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  • CAPTION: This group is considering sexual changes, such as the start of the menstrual cycle. Girls tend not to be aware that this is coming up, as parents and even the health system tend not to orient them on it. Then, when bleeding happens for the first time and it shows through a girl’s clothes, she may feel very embarrassed. So adolescents, schools, parents, and other family members all need to be sensitized. A similar example in the case of boys is night emissions after 'wet dreams'. The first time this happens, the boy may be very startled. In the rural Indian cultural context, boys are unlikely to want to talk about it with parents or healthcare professionals, nor are these people likely to want to talk about what's happening for them. Often, boys will consult 'quacks' or low-cost books available in local markets, and may get information that's far from the truth. Again, ways to tackle this must be considered. LOCATION: Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Sunita Patra, Jayashree Sawayan, Dr Jagannath Hembrom, Suhagini Kisku and Sefali Dandapat.
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  • CAPTION: Community COPE members come to ask a householder about what her expectations of the health system are and what she feels ought to be done to get more people into the Government-run Community Health Centre (CHC). The men and women have teamed up here; mostly the men talk with the male heads of households. This lady has been living in this community for around 40 years since marriage. She has observed many changes in health service provision. She says that the panchayati raj system has brought significant health service changes for her, which she’s very happy about. She says that people hear from the newspapers and TV what they can access. The newly-elected female panchayati raj members, reserved 50% of the positions as part of women’s empowerment efforts, have been very active in changing how the government system works and serves people. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Daya Nidhi Shit, Damodar Shit, Shruti Deogam, Punta Hansda and Parwati Murmu.
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  • CAPTION: Community COPE members come to ask a householder about what her expectations of the health system are and what she feels ought to be done to get more people into the Government-run Community Health Centre (CHC). The men and women have teamed up here; mostly the men talk with the male heads of households. This lady has been living in this community for around 40 years since marriage. She has observed many changes in health service provision. She says that the panchayati raj system has brought significant health service changes for her, which she’s very happy about. She says that people hear from the newspapers and TV what they can access. The newly-elected female panchayati raj members, reserved 50% of the positions as part of women’s empowerment efforts, have been very active in changing how the government system works and serves people. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Vandana Maitry, Kalicharan Namata, Shyam Bahadur Sonar and Rupa Namata.
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  • CAPTION: Encouraging and facilitating disabled people's participation in local governance is a very important part of the Chamkol project, something that Shashikumar - who is blind in one eye - is taking the lead in. Today, he’s come to meet the Development Officer at his local gram panchayat (village assembly) to talk about the fact that his self-help group (SHG) doesn’t have a place where it can meet regularly. LOCATION: Hullepura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: K. Nagarajappa; right: Shashikumar.
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  • CAPTION: Relying on one of the instructors for local language support, World Renew volunteer Antony Sytsma delivers a speech during the TLT graduation in Kaberamaido. Andrew was trained by the Christian Reformed World Missions (CRWM) for this work. LOCATION: Kaberamaido, Kaberamaido District, Uganda. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Unknown (left) and Antony Sytsma (right).
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  • CAPTION: Jyothi has multiple disabilities, including cerebral palsy. Her parents are in the process of constructing a new home, so Mobility India representative Ramesh has come to advise them on the modifications they will need to build in so as to make the house as accessibe to her as possible. He suggests wall bars and foot steps (moulds in the floor) to help her get around the house, and also a specially adapted toilet. LOCATION: Yangahalli (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Doreswamy, Ramesh, Jyothi and Lakshmamma.
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  • CAPTION: Nirmala Shukla, wearing white, is another member of the panchayati raj system. She is also very active in Community COPE as a part of the information system, bringing its work to the public's attention and serving as a bridge to the press. Shruti Deogam, to her left in orange, is the pramud, the elected head of Ghatshila Block (meaning the highest rank in the panchayati raj system), and is also an important representative of the community to the outside in that she links the block to those higher up at the district level. She is the leader of the Community COPE exercise, and helps to bring in high-level officials to address issues being experienced at the block level. In this line of women (from right to left) we see the pramud (working at the block level), mukhya (village level), Vandana Maitry who is a ward member (village level), and a new Community COPE member. They are discussing what the work plan has addressed so far and what is still to be addressed. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Bisu Murmu, Vandana Maitry, Parwati Murmu, Shruti Deogam, Nirmala Shukla and Shyam Bahadur Sonar.
