 Making bricks in Pakistan.
(SDC/Zalmaï Ahad)            
                        
            DEZA Zalmaï Ahad
        
                    
                Making bricks in Pakistan.
(SDC/Zalmaï Ahad)            
                        
            DEZA Zalmaï Ahad        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Looking for recyclable military material in Hué, Vietnam.
(SDC/Daniel Schwartz)            
                        
            DEZA/Daniel Schwartz
        
                    
                Looking for recyclable military material in Hué, Vietnam.
(SDC/Daniel Schwartz)            
                        
            DEZA/Daniel Schwartz        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Street scene in Egypt, 1999.
(SDC/Samer Mohdad)            
                        
            DEZA Samer Mohdad
        
                    
                Street scene in Egypt, 1999.
(SDC/Samer Mohdad)            
                        
            DEZA Samer Mohdad        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Bila Tservka model prison in Ukraine, supported by the SDC, 2005.
(Keystone/Sigi Tischler)
        
                    
                Bila Tservka model prison in Ukraine, supported by the SDC, 2005.
(Keystone/Sigi Tischler)            
                    
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Drawing water from a well in Mali, 1994.
(SDC/Zalmaï Ahad)            
                        
            DEZA /Zalmaï Ahad
        
                    
                Drawing water from a well in Mali, 1994.
(SDC/Zalmaï Ahad)            
                        
            DEZA /Zalmaï Ahad        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     A nurse in Romania pays a home visit.
(SDC/Silvia Voser)            
                        
            DEZA/Silvia Voser
        
                    
                A nurse in Romania pays a home visit.
(SDC/Silvia Voser)            
                        
            DEZA/Silvia Voser        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Studying horticulture in Botswana, 1994.
(SDC/WHO)            
                        
            DEZA/OMS
        
                    
                Studying horticulture in Botswana, 1994.
(SDC/WHO)            
                        
            DEZA/OMS        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Studio at Gaza TV, Palestine, 1998.
(SDC/Thomas Kern)            
                        
            DEZA/Thomas Kern
        
                    
                Studio at Gaza TV, Palestine, 1998.
(SDC/Thomas Kern)            
                        
            DEZA/Thomas Kern        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Roadbuilding in Rangoon, Myanmar, 1992.
(SDC/Daniel Schwartz)            
                        
            DEZA/Daniel Schwartz
        
                    
                Roadbuilding in Rangoon, Myanmar, 1992.
(SDC/Daniel Schwartz)            
                        
            DEZA/Daniel Schwartz        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Young man with amputated leg in Inbaminga, Mozambique, 1993
(SDC/Daniel Schwartz)            
                        
            DEZA/Luc Chessex
        
                    
                Young man with amputated leg in Inbaminga, Mozambique, 1993
(SDC/Daniel Schwartz)            
                        
            DEZA/Luc Chessex        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Reconstruction in Kosovo, 2000.
(Keystone/Meinrad Schade)            
                        
            Keystone
        
                    
                Reconstruction in Kosovo, 2000.
(Keystone/Meinrad Schade)            
                        
            Keystone        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Teacher with adult students, Mali, 1994.
(SDC/Zalmaï Ahad)            
                        
            DEZA Zalmaï Ahad
        
                    
                Teacher with adult students, Mali, 1994.
(SDC/Zalmaï Ahad)            
                        
            DEZA Zalmaï Ahad        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Kindergarten in Nicaragua
(SDC/Olivia Heussler)            
                        
            DEZA/Olivia Heussler
        
                    
                Kindergarten in Nicaragua
(SDC/Olivia Heussler)            
                        
            DEZA/Olivia Heussler        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Training workshop for street children, in Elbasan, Albania, 2004.
(Keystone/Photopress/Yoshiko Kusano)            
                        
            Keystone
        
                    
                Training workshop for street children, in Elbasan, Albania, 2004.
(Keystone/Photopress/Yoshiko Kusano)            
                        
            Keystone        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     A home in Libanon
(SDC/Samer Mohdad)            
                        
            DEZA/Samer Mohdad
        
                    
                A home in Libanon
(SDC/Samer Mohdad)            
                        
            DEZA/Samer Mohdad        
            
    
                 
                            
                    
    
    
     Seamstress in Lima, Peru, 2002.
(Keystone/Yoshiko Kusano)
        
                    
                Seamstress in Lima, Peru, 2002.
(Keystone/Yoshiko Kusano)            
                    
    
                 
                         
         
     
    
 
    
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