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  • Young girls using their mobile phone in rural Makurdi in Benue state. My QandA is mobile phone text service run by EVA where young people can ask questions about sexual health anonymously. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • As part of the HCT programme in rural Makurdi EVA staff hand out their flyer advocating their My QandA service. My QandA is mobile phone text service run by EVA where young people can ask questions about sexual health anonymously. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria. Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Chinyere is talking to a 12 year old girls fromLagos. The girls called rather than texted to ask if she can get Aids from hugging someone.  The help line programme is called My Question my Answer(MY QandA) and young people can ask any questions related to sexual health or relationships. Most questions are dealt with via text which is a free service but calls can also be made if the questions raised are too complicated or severe. Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • A girl is heading home in the dying light in rural Makurdi in Benue Sate, Nigeria.Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues. EVA runs a programme in the community called Window of Hope where children once a week meet to find support with each other and to receive psycho-social help. Many of the children are from HIV effected families and live precarious lives.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Young girls using their mobile phone in rural Makurdi in Benue state. My QandA is mobile phone text service run by EVA where young people can ask questions about sexual health anonymously. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • As part of the HCT programme in rural Makurdi EVA staff hand out their flyer advocating their My QandA service. My QandA is mobile phone text service run by EVA where young people can ask questions about sexual health anonymously. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Children waiting to have their finger pricked to draw blood to test them for HIV/Aids. Volunteer Blessing and Doofan process the 120 children efficiently and kindly. All tests proved negative. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Volunteer Blessing test the children for HIV/Aids in a school in rural Makurdi as part of EVA's EVA Youth World HCT programme. 120 children were tested and non of them positive. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Children are registered before having their HIV test. The children are all particular vulnerable, either single or double orphans or from families suffering fro terminal illnesses such as HIV. They come from the surrounding rural district near Makurdi. That day 120 children were tested, all negative. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria...Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Doofan Yende squeezes out a drop of blood from a child's finger to perform a HIV/Aids speed test. 120 children were tested in an afternoon, all of them proved negative. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Young girls made up for the night. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues. EVA runs a programme in the community called Window of Hope where children once a week meet to find support with each other and to receive psycho-social help. Many of the children are from HIV effected families and live precarious lives.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Young girls made up for the night. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues. EVA runs a programme in the community called Window of Hope where children once a week meet to find support with each other and to receive psycho-social help. Many of the children are from HIV effected families and live precarious lives.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Bridjet Mbahiga with her children. She is mother of 4 and runs a subsistence plot of land to feed the kids yams, agash and rice. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues. EVA runs a programme in the community called Window of Hope where children once a week meet to find support with each other and to receive psycho-social help. Many of the children are from HIV effected families and live precarious lives.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Children waiting to have their finger pricked to draw blood to test them for HIV/Aids. Volunteer Blessing and Doofan process the 120 children efficiently and kindly. All tests proved negative. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Chinelo is working on the support help line set up by EVA. The programme is called My Question my Answer(MY QandA) and young people can ask any questions related to sexual health or relationships. Most questions are dealt with via text which is a free service but calls can also be made if the questions raised are too complicated or severe. Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • The team and children after a HCT session in rural Makurdi. All 120 children turned out to be negative. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • EVA volunteers fill in the paper work with the results of the HIV tests. All 120 tested children turned out to be negative. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • A small girl and her friends are queuing up to be HIV tested as part of EVA's EVA Youth World HCT session in rural Markurdi.  EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Aongo, 5 years old, wait his turn to be HIV tested by Blessing and Doofan. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Aonga, 5 years old is greeted by EVA staff.  Aonga is one of 120 children to be tested for HIV. Aonga's test came out negative. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Doofan Yende, an EVA volunteer greets children coming to be HIV tested as part of EVA Youth World. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • EVA trains doctors,nurses and health workers in how to be more open and welcoming to young people so that young people will not be afraid of coming to see their GP about sexual health issues. .Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Carers of vulnerable children and EVA staff, Enock Nyakundi, a volunteer from Kenya work on a new constitution for the carer support group in rural Makurdi. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Volunteer Doofan read the outcome of a speed test on one of the 120 children at the HCT session. All 120 children turned out to be negative.  EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • A quick prick to the finger to draw blood to do a HIV speed test. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining about HIV/AIDS and how to protect oneself from being infected.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining about HIV/AIDS and how to protect oneself from being infected.