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  • CAPTION: Community COPE members come to ask a householder about what her expectations of the health system are and what she feels ought to be done to get more people into the Government-run Community Health Centre (CHC). She says she’s happy with what she’s been accessing, but reveals a lack of awareness of what she is actually entitled to. Shyam Bahadur Sonar is therefore suggesting that she should discuss her needs with knowledgeable community members. Kalicharan Namata (second from left) is one of the two adolescent representatives in Community COPE, and has an important role in bringing adolescent voices into the community dialogue. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Shyam Bahadur Sonar (left) and Rupa Namata (right).
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  • CAPTION: The final group is listing out the various mental and social changes experienced by adolescents. One of these is the development of attraction to the opposite sex. It is impressed upon participants that this is something natural that happens to everyone, and that it should not be condemned as something 'bad'. Another is that girls start wanting to make themselves appear as beautiful as possible to others. Boys, meanwhile, might like to drive very fast in front of others, or smoke and take drugs. The group is considering the consequences of these things and how they may be addressed. After discussing these things, the groups join together and discuss what they have each found. This then leads to the enactment of role-plays. LOCATION: Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Kalpana Mahato, Savita Horo, Dr Jagannath Hembrom, Krishna Chakrabarty and Shobha Kumari Nirali.
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  • CAPTION: Parwati Murmu is one of Community COPE's elected members. She is the mukhya (head of four to five villages) of the Pawra area, and is one of the most active Community COPE leaders. Before getting elected, she had 15 years’ experience in the panchayati raj system. The panchayati raj system dictates that 50% of those elected must be female; in this area, 60-70% are. She also used to be a very active anganwadi worker, and because she is very knowledgeable on relevant health matters she now helps a lot with mother and child health services. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Bisu Murmu, Vandana Maitry and Parwati Murmu.
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  • CAPTION: ARSH Counselor Sarita Kumari Panna explains the use of iron and folic acid tablets to Atosi Shit. Most of the adolescent girls (perhaps 80-90%) in villages like this are anemic. There is large-scale absence of awareness of how to ensure their diets contain iron and folic acid, especially with the rising popularity of fast food while young people are away at school or college. Girls are especially unaware, after their menstrual cycles start, about when they ought to have particular types of nutrition. This often results in menstrual problems and anemia. LOCATION: Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) clinic, Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sarita Kumari Panna (left) and Atosi Shit (right).
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  • CAPTION: As an elected member of the Karnataka State Children’s Parliament, Sushma Rani recently met the state's Chief Minister. She had been chosen to represent children with disabilities, and thought carefully about what she could say to him that would be most useful for those whose name she was speaking in. She recognises that she’s become a role model for children with disabilities, and says she hopes to motivate others to follow in her footsteps and speak up for their rights. LOCATION: Bogapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Tejaswini; right: Sushma Rani.
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  • CAPTION: Mobility India's Sudhamani R. trains Drakshayani in the skills she'll need as an After-School Club (ASC) Coordinator. LOCATION: Handrakalli Mole (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Sudhamani R., Chinnu and Drakshayani.
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  • CAPTION: Daya Nidhi Shit is a retired government worker who is very active in the community. He says he is especially keen on COPE because it is ensuring access to much in healthcare that was previously unavailable in this block. Here, he is raising the issue of non-availability of appropriate medicines for snake and dog bites. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Damodar Shit.
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  • CAPTION: . LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Nirmala Shukla, Panchami Namta and Susmita Mardi.
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  • CAPTION: Shyam Bahadur Sonar has been engaged with the Community COPE initiative for the past six months. In the community, he is a cricket coach and talent scout, and he's also politically active. He has been a particularly active COPE member, providing a great deal of insight during the scoping phase. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Shyam Bahadur Sonar.
