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1) Children play at the Dandora dump site in Nairobi, Kenya. Featured from the 2012 Photoshare Photo Contest © 2012 Micah Albert / Pulitzer Center, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 832-285.
2) In Thailand, a primary school student nicknamed "Woot" drinks from the water spout after a lunch of curry in his school's cafeteria. The students at this provincial school in Si Saket Province (the country's poorest) are fortunate to have clean drinking water available thanks to cooperation between community leaders and NGO support; most of the children in this province do not. Featured in the 2006 Photoshare Photo Contest. Credit: © 2006 Connelly La Mar, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 2006-466.
3) Wikimedia image called 'The joy of the gift' features school girls from Lambarene, Gabon in 2014. Photographer: Dokoran. Used with Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
4) Wikimedia image titled 'Summer Fun' submitted by 'Author' Nosha from Pennington, New Jersey, USA, in 2009. Used with the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License.
5) Rural children burst into laughter in front of an Indian marigold field at Pasnkura in West Bengal, India. Forming self help group in the area to cultivate export quality flowers is a grand success which helps to improve financial condition of the poor villagers. © 2011 Sudipto Das, Courtesy of Photoshare ID 1227-522.
6) Wikimedia image features two local girls enjoying the Arzu Studio Hope garden and playground in Dragon Valley, west of the town of Bamyan, in Afghanistan on June 20, 2012. Women enrolled the Arzu program receive higher-than average compensation for their work as rug weavers, and are required to attend literacy classes. They also have access to day care for their children, hot water to wash clothes, a kitchen, and a garden where they can grow their own vegetables and herbs. Older children attend classes before and after weaving the rugs. Photo ID: 614490 image was released by photographer Ken Scar, via the US Army, to Wikimedia and is in the public domain.
7) Wikimedia photo submitted by 'Author' Yoavd in 2008 shows school girls in Drijat, Israel. Photo released by photographer into the public domain.
8) At a Sustainable Development Exhibition 'Planète mode d'emploi' in Paris. Posted on Wikimedia by photographer Eurobas in 2009. Used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
9) A malnourished child plays with a volunteer of Soleterre NGO in Bangui, Central African Republic. Highlighted in the 2012 Photoshare Photo Contest. Photographer: Emiliano Albensi © 2012 Emiliano Albensi/Albefotografiche.net, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 7786-24.
10) A smiling girl colors with crayons while waiting to be vaccinated in Mexico. Date taken: December 31, 1992 © 1993 Patricia Poppe, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 71-120.
11) A group of young women in India train as rural health workers and disaster preparedness organizers in their villages. The training program was set up using funds provided as part of the tsunami relief programs through ACT International. Featured in the 2007 Photoshare Photo Contest © 2007 Sean Hawkey, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 2007-265.
12) A group of Filipino children gather together for a picture expressing their happiness after watching a concert presented at the Batu Batu Naval Base on a neighboring island near Tawi Tawi. The concert was connected to the Hospital Ship USNS Mercy. Mercy's stop in Tawi Tawi is the third operational port during its humanitarian deployment to South and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Mercy provides medical and humanitarian assistance needs, providing a range of services ashore as well as aboard the ship. The medical staff is augmented with an assistance crew, many of whom are part of non-governmental organizations that have significant medical capabilities. Photographer: Edward G. Martens, released to public domain in 2006.
13) Wikimedia photo features a Gambian girl smiling form Serekunda. This image is considered one of this website's finest images. Posted in 2008 by Ferdinand Resu, in the public domain.
14) Wikimedia image, from 2010, features Deborah Falch, a Pre-Dental Society member from the University of California, San Diego, embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy, playing with a Cambodian child during a community service event at the Happy House Children's Center in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Photographer Edie Harrison, released to public domain.
15) A 2013 Wikimedia image features a 14-year-old-boy who wants to be a doctor when he’s older. For now, he’s a peer educator at a UNICEF school in the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. Aid from the UK is helping UNICEF provide education for over 1,000 children, as well as training teachers, and providing educational supplies to schools. Photographer: Russell Watkins from the UK Department for International Development, used with the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Licensce.16) A female child in Bangalore, India. Featured in the 2013 Photoshare Contest. Credit: Photographer: Nanda Kumar © 2013 A Fantasy traveler, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 15399-2.
