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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 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. Simon is visually impaired but is attending regular class.
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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. Edwin is blind but goes to a regular school, the Kalimani Primary School. Here he is using an abacus as a means to work out his maths.
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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. Edwin is working his maths in class. Ewin is blind but goes to a regular school, the Kalimani Primary School. Here he is using an abacus as a means to work out his maths.
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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. .Here one of the teachers interact through talk and touch with Steven, who is blind but goes to a regular school, Kalimani Primary School.
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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. .A Braille multiplication table used in Kilimani Primary School in Nairobi.
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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. .KSB fund the running costs of a specialist unit at Mbagathi Hospital, a state run hospital in Nairobi. The unit perform cataract operations on a regular basis, here a woman partially blind on both eyes is having the first of two new lenses put in instead of her own lenses, an operation performed by Dr Kipet. The operation takes 10-15 minutes and the patients are usually send home again after one night and will be able to see again almost immediately.
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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. Nancy is visually impaired and needs very strong glasses, provided for by one of KSB's partners.
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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. Nicole, who has recently become totally blind is reading Braille but otherwise attending a regular class at the Kalimani Primary School.
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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. .Here a technician at Kilimani Primary school in Nairobi is servicing Braille writers.
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  • A cataract operation underway. A cataract can be replaced in under ten minutes and can give the patient full recovery of their vision. 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. .KSB fund the running costs of a specialist unit at Mbagathi Hospital, a state run hospital in Nairobi. The unit perform cataract operations on a regular basis, here a woman partially blind on both eyes is having the first of two new lenses put in instead of her own lenses, an operation performed by Dr Kipet. The operation takes 10-15 minutes and the patients are usually send home again after one night and will be able to see again almost immediately.
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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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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor and Sue Hayman, Shadow Environment secretary. In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • John McDonnell, SHadow Chancellor speaks in support of the ban and the protest. In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • John McDonnell, SHadow Chancellor and Sue Hayman, Shadow Environment secretary. In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • In connection with a debate on banning fur import to Britain in Parliament Open Cage and Humane Society International held a demonstration outside Parliament to draw attention to the continued use of fur in Britain inspite of fur production is banned in Britain. The campaigners want all sale of fur banned.
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  • Adib, seen reflected in the train window came to to Denmark as a refugee from Syria a year ago. Now he is a volunteer at Copenhagen Airport train station helping refugges in getting to Sweden. Here he waves goodby to a family on their last leg to Swden and safety. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers sort through donated clothes and food and other supplies to arriving refugees on trains from Germany. Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers sort through donated clothes. Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers sort through donated clothes. Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers sort through donated clothes. Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers on the read at CPH Airport train station. The train only stops briefly on the way to Sweden and the volunteers try to supply refugees on board with food and drinks in the short time they have before the doors will shut again.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • A refugee family on their way to Sweden and safety on a train from Copenhagen. Volunteers can be seen in the reflection. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Collection point at CPH Airport tarin station.. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers at a collection point at CPH Airport trains station.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Collection point at CPH Airport train station.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Adib, seen reflected in the train window came to to Denmark as a refugee from Syria a year ago. Now he is a volunteer at Copenhagen Airport train station helping refugges in getting to Sweden. Here he waves goodby to a family on their last leg to Swden and safety. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • A volunteer at CPH Airport train station communicate through a locked door with refugees onboard to make sure they are alright. The train is on the way to Sweden and safety.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Young refugees on the train to Sweden from Denmark.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • A Swedish volunteer and Afghan refugees on their way on a train to Sweden and safety.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers at CPH Central station help refugees onboard a train to Sweden and safety.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • A young refugee on the train to Sweden from Denmark.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Amar from Syria shows her war scar. Amar has travelled from Syria with her three siblings and father, her mother stayed behind because she is wheel chair bound due to a war injury.  They are about to board a train to Sweden and safety. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers making lunch packs. Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • A monopoly game laid out, selling off public services..The Health and Care Bill has been passed by Parliament and is due to go to the House of Lords. In protest against the bill which aim to deconstruct and privatise large parts of the NHS UK Uncut activists together with health workers and trade unionists blocked the Westminster Bridge from 1pm til 5.30pm.
