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  • Youngsters playing football on street in Santi Spiritus, Cuba.
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  • Children playing on the street of the colonial town of Trinidad, Cuba, listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.
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  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Palestinian child Murad is five years old. At the age of one, he was diagnosed and treated for Hepatoblastoma, a rare malignant liver cancer occurring in infants and children. Today, he is at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem for a CT Scan and follow up. Here, playing with Sarah Faroun from Bethany, one of the hospital nurses.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district. Here, playing with her English teacher Abeer Shahin. Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today Bayan attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Palestinian child Murad is five years old. At the age of one, he was diagnosed and treated for Hepatoblastoma, a rare malignant liver cancer occurring in infants and children. Today, he is at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem for a CT Scan and follow up. Here, playing with Sarah Faroun from Bethany, one of the hospital nurses.
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  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Palestinian child Murad is five years old. At the age of one, he was diagnosed and treated for Hepatoblastoma, a rare malignant liver cancer occurring in infants and children. Today, he is at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem for a CT Scan and follow up. Here, playing with Sarah Faroun from Bethany, one of the hospital nurses.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200224_AH1_353...jpg
  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Palestinian child Murad is five years old. At the age of one, he was diagnosed and treated for Hepatoblastoma, a rare malignant liver cancer occurring in infants and children. Today, he is at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem for a CT Scan and follow up. Here, playing with Sarah Faroun from Bethany, one of the hospital nurses.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200224_AH1_352...jpg
  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Palestinian child Murad is five years old. At the age of one, he was diagnosed and treated for Hepatoblastoma, a rare malignant liver cancer occurring in infants and children. Today, he is at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem for a CT Scan and follow up. Here, playing with Sarah Faroun from Bethany, one of the hospital nurses.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Children of resident staff at Scott Hospital playing at the hospital grounds. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Children of resident staff at Scott Hospital playing at the hospital grounds. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • 2 March 2017, Morija, Maseru district, Lesotho: Children of resident staff at Scott Hospital playing at the hospital grounds. Scott Hospital is run by the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa and is a founding member of the Christian Health Association of Lesotho. It is located in the village of Morija, and operates and supervises clinics in the Maseru District of Lesotho. Scott started out as a dispensary in 1864, and today offers comprehensive healthcare Mondays-Fridays, as well as pharmaceutical services around the clock. Lesotho suffers from high numbers in Tuberculosis in disesase and mortality, and so the hospital screens all patients for TB. The hospital observes among many patients what they describe as ”low health-seeking behaviour”, services are increasing and demand rising, but space and human resources are a challenge, as is funding. I key concern is one of infrastructure, where the original design of the hospital matches poorly with current needs, as departments and buildings are scattered, posing a challenge for security. Another challenge is to adapt donation structures, so as to be able to receive payments electronically. The hospital has one ambulance, which they describe as not enough, but what they have. Another challenge is that lack of funds affects maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, as the immediate care of patients take priority. PLEASE NOTE: This photo is not to be used in social media.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Iulia Cojocari, a civil engineer and volunteer worker from Moldova, helps a young boy play with pieces of lego at a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Two children play games at a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Children play a game of Dobble at a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Volunteer workers Anita Schweighoffer from Pápakovácsi, Hungary, (right) and Fanni Micskei play games with a boy visiting a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A girl plays in an open courtyard at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Volunteer worker Anita Schweighoffer from Pápakovácsi, Hungary, plays with a boy visiting a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A boy plays games to pass the time at  a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A mother joins to see children play in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: A young boy plays with pieces of lego at a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Volunteer worker Anita Schweighoffer from Pápakovácsi, Hungary, plays with a boy visiting a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220306_AH2_66...jpg
  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Children play at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Paulina (centre) from Ukraine looks on as four and six-year-old sisters Regina (right) and Paulina (left) play in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. Regina With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People play cards in a shelter in central Kyiv, after air raid alarms sounded across the city in the afternoon of 10 October.
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  • 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People play cards in a shelter in central Kyiv, after air raid alarms sounded across the city in the afternoon of 10 October.