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  • CAPTION: Community COPE is promoting institutional delivery, and is raising awareness that the Government has set aside money to facilitate this through the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) scheme. This roughly translates as 'New Mother’, and provides ₹ 1,400 for the mother and newborn child. This lady has received this money directly to her bank account, yet it turns out she’s unaware of this. Here, Vandana Maitry is assuring her that the money is there and she can withdraw it. During the initial days after birth, it’s especially important that the baby should get adequate nutrition. The system was changed to ensure mothers would get the money and it wouldn’t fall into the wrong hands, but the problem is that husbands or heads of households can also appropriate it under the new system. LOCATION: Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) clinic, Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sarita Kumari Panna (left) and Atosi Shit (right).
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  • CAPTION: Community COPE members discuss steps being taken by Dr Ram Chandra Soren, the Medical Officer-in-Charge, and the sahiyas to deal with the problem of snake and dog bites. Dr Ram has explained that medicines are on the way, so the members are now discussing how the Community COPE team can assist with ensuring people get the knowledge they need on obtaining the necessary medicines from the hospital. Most of the time, people go for magical solutions through faith healers. Many people have died from these bites (including from rabies) in this area. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Multiple people.
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  • CAPTION: The lady on the right is a sahiya. She serves as a link between the health system and the community, working at the grassroots in villages. Every village has at least one sahiya. They help health service professionals understand what community needs are and what issues community members are facing. LOCATION: Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) clinic, Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Dr Ram Chandra Soren (left) and Rupali Shit (right).
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  • CAPTION: Gathering community data. Mobility India and CBM have partnered with Aptivate to develop a simple means of collecting key project-relevant data using relatively unsophisticated mobile phones. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Mariswamy, Manu and Nandini A.C.
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  • CAPTION: Inclusive Education Resource Teachers (IERTs) such as Kiran are one of the government's primary resources for inclusive education, and great allies for the Chamkol programme. They are responsible for identifying those children who have special educational needs and assessing what should be provided for them. Here, Kiran is leading a training session of parents and siblings of people with learning disabilities. LOCATION: Haradanahalli (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Kiran.
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  • CAPTION: Gathering PIMMS data. Mobility India and CBM have partnered with Aptivate to develop a simple means of collecting key project-relevant data using relatively unsophisticated mobile phones. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Sudhamani R.; right: Doddamma.
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  • CAPTION: Shesh Naik has multiple disabilities, including cerebral palsy. His only mobility comes through wheelchair use, and he's totally dependent on family members to wheel him around. He still needs a ramp to be constructed, so that they will be able to get him into and out of the family home. LOCATION: Amchawadi (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Padma, Shesh Naik, Raghu and Latha.
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  • CAPTION: On the right is Damodar Shit, a retired teacher, and a new and instrumental member of Community COPE. He has been very helpful in the education domain, even before joining, working in schools and bridging the gap between schools and the health system. In the center is Daya Nidhi Shit, a retired government worker who is very active in the community. He says he is especially keen on COPE because it is ensuring access to much in healthcare that was previously unavailable in this block. Here, he is raising the issue of non-availability of appropriate medicines for snake and dog bites. On the right is Shiv Shankar Chandra, Community COPE's storekeeper. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Daya Nidhi Shit, Damodar Shit and Shiv Shankar Chandra.
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  • CAPTION: Vandana Maitry, center, is again a very active member of Community COPE and a part of the panchayati raj system. She also works as a trainer of sahiyas at the block level. Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) work at the grassroots level in the health system; they are called sahiyas in Jharkhand, which means 'people’s helping hand'. Vandana is particularly active in helping to keep hospital premises clean. She serves an educative role, working to ensure trashcan usage increases, spitting is prevented, and people use toilets properly, especially as many are reluctant not to use open spaces for defecation. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Bisu Murmu, Vandana Maitry and Parwati Murmu.
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  • CAPTION: Adolescent Rakhi Shit is being taught about family planning methods. The counselor Sarita Kumari Panna is telling her about the different options available to her. This information is not considered something that should be given only after marriage; it is recognized that sexual activity could happen before as well, even though this is culturally unacceptable. Most of the girls here (and also the boys) are unaware that the condom is something that can be used to prevent STIs - including AIDS - and unwanted pregnancy. Owing to this ignorance, under-age pregnancies are quite common, and abortions - including unsafe illegal ones - are being sought. LOCATION: Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) clinic, Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sarita Kumari Panna (left) and Rakhi Shit (right).
