
While sticking to its traditions, Myanmar is opening up to the world
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City life in
Stonetown (Zanzibar) |
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Harvesting coconuts
(Tanzania) |
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House construction in
Northern Mozambique |
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Looking for a job in Puno (Peru) |
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Puno and the Titicaca-lake
at night (Peru) |
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Queuing for safe water
in Metoro (Mozambique) |
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Securing water for the
household (Mozambique) |

The Andean cock-of-the-rock
is the national bird of Peru |
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The diversity of rain forests
provide sustainable
livelihoods (Peru) |
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The incas built terraces
for food (Peru) |

“Strong economy, strong social programme” (Zambia) |
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One shop, many rice varieties
(Vietnam) |

Aid effectiveness –
not an easy job (Burkina Faso) |

Waiting for water
(Madagascar) |
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Cutting cane suger in Mauritius:
hard work, small income |

Mounting wild animals for
display provides jobs (South Africa) |

A spoon of rice makes the difference (Madagascar) |
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Firewood - backbone of rural
energy supply (Benin) |

Burkina Faso is on the move |

Reconstruction in Kottucherrymedu (India) after the Tsunami
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Organic prawn production in India |
Aluminum waste is recycled
by a village foundry in
Ambatolampy (Madagascar) |
Water taps are used to inform
about HIV/AIDS (Zambia) |
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Self-employed sand artist in
Umdloti (South Africa) |
A cooperative effort brings
solutions (Burkina Faso) |
The informal economy
secures livelihoods
(Burkina Faso) |
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A boy cleans shoes in
Burkina Faso. Child labour
is a source of income
and a symptom of poverty |
Games at the beach of
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) |

Public phones in the
streets of Maputo,
Mozambique. Communication
is a basic need everywhere |
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Youth playing street games in Maputo, Mozambique |
Domestic migrants settle
in the river bed in front
of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India |
A fisher woman of
Veerampattinam (India),
one of the villages hard
hit by the tsunami. |
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A sausage booth at the
Osh market in Bishkek
(Kyrgyz Republic) |
A Sarvodaya pre-school
in the village of Jayanthi
Gama (Sri Lanka) |
Street ads in New Delhi (India) |
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A Vietnamese boy reading in
a book shop |
A VA Vietnamese family looking
after doves of peace |
A butcher in the old city
of Agra (India) |
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A traditional suspension
bridge in Nepal |
The daily hurry to board
the bus (Bangladesh) |
Rice planting in Sri Lanka |
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CarCarriage of empty water tins
in the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Planting of seedlings after dry season (Mali) |
Transport of water bottles in Haiphong, Vietnam |
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