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  • The activist volunteer medic asleep in fornt of his first aid station outside the Natwest bank in St. Paul's Square.The London Stock Exchange was attempted occypied in solidarity with Occupy Wall in Street in New York and in protest againts the economic climate, blamed by many on the banks. Police managed to keep people away fro the Patornoster Sqaure and the Stcok Exchange and thousands of protestors stayid in St. Paul's Square, outside St Paul's Cathedral. Many camped getting ready to spend the night in the square.
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  • A first aid tent set up by protestors on one side of the square, outside Natwest Bank. The London Stock Exchange was attempted occypied in solidarity with Occupy Wall in Street in New York and in protest againts the economic climate, blamed by many on the banks. Police managed to keep people away fro the Patornoster Sqaure and the Stcok Exchange and thousands of protestors stayid in St. Paul's Square, outside St Paul's Cathedral. Many camped getting ready to spend the night in the square.
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  • Food distribution in the Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Food distribution in the Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • News paper clippings from the world day of action goes up on the Info Wall. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Muna Hassan is looking through news paper coverage of the actions which have taken place all over the world with fellow activists. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Campers looking through new paper coverage of the actions which have taken place all over the world. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Activists staying warm in their sleeping bags outside their tents whilst talking. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Activists staying warm in their sleeping bags outside their tents whilst talking. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • A mother and daughter ar emaking their way through the camp as a man is brushing his teeth. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Information Point - onthe corner of St Paul's Cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Information Point - onthe corner of St Paul's Cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Camping activists slowly waking up under a giant tarpaulin beside the main entrance to the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Camping activists slowly waking up under a giant tarpaulin beside the main entrance to the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Early wake-up. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Poster making, London Hug Exchange. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Poster making, London Hug Exchange. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Camping activists slowly waking up under a giant tarpaulin beside the main entrance to the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • The view into Pator Noster Square and the stock exchange - heavily police protected. Camping activists slowly waking up under a giant tarpaulin beside the main entrance to the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Camping activists slowly waking up under a giant tarpaulin beside the main entrance to the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • A manin a pin-striped suit making his way through the camp. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • A man from St Paul's cathedral making his way through the camp site. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. A women is keeping the square clean. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Posters and a tent tied onto the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Busy city workers passing the camp site. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • A man in a pin-striped suit is photographing the camp site. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. A women is keeping the square clean. The square has been renamed Tahrir Square after the square in Cairo. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. Many city workers make their way through the square to get to work. An activist is busking, playing to passers by asking for shares only. The square has been renamed Tahrir Square after the square in Cairo. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Campers looking through new paper coverage of the actions which have taken place all over the world. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • A police officer discussing with the chef from the make-shift kitchen whilst people are slowly waking up. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Breakfast in a make-shift kitchen. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Breakfast in a make-shift kitchen. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Breakfast in a make-shift kitchen. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Coffee made in a make-shift kitchen.Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Umbrellas hanging of a tree. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Umbrellas hanging of a tree. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Camping activists slowly waking up under a giant tarpaulin beside the main entrance to the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • An activist being interviewed by BBC Radio. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Camping activists slowly waking up under a giant tarpaulin beside the main entrance to the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Camping activists slowly waking up under a giant tarpaulin beside the main entrance to the cathedral. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Information Point, - both for visitors and media but also for camping activists to keep up with what is needed to be done nad what has been agreed in various meetings. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday.  The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Banner hanging between trees on the edge of the camp site. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Volunteer activists planning the day ahead. Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. A women is keeping the square clean. The square has been renamed Tahrir Square after the square in Cairo. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • A man is brushing his teeth in the door of his tent in the square with his back to the police protected Pator Noster Square.Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Early Monday morning..Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • Day three of the occupation - and the first Monday. Many city workers make their way through the square to get to work. An activist is busking, playing to passers by asking for shares only. The square has been renamed Tahrir Square after the square in Cairo. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement was formed in London in solidarity with the US based Occupy Wall Street. The movements are a respons and in anger to what is seen by many as corporate greed and a failed banking system being bailed out by the public, - which in return are suffering austerity measures to make up for the billions of lost money. The movement occupied the St Paul's Square in the City of London Sat Oct 15 after it failed to secure and occupy Pator Noster Square and the Stock Exchnage itself.
