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AIDS and malaria | Child exploitation | Global food crisis | Darfur | Congo


Request photos and b-roll related to the Haiti earthquake in 2010

Downtown Port-au-Prince
Downtown Port-au-Prince, six weeks on from quake. ©2010 Ashely Jonathan Clements/World Vision

Mother comforts her earthquake injured daughter at Peace Hospital, Port-au-Prince
Mother comforts her earthquake injured daughter at Peace Hospital, Port-au-Prince. ©2010 Jon Warren/World Vision

Food distribution
Food distribution, Enaf, part of a multi-camp distribution. ©2010 Malcom Wilton/World Vision

World Vision's Child-Friendly Spaces
Josephine Lubin ,6 (right), Dabiola Vonane Previlon, 6 (left) with Alexandre Noladia, animator at World Vision's Child-Friendly spaces. ©2010 Madeline Wilson/World Vision


Videos: AIDS, malaria

B-roll of children and families affected by the AIDS pandemic.
See B-roll of children and families affected by the AIDS pandemic.
A story of malaria
World Vision's David Scheiman comments on the devastating effect of malaria.
Request photos and b-roll related to AIDS or malaria.

Other videos:
DRC survivors | AIDS crisis: Maggie’s story | AIDS Vigil 2007 | Rich Stearns at UN 2007

Photos: Child exploitation

Niger is one of many countries where girls marry before age 15.
A 13-year-old bride is marrying a 38-year-old man in Niger, in accordance with tradition. ©2008 Ann Birch/World Vision

A child soldier in northern Uganda.
Around the world, an estimated 250,000 children are involved in armed conflicts. ©2005 Jon Warren/World Vision
Request photos related to child exploitation.

Photos: Global food crisis

A young boy in a refugee camp in Southern Africa eats rice.
A young boy in a refugee camp in Southern Africa eats rice, as the food crisis grows.
©2008 Sibusisiwe Ndlovu/World Vision


Mohammad Mahuiddin, 9, of Bangladesh, receives food aid.
Mohammad, 9, of Bangladesh, receives food aid after Cyclone Sidr destroyed his home. ©2007 Amio Ascension/World Vision
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Photos: Darfur response

Abdul, 7, lies ill after another night without shelter at a South Darfur IDP camp.
Abdul, 7, lies ill after another night without shelter at a South Darfur IDP camp. ©2006 Jon Warren/World Vision

Displaced families set up dwellings across the camp,  as they struggle to cope with their despondent life.
Displaced families set up plastic dwellings across the camp. ©2006 Jon Warren/World Vision

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Photos: Congo crisis


People displaced by fighting walk along the dirt road toward Goma in eastern Congo. Photo ©2008/Michael Arunga/World Vision
This family carries everything they can after being forced from their home by fierce fighting.
This family carries everything they can after being forced from their home by fierce fighting. Photo ©2008/Michael Arunga/World Vision

Many young children are forced to carry heavy items as they  flee the violence
Many young children are forced to carry heavy items as they flee the violence. Photo ©2008/Michael Arunga/World Vision
More villagers flee toward Goma as the fighting escalates
More villagers flee toward Goma as the fighting escalates. Photo ©2008/Michael Arunga/World Vision

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