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  • CAPTION: This is the Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) clinic at Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC). Atosi Shit (right) is an adolescent client, and Sarita Kumari Panna (left) is an ARSH Counselor. Here, Kumari is giving information on hygienic practices during the menstrual cycle in order to guard against infection and possible infertility. The ARSH clinics have been designed to provide health-related services to young people aged between 10 and 19 at a time when they are going through a lot of changes, both physically and mentally. This can mean anything from getting a small wound dressed to getting an abortion. LOCATION: Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) clinic, Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Sarita Kumari Panna (left) and Atosi Shit (right).
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  • CAPTION: The final group is listing out the various mental and social changes experienced by adolescents. One of these is the development of attraction to the opposite sex. It is impressed upon participants that this is something natural that happens to everyone, and that it should not be condemned as something 'bad'. Another is that girls start wanting to make themselves appear as beautiful as possible to others. Boys, meanwhile, might like to drive very fast in front of others, or smoke and take drugs. The group is considering the consequences of these things and how they may be addressed. After discussing these things, the groups join together and discuss what they have each found. This then leads to the enactment of role-plays. LOCATION: Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Standing: Dr Jagannath Hembrom; sitting: multiple people.
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  • CAPTION: Rajamma, who has severe rheumatoid arthritis, gets around her home by crawling. She has a new wheelchair, but her mother Mahadevamma will not be able to wheel her into and out of her house in this until construction of the ramp up to the doorway has been completed. LOCATION: Amchawadi (village), Haradanahalli (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Rajamma (left) and Mahadevamma (right).
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  • CAPTION: The Chamkol programme supports the government's response to the health and wellbeing of individuals with or at disk of disability. For Primary Health Centre (PHC) workers such as Shilpa - seen here addressing a meeting of anganwadi workers - this means informal support during disability screenings, vaccination and immunisation outreaches. LOCATION: Benderwadi (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Shilpa K.N.
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  • CAPTION: Using a loan from her local self-help group (SHG), Shivamma has set up a petty shop to help cover the costs associated with her daughter Saraswathi's learning disability. LOCATION: Mangala Hosuru (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Shivamma (left) and Saraswathi (right).
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  • CAPTION: Manju's son Sagar was born with clubfoot and hands. Thanks to timely interventions, he has been making great progress. During the earliest days following the birth of a child who has (or develops) a disability, parents often struggle to work out what best they can do for him or her, and could use more information and firmer direction. Under the Chamkol programme, such children aged between zero and five and their mothers, expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age will be able to get this through health, wellbeing, development and pre-school programmes run through Early Years' Clubs. LOCATION: Melagipura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Pushpalata, Santosh, Sagar, Manju and Chenajamma.
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  • CAPTION: Gathering community data. Mobility India and CBM have partnered with Aptivate to develop a simple means of collecting key project-relevant data using relatively unsophisticated mobile phones. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Rakshitha S. V., Bhagya, P. Murthy, Shilpa C.B., Kavya S.N. and Manjula; background: Mahadevamma.
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  • CAPTION: Until the age of five, Naveen - who has cerebral palsy - was confined to his bed. That was the point at which he got his first life-changing surgery, after which he started to receive training from Mobility India. Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant (RTA) Kavitha patiently worked with him on a one-to-one basis, teaching him how to stand, balance and walk. Since then, he has been an enthusiastic participant at his local After-School Club (ASC). In this image, we see him standing on his own two feet at the front of his class, leading his fellow attendees in a Kannada literacy session under the watchful eye of his ASC tutor. LOCATION: Mallianpura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Naveen Kumar N. (boy) and Vathsalakumari (woman).
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  • CAPTION: The core activity of Chamkol is the enablement and support of self-help groups (SHGs) in every village and their democratic representation through local Grassroots Federations (GRFs). The overarching body in this structure is the Chiguru Committee, of which inspirational Jayamma H.R. (right) held the presidency until December 2013. LOCATION: Heggotara (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: Doddamma M.; right: Jayamma H.R.