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  • The Kenya Society for the Blind is a long standing charity which works to make blind people able to function in the community as a whole. They support children in schools and supply them with Braille writers, specialist teachers,glasses for visually impaired,counseling and other much needed tools. .Three boys, blind and visually impaired, at the Kalimani Primary School, a regular school which they attend. The paper is a poem typed in Braille which they are going to read out at local college at an event with other blind children.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blind.The Kenya Society for the Blind is a long standing charity which works to make blind people able to function in the community as a whole. They support children in schools and supply them with Braille writers, specialist teachers,glasses for visually impaired,counseling and other much needed tools. .Three blind and visullay impaired girls at Kalimani Primary School, a regular school in which the girls attend regular class. The girls are friends and waiting to go on a tour to a local college to give a talk and read poems about their lives.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining about HIV/AIDS and how to protect oneself from being infected.Here a teacher is using a model of the female genitalia to explain the procedure to the young students, some of whom will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • The children records themselves singing. Mabanga Primary School Child To Child club where the children are learning IT and life skills. Hardly any of the children have ever seen a computer or laptop not to mention used one. Here the children learn using a simple word program, typing up text provided by the teachers running the work-shop. The text is about HIV/AIDS and through that the children also get to learn about HIV/AIDS and what that means. They also record themselves singing and get to play back the recordings so that they see themselves perform on video just made, which to many was an amazing experience.  ACE helped facilitate the donation of laptops from the charity Hands of Charity.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting Action in the Community Environment (ACE) in Bungoma, Kenya...Mabanga Primary School Child To Child club where the children are learning IT and life skills. Hardly any of the children have ever seen a computer or laptop not to mention used one. Here the children learn using a simple word programme, typing up text provided by the teachers running the work-shop. The text is about HIV/AIDS and through that the children also get to learn about HIV/AIDS and what that means. They also record themselves singing and get to play back the recordings so that they see themselves perform on video just made, which to many was an amazing experience.  ACE helped facilitate the donation of laptops from the charity Hands of Charity.  The children are amazed and laughing at listening to recording of themselves on the laptop.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting Action in the Community Environment (ACE) in Bungoma, Kenya...Mabanga Primary School Child To Child club where the children are learning IT and life skills. Hardly any of the children have ever seen a computer or laptop not to mention used one. Here the children learn using a simple word programme, typing up text provided by the teachers running the work-shop. The text is about HIV/AIDS and through that the children also get to learn about HIV/AIDS and what that means. They also record themselves singing and get to play back the recordings so that they see themselves perform on video just made, which to many was an amazing experience.  ACE helped facilitate the donation of laptops from the charity Hands of Charity.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining about HIV/AIDS and how to protect oneself from being infected.Here a teacher is using a model of the female genitalia to explain the procedure to the young students, some of whom will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting Action in the Community Environment (ACE) in Bungoma, Kenya...Proud students at Mabanga Primary School after IT class. ..Mabanga Primary School Child To Child club where the children are learning IT and life skills. Hardly any of the children have ever seen a computer or laptop not to mention used one. Here the children learn using a simple word programme, typing up text provided by the teachers running the work-shop. The text is about HIV/AIDS and through that the children also get to learn about HIV/AIDS and what that means. They also record themselves singing and get to play back the recordings so that they see themselves perform on video just made, which to many was an amazing experience.  ACE helped facilitate the donation of laptops from the charity Hands of Charity.