My Sister's Keeper. Akon Village, Sudan.

My Sister's Keeper is a faith-inspired, multi-racial, collective of women who work together to lend sisterly assistance to communities of women in various locations throughout the World. At present, we are focused on supporting the aspirations of women in the African country of Sudan. It is our hope that our way of working together will inspire other small groups of women to form sisterhoods that support the hopes of women who dare dream in the face of dire socioeconomic conditions. Such is the essence of My Sister's Keeper. My Sister Keepers Website.

This photo project focuses on the Akon School for girls established by MSK and their daily lives in the evening.

THANKS!

Jess

www.mskeeper.org

The following images are from the My Sister's Keeper school in Akon Village, Sudan. The student's are full of energy and eager to learn. It was a privilege working with this project to accomplish these images.

After school the students return back to their village where they continue to work around the house with other women family members.

The RAISE Initiative. Columbia University and Marie Stopes International

"Access to reproductive health care is a basic human right. Yet integrated and fully comprehensive reproductive health services are not the norm in most emergency settings. People are displaced from their homes for many reasons, and an overwhelming number of preventable deaths and illnesses related to reproductive health affect populations in crisis. The people within these affected communities require reproductive health care. Our sense of global responsibility demands that we address their urgent need." Raise Initiative Website

www.raiseinitiative.org...photos are up!!!!

The RAISE Initiative, in conjunction with International Rescue
Committee are training clinicians, nurses and doctors on AIDS prevention,
sanitation,proper medical use, etc...
Implementing the teachings at the clinician workshops will help improve
the lives of women, children, and adolescents in crisis situations. Here are the
results of such measures, including health education for adolescent
girls, prevention, improved clinical facilities, etc..

Implementing the teachings at the clinician workshops will help improve the lives of children, adolescents and mothers in crises situations. Here are the results of such measures, including, health education for adolescent girls, prevention, improved clinical facilities, etc...