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  • CAPTION: The final group is listing out the various mental and social changes experienced by adolescents. One of these is the development of attraction to the opposite sex. It is impressed upon participants that this is something natural that happens to everyone, and that it should not be condemned as something 'bad'. Another is that girls start wanting to make themselves appear as beautiful as possible to others. Boys, meanwhile, might like to drive very fast in front of others, or smoke and take drugs. The group is considering the consequences of these things and how they may be addressed. After discussing these things, the groups join together and discuss what they have each found. This then leads to the enactment of role-plays. LOCATION: Ghatshila Community Health Centre (CHC), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Standing: Dr Jagannath Hembrom; sitting (far side, from left to right): Kalpana Mahato, Savita Horo, Krishna Chakrabarty and Shobha Kumari Nirali.
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  • CAPTION: Gathering community data. Mobility India and CBM have partnered with Aptivate to develop a simple means of collecting key project-relevant data using relatively unsophisticated mobile phones. LOCATION: Sappayyanapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Left: P. Murthy; right: Siddaya.
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  • CAPTION: Community COPE members come to ask a householder about what her expectations of the health system are and what she feels ought to be done to get more people into the Government-run Community Health Centre (CHC). She says she’s happy with what she’s been accessing, but reveals a lack of awareness of what she is actually entitled to. Shyam Bahadur Sonar is therefore suggesting that she should discuss her needs with knowledgeable community members. LOCATION: Pawra (village), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Vandana Maitry (left) and Rupa Namata (right).
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  • CAPTION: Although Makati City already has a lot of ongoing initiatives that address climate change, by providing a framework, ICLEI have enabled the local government to further incorporate the issue into local plans. Pictured here, Liza Velle Ramos from the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department says, “while we’re talking about ‘regular projects’, we are now better equipped to consider these regular projects in a climate change perspective”. LOCATION: Makati City Hall, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Liza Velle Ramos (left).
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  • CAPTION: “Before, there was a lot of dead rice because we would grow the plants very close to each other”, says Mr Chung. “Now we know the correct distance to plant the seeds, so they grow better”. He goes on to talk about techniques he’s learned to increase his productivity. Here, he shows us diseased plants, which he now understands how to identify and remove. LOCATION: Coong Village, Huy Tuong, Son La Province, Vietnam. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Vi Van Chung.
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  • CAPTION: Thanks to The Teacher Foundation (TTF), Prabhuswamy has been trained to lead Quality Circle Time (QCT) sessions in his primary school classrooms. This technique helps him to involve children with special needs in different activities to a much greater extent, as in this instance where he uses a hand puppet to talk to Gowrishankar, who has speech and hearing difficulties. LOCATION: Bedrapura (village), Kasaba (hobli), Chamrajnagar (district), Karnataka (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Prabhuswamy, Gowrishankar and Abhi K.
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  • CAPTION: “We bought a milling and mixing machine, so as to be able to process animal food at a cheaper rate”, says Loc Thi Trieu from Cooperative Huy Tuong I. She talks favourably of the cooperative’s focus on supplying its members with more affordable and higher quality inputs. The incubator and milling machine that it’s purchased since starting in 2013 have benefited both members and non-members. LOCATION: Huy Tuong, Son La Province, Vietnam. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Loc Thi Trieu (foreground).
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  • CAPTION: Ngaman is a Tapak community member. He talks about a previous flood that washed away most of the fish in his pond. LOCATION: Tapak, Semarang, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ngaman.
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  • CAPTION: With poor drainage, Bandar Lampung's hilly urban environment can experience extremely high rates of surface water runoff, meaning that flooding is a major problem. Mr Fudillhah talks about the important role biopores play in reducing the severity of flooding through increasing the soil absorption rate. LOCATION: Biopores Centre, Langkapura Village, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Rusyamsi Fadillah.
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  • CAPTION: Mrs Iraniati talks about the changes she has noticed in her students' behaviour since learning about climate change in school. She says they are eager to separate waste and save electricity, and that they are keen to build more biopores, not only at school but also at home. LOCATION: SDN 1 School, Langkapura, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Mrs Iraniati.