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  • A young boy greets refugees arriving at the station from Syria. Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Volunteers sort through donated clothes. Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • The train only stops briefly on the way to Sweden and the volunteers try to supply refugees on board with food and drinks in the short time they have before the doors will shut again.  This train has got babies onboard and baby supplies are called for. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Father Muhammed from Syria with three of his 4 children on the train to Sweden and safety.  His wife is wheel chair bound due to loosing a leg during bombings and she had to stay behind.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Father Muhammed from Syria with three of his 4 children on the train to Sweden and safety.  His wife is wheel chair bound due to loosing a leg during bombings and she had to stay behind.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Toys and fresh clothes, on the loggage rack of a Sweden bound train, donated by Danes to Syrian refugees on their way to Sweden and safety. Help point at Copenhagen Central Station. An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • Mona, a volunteer at CPH Central station sees Fahed and her family off to Sweden. Fahed has travelled from Syria with her three siblings and father, her mother stayed behind because she is wheel chair bound due to a war injury.  An unprecedented number of refugees arrived from Germany in early September, most being Syrian war refugees, some from Afghanistan. Most wanted to travel on to Sweden and a number of Danish citizens created a spontanious network to assist the refugees with travel, food, clothes and psycological support.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting the Kenya Society for the Blinds
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  • A cleaner in Kowloon, near the bus terminal and the Star Ferry termnal.  The streets of Hong Kong are kept clean by an army of street cleaners, many elderly men and women.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • 8 men dressed in tuxedos and wearing pigs heads tried to join the Lord Mayor's Banquet in London, pointing out that the banquet is for the 1 % of society and not the 99%. "The 8 distinguished members of the Willindon club were then forced to seek sustenance at Occupy LSX.
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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..Children and mothers at an Inclusive Pre-School where children both disabled and not are prepaired for going to school in the Adabor/Mohammadpur area. The project is supported by Save the Children International.
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  • Hong Kong (??; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • A man rests and sort out his right shoe on a walk way crossing a busy road in Central.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Filipino women sit and chat and share food on a walk way across a busy main road in Central on a Sunday, their weekly day off.  Hong Kong has a huge population of Filipinos, mostly woman who work as domestic workers in the business community. Most of the women have no private accomodation so on their days off Central Hong Kong is heaving with women who meet in puclic to socialize. <br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Filipino women sit and chat in the street in Central on a Sunday, their weekly day off.  Hong Kong has a huge population of Filipinos, mostly woman who work as domestic workers in the business community. Most of the women have no private accomodation so on their days off Central Hong Kong is heaving with women who meet in puclic to socialize. <br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • The view of tower blocks in Hong Kong Central, seen from Victoria Peak.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • A trendy shop called Homeless with a queue of lunchers waiting to get to their favorite noodle shop.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • A woman discusses an order with a shop keeper in Central.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • A cobbler at work in Mid-Levels.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • A woman carries collected card board for recycling past a bles Porche to a collection point down the steep streets in Mid Levels.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Men at work.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • A series of escalators run from the top of the Mid Levels high above the city centre all the way down to the harbor side in Hong Kong Central in the morning bringing thousands of commuters to work. The escaltors change directions at ten am to bring people back up the steep hill the rest ofthe day and night. <br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • A woman waters the grass in Central.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • A man walks with a big bunch of flowers in Central.<br />
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Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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  • Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China since the hand-over from the United Kingdom in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systsems".  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it the most vertivcal city in the world. Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies. The Hong Kong civil society is highly regulated but has at the same time one of the most lassiez-faire economies with low taxation and free trade. Civil unrest and political dissent is unusual but in 2014 the Umbrella Movenment took to the streets of Hong Kong demanding democracy and universal suffrage. 93 % are ethnic Chinese, mostly Cantonese speaking.
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