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting Action in the Community Environment (ACE) in Bungoma, Kenya...Children are watching themselves on camera on the laptop...Mabanga Primary School Child To Child club where the children are learning IT and life skills. Hardly any of the children have ever seen a computer or laptop not to mention used one. Here the children learn using a simple word programme, typing up text provided by the teachers running the work-shop. The text is about HIV/AIDS and through that the children also get to learn about HIV/AIDS and what that means. They also record themselves singing and get to play back the recordings so that they see themselves perform on video just made, which to many was an amazing experience.  ACE helped facilitate the donation of laptops from the charity Hands of Charity.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting Action in the Community Environment (ACE) in Bungoma, Kenya...Mabanga Primary School Child To Child club where the children are learning IT and life skills. Hardly any of the children have ever seen a computer or laptop not to mention used one. Here the children learn using a simple word programme, typing up text provided by the teachers running the work-shop. The text is about HIV/AIDS and through that the children also get to learn about HIV/AIDS and what that means. They also record themselves singing and get to play back the recordings so that they see themselves perform on video just made, which to many was an amazing experience.  ACE helped facilitate the donation of laptops from the charity Hands of Charity.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is using a model of the female genitalia to explain the procedure to the young students, some of them who will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a group of midwives, who also perform the FGM, discuss how best to change the trditional way of rites of passage for girls to a less bloody and less dangerous way. They have all been through the procedure and has performed many themselves and are keen to change the tradition.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining the procedure to the young students, some of whom will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • Home from Home is an organisation which provides homes for children. The children are all vulnerable, some orphans or from broken homes,some living with HIV/AIDS and from the local community.  The homes only have up to 6 children, there will be one woman running the house as a mother would, 24 hours providing the children with a sense of family. Here counsellor Charlotte McLea visits one of the homes and chat to the children. Charlotte McLea does weekly weekly visits to all families to make sure every thing is going well and many of the children bond with her closely.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a group of midwives, who also perform the FGM, discuss how best to change the trditional way of rites of passage for girls to a less bloody and less dangerous way. They have all been through the procedure and has performed many themselves and are keen to change the tradition.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining the procedure to the young students, some of whom will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • A teacher uses a model of the female genitalia to explain the procedure of FGM to the young students, some of them who will soon be facing their own rite of passage. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  lifelong medical and psychological implications. <br />
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It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is a theater group also works with local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting Action in the Community Environment (ACE) in Bungoma, Kenya...A boy is dressed to be circumcised. 24 hours before the actual ritual of circumcision boys will cover themselves with ash and a blanket and not go to school.  Male circumcision is practiced in Bungoma area and is often a serious health issue. The circumcision is often done with non-sterile knives and the knife is often used on many boys increasing the risk of transmitable deceases like HIV/AIDS.
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  • Dhaka, Bangladesh. .The Stars Foundation visiting CSID..Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) is a charity working for intergrating disabled children into mainstream society. Rasel, living near the  railway tracks in Tejgaon. Rasel is hearing impaired but CSID has provided hime with hearing aid, school uniform and the school fees. Rasel want to be either a police man or a lawyer when he grows up. He lives with his mother and father and CSID has helped his fatehr set up a vegetable shop to help them raise their income and to keep Rasel from begging or working.
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  • In a field in Auchterarder, near Gleneagles.  Demonstrators  take down the first fence and rush into a field to get to the perimeter fence surrounding the Gleneagles Hotel, housing the G8 leaders+.  Riot police on horse backs and aided by the Royal Air Force succesfully manages to stem the flow.
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