundi boy carrying sugar cane, gitera.

Burundi woman drinking water from a standpipe, gitera.

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital .malnourrish child

Zambia girls hoeing field together. Kaunga mashi, shangombo district. The area had suffered drought and severe food shortages during the previous 2 years

Yaruba kids, nigeria, afric

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a railway line that was washed away in Bangula.

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