THANKS again to Photoshare and Wikimedia Commons.
2) In Thailand, a primary school student nicknamed "Woot" drinks from the water spout after a lunch of curry in his school's cafeteria. The students at this provincial school in Si Saket Province (the country's poorest) are fortunate to have clean drinking water available thanks to cooperation between community leaders and NGO support; most of the children in this province do not. Featured in the 2006 Photoshare Photo Contest. Credit: © 2006 Connelly La Mar, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 2006-466.
3) Wikimedia image called 'The joy of the gift' features school girls from Lambarene, Gabon in 2014. Photographer: Dokoran. Used with Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
4) Wikimedia image titled 'Summer Fun' submitted by 'Author' Nosha from Pennington, New Jersey, USA, in 2009. Used with the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License.
5) Rural children burst into laughter in front of an Indian marigold field at Pasnkura in West Bengal, India. Forming self help group in the area to cultivate export quality flowers is a grand success which helps to improve financial condition of the poor villagers. © 2011 Sudipto Das, Courtesy of Photoshare ID 1227-522.
6) Wikimedia image features two local girls enjoying the Arzu Studio Hope garden and playground in Dragon Valley, west of the town of Bamyan, in Afghanistan on June 20, 2012. Women enrolled the Arzu program receive higher-than average compensation for their work as rug weavers, and are required to attend literacy classes. They also have access to day care for their children, hot water to wash clothes, a kitchen, and a garden where they can grow their own vegetables and herbs. Older children attend classes before and after weaving the rugs. Photo ID: 614490 image was released by photographer Ken Scar, via the US Army, to Wikimedia and is in the public domain.
7) Wikimedia photo submitted by 'Author' Yoavd in 2008 shows school girls in Drijat, Israel. Photo released by photographer into the public domain.
8) At a Sustainable Development Exhibition 'Planète mode d'emploi' in Paris. Posted on Wikimedia by photographer Eurobas in 2009. Used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
9) A malnourished child plays with a volunteer of Soleterre NGO in Bangui, Central African Republic. Highlighted in the 2012 Photoshare Photo Contest. Photographer: Emiliano Albensi © 2012 Emiliano Albensi/Albefotografiche.net, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 7786-24.
10) A smiling girl colors with crayons while waiting to be vaccinated in Mexico. Date taken: December 31, 1992 © 1993 Patricia Poppe, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 71-120.
11) A group of young women in India train as rural health workers and disaster preparedness organizers in their villages. The training program was set up using funds provided as part of the tsunami relief programs through ACT International. Featured in the 2007 Photoshare Photo Contest © 2007 Sean Hawkey, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 2007-265.
12) A group of Filipino children gather together for a picture expressing their happiness after watching a concert presented at the Batu Batu Naval Base on a neighboring island near Tawi Tawi. The concert was connected to the Hospital Ship USNS Mercy. Mercy's stop in Tawi Tawi is the third operational port during its humanitarian deployment to South and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Mercy provides medical and humanitarian assistance needs, providing a range of services ashore as well as aboard the ship. The medical staff is augmented with an assistance crew, many of whom are part of non-governmental organizations that have significant medical capabilities. Photographer: Edward G. Martens, released to public domain in 2006.
13) Wikimedia photo features a Gambian girl smiling form Serekunda. This image is considered one of this website's finest images. Posted in 2008 by Ferdinand Resu, in the public domain.
14) Wikimedia image, from 2010, features Deborah Falch, a Pre-Dental Society member from the University of California, San Diego, embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy, playing with a Cambodian child during a community service event at the Happy House Children's Center in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Photographer Edie Harrison, released to public domain.
15) A 2013 Wikimedia image features a 14-year-old-boy who wants to be a doctor when he’s older. For now, he’s a peer educator at a UNICEF school in the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. Aid from the UK is helping UNICEF provide education for over 1,000 children, as well as training teachers, and providing educational supplies to schools. Photographer: Russell Watkins from the UK Department for International Development, used with the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Licensce.16) A female child in Bangalore, India. Featured in the 2013 Photoshare Contest. Credit: Photographer: Nanda Kumar © 2013 A Fantasy traveler, Courtesy of Photoshare ID: 15399-2.
THANKS again to Photoshare and Wikimedia Commons.