Collective Lens Photos

Imagine a versatile telecommunications network connecting people to a caring human network.

nobody@collectivelens.com (kmca) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:52:59 EDT

Community Voice Mail has grown into a national network which connects more than 40,000 phoneless people annually to the resources they need to restore dignity and stability to their lives. Photo by Rajiv Kapoor

Colombian Displaced Children

nobody@collectivelens.com (Nukanti Foundation) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:35:32 EDT

Displaced children in Cazuca, one of the most populated and dangerous slums in Bogota, Colombia.

Displaced Children in Apartado, Colombia

nobody@collectivelens.com (Nukanti Foundation) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:30:50 EDT

Displaced Afro-Colombian youth on the Atlantic coast.

Women selling sea shells at Kanyakumari (India)

nobody@collectivelens.com (chandan77) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:02:28 EDT

Bright sun or scorching heat, you will always find her passing smiles at the tourists. Always ready for a pose, her livelihood depends on the tourists buying sovereigns for their loved ones. With the galore of shells spread around her space, she earns for the day, not bothered by tomorrow. As if it does not exist !

Fishing at Kovalam Beach, Kerela (India)

nobody@collectivelens.com (chandan77) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:57:50 EDT

A group of fishermen casting their nets early morning at the Kovalam beach in Kerela (India). The arduous process of casting a single net and claiming the catch takes around 2-3 hours. First the group of men claim the boat from shore and move it manually towards the waves. Endless wait for the right wave in hot sun sets the boat in motion. A big round by a few boatmen in the vast sea, while other wait to claim the boat back to the shore after the catch. Result - a meager catch auctioned to the hoteliers by the beach. The catch is shared equally by the group of all helpers and sailors.

Gypsy

nobody@collectivelens.com (TANERKILINC) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:47:12 EDT

"Do You See What I See?" - Refugee children photograph their own lives

nobody@collectivelens.com (UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:08:25 EDT

© Idalina, 16 years old, Osire refugee camp, Namibia. "Do You See What I See?" - Refugee children photograph their own lives: This picture is part of a UNHCR photography project, carried out with the assistance of a professional photographer Brendan Bannon. The project is entitled "Do you see what I see?", and gives refugee children the opportunity to learn how to use a camera and have the opportunity to give the world a vivid, emotional look into their lives. "See refugee life through the voices and visions of children, who are experts on their own lives." Brendan Bannon To see more of the kids' pictures and those taken by photographer Brendan Bannon during the workshop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/unhcr/collections/72157617167524699/

Life in a Refugee Camp

nobody@collectivelens.com (UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:51:17 EDT

Because there are no regular schools at the Teknaf site, refugee children from Burma read the Koran in a madrassa, or religious learning institute. © UNHCR/G.M.B.Akash/June 2006 Life in a Refugee Camp: Children's access to education is a primary concern in refugee camps. Courses offered in these schools normally follow the curriculum in the refugees' country of origin, using familiar languages of instruction. In countries where repatriation cannot be foreseen in the immediate future, consultations are then held among host governments, refugee representatives and UNHCR to see if a "mix" of subjects incorporating elements in both the studies programs of the countries of origin and the host government can be offered to the refugee children. Unfortunately, the programs for children are the first to be cut when a lack of funding compels UNHCR to cut down on assistance programms. Sometimes, the even stage is reached that only ?life-sustaining activities? can be carried out in the camps. The see more about "Life in a Refugee Camp": http://www.flickr.com/photos/unhcr/sets/72157613974422537/

Dismissed

nobody@collectivelens.com (Kyle Feenstra) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:18:33 EDT

I had my students in Canada exchange letters with students from this school in Uganda. When I visited the school a year later the students were away for the holidays but their names had been scratched into the clay walls of their classrooms. It was incredible to just walk through the abandoned rooms and read the inscriptions they had left behind.

Esther

nobody@collectivelens.com (Kyle Feenstra) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:46:13 EDT

Former student in Bujumbura Burundi.

children playing in open sewer

nobody@collectivelens.com (wimbi - kids view water) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:48:01 EDT

open sewer, kibagare slum, nairobi, kenya

Um Ziefa

nobody@collectivelens.com (ExhibitDarfur) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:33:51 EDT

Brian Steidle captured this photo while flying over a Darfuri Village in December 2004.