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  • 23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Children play at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: Four and six-year-old Ukrainian sisters Regina (right) and Paulina (left) play in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. Regina With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Paulina (centre) from Ukraine looks on her daughters play in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. Regina With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Paulina (centre) from Ukraine looks on as four and six-year-old sisters Regina (right) and Paulina (left) play in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. Regina With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
    Hungary-2022-Hillert-20220309_AH1_44...jpg
  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: 25-year-old volunteer worker Fanni Micskei looks on as a boy works on a drawing at a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Volunteer worker Dorisz Nagy from Budapest waits to distribute snacks and drinks at a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary: Iulia Cojocari, a civil engineer and volunteer worker from Moldova, helps a young boy to some snacks and drinks at a newly established support centre for Ukrainian refugees, run by Hungarian Interchurch Aid at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Hungarian Interchurch Aid offers support to refugee families from Ukraine, who in many cases have to wait several days for onward travel from the airport in Budapest. At the support centre, HIA provides food supplies, diapers and other necessities for children, some toys to play with for the children, as well as simple accommodation for families at the airport or in nearby hotels.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays while his mother waits for him to finish, in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_353...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_352...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_350...jpg
  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Children play a game of 'mirroring', whereby one of them leads and the other has to mimmick what she is doing. This, during a psychosocial support session for Syrian refugee children and Jordanian host communities, led by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Children play in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 18 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: Ten-year-old Saja (right) instructs 15-year-old Rena Almaharmeh (left) on how to play the keyboard in the Talent Room of Rufaida Al Aslamieh Primary Mixed School in the Sahab district. The school serves more than 1,000 students from kindergarten up to 10th grade, most of them girls from Jordan but also some from Syria and other countries, and, in the lower grades, also boys. With support from the Lutheran World Federation, the school has refurbished its rooms and buildings and introduced a 'Talent Room' in order to nurture the children's creativity. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools.
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  • 18 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 15-year-old Rena Almaharmeh (left) receives instruction from ten-year-old Saja (right) on how to play the keyboard in the Talent Room of Rufaida Al Aslamieh Primary Mixed School in the Sahab district. The school serves more than 1,000 students from kindergarten up to 10th grade, most of them girls from Jordan but also some from Syria and other countries, and, in the lower grades, also boys. With support from the Lutheran World Federation, the school has refurbished its rooms and buildings and introduced a 'Talent Room' in order to nurture the children's creativity. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Children play in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH1_164...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
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  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_695...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_696...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_695...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_694...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_352...jpg
  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: A group of girls play a game during a psychosocial support session for Syrian refugee children and Jordanian host communities, led by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200216_AH2_330...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Children play in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_348...jpg
  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: A group of girls play a game during a psychosocial support session for Syrian refugee children and Jordanian host communities, led by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200216_AH2_329...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Children play in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_346...jpg
  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Children play a game of 'mirroring', whereby one of them leads and the other has to mimmick what she is doing. This, during a psychosocial support session for Syrian refugee children and Jordanian host communities, led by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200216_AH2_324...jpg
  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Children play a game of 'mirroring', whereby one of them leads and the other has to mimmick what she is doing. This, during a psychosocial support session for Syrian refugee children and Jordanian host communities, led by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200216_AH2_325...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Children play in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_343...jpg
  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Two girls play a game of 'mirroring', whereby one of them leads and the other has to mimmick what she is doing. This, during a psychosocial support session for Syrian refugee children and Jordanian host communities, led by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200216_AH1_151...jpg
  • 18 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: Ten-year-old Saja (right) instructs 15-year-old Rena Almaharmeh (left) on how to play the keyboard in the Talent Room of Rufaida Al Aslamieh Primary Mixed School in the Sahab district. The school serves more than 1,000 students from kindergarten up to 10th grade, most of them girls from Jordan but also some from Syria and other countries, and, in the lower grades, also boys. With support from the Lutheran World Federation, the school has refurbished its rooms and buildings and introduced a 'Talent Room' in order to nurture the children's creativity. This type of learning environment is otherwise rare in Jordanian public shools.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200218_AH1_220...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH1_168...jpg
  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy plays while his mother waits for him to finish, in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Children play in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: Children play in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
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  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
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  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_694...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_693...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_693...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_692...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_692...jpg
  • A nine-year-old Palestinian boy plays in the rubble, after part of his family home has been demolished in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
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  • 18 September 2015, Cienfuegos, Cuba: Young men play chess at a cafe in Cienfuegos.