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  • CAPTION: Kin Olahay talks about an initiative to segregate and re-use waste. Plastic bottles are recycled and made into christmas decorations, like these ones. Kin and his fellow students at Parang High School recently attended a climate change workshop run by the local government and facilitated by ACCCRN's implementing partners, ICLEI. This helps to reinforce their knowledge of climate change impacts, mitigation and adaptation, and since attending the workshop they have been more active around their school, practicing mitigation and adaptation solutions and training other students in the same skills. LOCATION: Parang High School, Marikina City, Philippines. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Kin Olahay.
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  • CAPTION: Head of the Environmental Agency Gunawan Wicaksonom is also part of the City Core Team, which was established under ACCCRN as a platform to engage key stakeholders in creating and implementing an integrated city resilience strategy. Mr Gunawan talks about the important role the team has played in enabling different sectors and stakeholders to take an integrated approach to building the city's resilience to climate change. Through the creation of this team, not only are different sectors working more closely together, but they are also working in partnership with external stakeholders, including universities, members of the private sector and local NGOs. LOCATION: Environmental Agency, Semarang, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Gunawan Wicaksonom.
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  • CAPTION: It's not only the students who've benefited from ACCCRN's education project. Dwi's teacher, Ms Sunarsih, talks of how her habits have changed since she’s learned about the significance of climate change. ''Before this programme, we would just sweep up the leaves that fell from the trees; now, we use them for composting”, she says. “I’ve started planting trees and plants, and these days I'm even concerned about people cutting down trees from the hills, owing to the flooding it causes". LOCATION: SMP N 7 School, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ms Sunarsih.
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  • CAPTION: It's not only the students who've benefited from ACCCRN's education project. Dwi's teacher, Ms Sunarsih, talks of how her habits have changed since she’s learned about the significance of climate change. ''Before this programme, we would just sweep up the leaves that fell from the trees; now, we use them for composting”, she says. “I’ve started planting trees and plants, and these days I'm even concerned about people cutting down trees from the hills, owing to the flooding it causes". LOCATION: SMP N 7 School, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ms Sunarsih.
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  • CAPTION: Volunteer mobile waste collectors separate waste at the mobile recovery centre. Flooding is a big problem in Makati City, made worse by inadequate waste disposal. Norma de Leon talks about the disruption caused by flooding, pointing out that children can't go to school. She also says that there’s a discernible increase in health problems at times of flooding, because the water is so unsanitary. LOCATION: Materials Recovery Facility and Urban Garden, East Rembo Barangay, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Con, Norma de Leon, Lori and Gigi.
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  • CAPTION: Volunteer mobile waste collectors separate waste at the mobile recovery centre. Flooding is a big problem in Makati City, made worse by inadequate waste disposal. Norma de Leon talks about the disruption caused by flooding, pointing out that children can't go to school. She also says that there’s a discernible increase in health problems at times of flooding, because the water is so unsanitary. LOCATION: Materials Recovery Facility and Urban Garden, East Rembo Barangay, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: From left to right: Gigi, Lori, Norma de Leon and Con.
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  • CAPTION: Ngaman is a Tapak community member. He talks about a previous flood that washed away most of the fish in his pond. LOCATION: Tapak, Semarang, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ngaman.
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  • CAPTION: With poor drainage, Bandar Lampung's hilly urban environment can experience extremely high rates of surface water runoff, meaning that flooding is a major problem. Mr Fudillhah talks about the important role biopores play in reducing the severity of flooding through increasing the soil absorption rate. LOCATION: Biopores Centre, Langkapura Village, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Rusyamsi Fadillah.
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  • CAPTION: It's not only the students who've benefited from ACCCRN's education project. Dwi's teacher, Ms Sunarsih, talks of how her habits have changed since she’s learned about the significance of climate change. ''Before this programme, we would just sweep up the leaves that fell from the trees; now, we use them for composting”, she says. “I’ve started planting trees and plants, and these days I'm even concerned about people cutting down trees from the hills, owing to the flooding it causes". LOCATION: SMP N 7 School, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Ms Sunarsih.
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