Indian children learning English at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian family making bricks made from mud clay at Khore Bricks Factory, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian villager with herd of goats in village near Ranthambore in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian villager leading herd of goats in village near Ranthambore in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian women shopping, street scene at Tambaku Bazar in Jodhpur Old Town, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian children at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Fathers with children on cycles in crowded street scene during holy Festival of Shivaratri in city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian schoolboys and girls walking to school at Doeli in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Muslim woman and child travel by rickshaw in crowded street scene in city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Muslim family group at Khas Mahal Palace built 17th Century by Mughal Shah Jehan for his daughters inside Agra Fort, India

Indian Hindu schoolchildren at state school at Kaparda village in Rajasthan, Northern India

Happy Indian children in typical Rajasthani village of Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian villagers by farm smallholding near Ranthambore in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian schoolgirls in school uniform at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian children learning English at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Young Indian boy celebrating annual Hindu Holi festival of colours with powder paints in Mumbai, formerly Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Indian women shopping, street scene at Tambaku Bazar in Jodhpur Old Town, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian Hindu schoolchildren at state school at Kaparda village in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian women shopping, street scene Tambaku Bazar in Jodhpur Old Town, Rajasthan, Northern India

Child, Mother Teresa's Mission, Calcutta, India.

Cree Indian child, First Nation Canadian, in traditional costume with face painted at heritage display in Regina, Canada

A mother carrying her child and queuing for food handouts withother women at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

Mother Teresa talking with a poor woman and her child from a Red Cross minibus in Calcutta, India

Poor women queuing for food at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

Poor women queuing for food at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

Indian boy, Haridwar, India, Asia

Pataxo Indian people at the Reserva Indigena da Jaqueira near Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Jama Masjid (Jama Mosque), Old Delhi, Delhi, India, Asia

Jama Masjid (Jama Mosque), Old Delhi, Delhi, India, Asia

Street scene in city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian woman out shopping carrying child walks past clay water pots on sale in old town Udaipur, Rajasthan, Western India,

Indian schoolboy attending school at Doeli in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian family three generations with pregnant young wife by auto rickshaw in Sadri town in Pali District of Rajasthan, Western India

Hindu pilgrims queue to visit Vishwanatha Temple (Birla Temple) during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Muslim woman and child in rickshaw in Old Delhi, India

Men holding hands and muslim women with child in gardens at Humayuns Tomb, in New Delhi, India

Tarahumara Indian mother and child, Copper Canyon train, Mexico, North America

Teenage girl, Tala, Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Indian child at home in Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian schoolchildren attending school at Doeli in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Teenage girl, Tala, Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Fathers with children on cycles in crowded street scene during holy Festival of Shivaratri in city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Street scene in city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Child clipping and finishing carpet, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Young boy curiously looking through an old antique door, Moroni, Grand Comore, Comoros, Indian Ocean, Africa

Fathers with children on cycles in crowded street scene during holy Festival of Shivaratri in city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian villagers near Ranthambore in Rajasthan, Northern India

Portrait of a young Indian girl, Manali, Himachal Pradesh state, India, Asia

Indian boy near Bago, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Muslim woman and child out shopping in city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Boy wrapped against the chill morning, Delhi, India

Indian people on crowded train at Bharatpur, Northern India

Female agricultural workers at Jaswant Garh in Rajasthan, Western India

Indian children in back of TATA truck at Mehrauli, New Delhi, India

Man and child on ferry, Delhi, India

Portrait of a child dancer in the fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Indian children in back of truck at Mehrauli, New Delhi, India

Rear view of cheerful father holding his son on neck standing on tropical sand beach, Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Cree Indian child, First Nation Canadian, in traditional costume with face painted at heritage display in Regina, Canada

Schoolchildren on Delhi to Mumbai National Highway 8 at Jaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian boy at Agra Fort, 17th Century residence of Great Mughals and Mughal fort in Agra, Northern India

Portrait of a child dancer in the fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Tarahumara Indian child and house, Mexico, North America

View of National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

Sand for building recovered from the Tiracol River, Goa, India, Asia

Lucknow train station, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Girl, Tala, Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Indian boys in western clothes at Vishwanatha Temple (Birla Temple) during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Man holding child in ancient building fronting the famous Ghats by The Ganges River in Holy City of Varanasi, India

Mother and child, Shey, Ladakh, India, Asia

Street scene in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian pow wow, Sqylax, British Columbia, Canada, North America

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

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

India. Dancing girls. 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

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister bincy joseph.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

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

Portrait of a young Yagua Indian girl, Iquitos, Amazon, Peru, South America

Portrait of a young Yagua Indian girl, Iquitos, Amazon, Peru, South America

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister jane thennattil (director).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

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

India. Sister bincy joseph aruviyil serving, during mealtime at the 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

Chile. Mapuche indian girl, chol chol, near temuco

India - health: boy under mosquito net, kerala

India - environment: children carrying firewood. Mattappatty village, tamil nadu

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the girls school.

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

Guatemala mayan indian girl of chajul, el quiche, wearing her traditional dress

Guatemala qeqchi women and children at sechin village, peten

Darjeeling school children. School children at tibetan childrens village, darjeeling, india. A tibetan doesnt know tibetan language is like a bird with only wing

India visits to post, tsunami site in srayickadu kollom, kerala, where cnewa funds relief efforts through the social services office of the syro, malankar church. Family of shaji gobal (47), fisherman, his wife jayasree (38) and their surviving daughter shinthu (15). They lost their other daughter, chikku (17) in the disaster. Note that the new house which they are in was built and donated by the matha amrithanandamayi mssion ashram, as were 1300 other houses in the area. Cnewa had managed to build one house during the 13 months since the disaster. Sp1140194

Peru. Children in traditional costume dancing at yanque, colca canyon

India. Mealtime at the 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

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

Donkeys, historic town of Lamu founded by Moslem Arab traders from the Persian Gulf in the 7th century, Lamu Island, Indian Ocean coast, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Peru. Children in traditional costume dancing at yanque, colca canyon

Guatemala child of chajul, el quiche

Cakchikel indian, Solola, Guatemala, Central America

India children healthy vegetables and traditional seeds of horse, red, cow, and finger millet. Alaganahalli village, kolar, karnataka

Reflections, child care center, dharamsalla, india. Achieving a human rebirth is as rare precious as finding a wishfulfilling .,seventh dalai lama, meditations on ways of impermanenc