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  • 9 September, Havana, Cuba: Children play on the street outside their home in Havana.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A child plays in the lap of its mother in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district of northern Uganda. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Ugandan schools were closed for two consecutive years. In the same period, LWF World Service has observed an increase in teenage pregnancies, with 1 in every 3 girls aged 15-18 now either being pregnant or having given birth to a child. The issue is not limited to refugee settlements, as the same trend is seen both in refugee settlements and among host communities. And while the problem is not new, two years of pandemic has meant a dramatic increase, from formerly 1 in every 5 girls.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: The child of a teenage mother plays in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district, Uganda. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Ugandan schools were closed for two consecutive years. In the same period, Lutheran World Federation World Service has observed an increase in teenage pregnancies, with 1 in every 3 girls aged 15-18 now either being pregnant or having given birth to a child. The issue is not limited to refugee settlements, as the same trend is seen both in refugee settlements and among host communities. And while the problem is not new, two years of pandemic has meant a dramatic increase, from formerly 1 in every 5 girls. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: The child of a teenage mother plays in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district, Uganda. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Ugandan schools were closed for two consecutive years. In the same period, Lutheran World Federation World Service has observed an increase in teenage pregnancies, with 1 in every 3 girls aged 15-18 now either being pregnant or having given birth to a child. The issue is not limited to refugee settlements, as the same trend is seen both in refugee settlements and among host communities. And while the problem is not new, two years of pandemic has meant a dramatic increase, from formerly 1 in every 5 girls. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Obongi district, Uganda: A child plays at the Iboa Health Centre, Obongi district of northern Uganda, where the Lutheran World Federation in collaboration with Medical Teams International provide support to malnourished refugee children and mothers.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Lesia Drobot plays with her 1-year-old child Milana at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A bot plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl looks up in surprise, as she plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Four-year-old Lana, from Gaza, plays, sitting in one of the windows of the paediatric ward at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. With the support of the Lutheran World Federation, Lana has come to the hospital to spend a full month there, in order to go through radiotherapy treatment for a brain tumor.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A bot plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200217_AH2_346...jpg
  • 4 December 2017, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: A man plays the drums as part of an orchestra outside the Global Village area of ICASA 2017. The 19th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) 2017 gathers thousands of researchers, medical professionals, academics, activists and faith-based organizations from all over the world, all looking to overcome the HIV epidemic and eliminate AIDS as a public health threat.
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  • 4 December 2017, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: An orchestra plays outside the Global Village area of ICASA 2017. The 19th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) 2017 gathers thousands of researchers, medical professionals, academics, activists and faith-based organizations from all over the world, all looking to overcome the HIV epidemic and eliminate AIDS as a public health threat.
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  • 24 May 2022, Manychskaya, Russia: Two refugee boys from the Donbas area of Ukraine sit down for a game of chess in their room at the Russian Orthodox Children’s Shelter in honor of Saint Paraskeva in the village of Manychskaya, in southwest Russia. The shelter currently offers accommodation to a few dozen refugees from the Donbas region of Ukraine, in addition to its regular work in housing and accompanying so-called social orphans — children whose parents are alive and known, but who are currently unable to take care of their children on their own. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, the Shakhty diocese (Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) receives refugees mainly from the area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. Close to a million people — most of them women and children — have fled from Ukraine to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: A newborn child, 7 days old today, sleeps in its new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: A newborn child, 7 days old today, sleeps in its new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Paulina from Ukraine and her 4-year-old daughter Paulina spend time in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Paulina from Ukraine and her 4-year-old daughter Paulina spend time in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary:
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary:
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Lesia Drobot and her 1-year-old child Milana at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Lesia Drobot and her 1-year-old child Milana at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugee woman Lesia Drobot and her 1-year-old child Milana at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Veľký Slavkov, Slovakia: Slovakian-born pastor Drahus Oslik holds one-year-old child Milana, a refugee child from Ukraine now staying at a repurposed youth centre in Veľký Slavkov. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Slovakia in search of refuge, and many are being hosted by local parishes around Slovakia, until they can find more permanent accommodation.
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  • 6 March 2022, Budapest, Hungary:
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  • 24 May 2022, Manychskaya, Russia: Two refugee boys from the Donbas area of Ukraine sit down for a game of chess in their room at the Russian Orthodox Children’s Shelter in honor of Saint Paraskeva in the village of Manychskaya, in southwest Russia. The shelter currently offers accommodation to a few dozen refugees from the Donbas region of Ukraine, in addition to its regular work in housing and accompanying so-called social orphans — children whose parents are alive and known, but who are currently unable to take care of their children on their own. Following the eruption of war in Ukraine, many refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine have taken refuge across the border in neighbouring Russia. Located close to the border, the Shakhty diocese (Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate) receives refugees mainly from the area of Donbas, the majority of whom are women and children. Close to a million people — most of them women and children — have fled from Ukraine to Russia according to mid-May figures from the United Nations (UNHCR) following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district. Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today she attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district. Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today she attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district. Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today she attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl touches her forehead after having a small star attached there by her nanny at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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