Photography
Nabila aspires to be a tour guide when she grows up. #FutureMe campaign. Esther Ruth Mbabazi for She’s The First.
Sarah aspires to be a radio journalist. #FutureMe campaign. Esther Ruth Mbabazi for She’s The First.
Residents of Empopini queue up for water in the southwestern city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Cynthia Matonhodze for Bloomberg.
A portrait of Sifiso at her home in Matobo, in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland South province where she lives with her husband and 6 of her 7 children. She has been farming since 1973 supporting her family. “I am not learned and so it affects me when I fail to take my children to school because that means they won’t be able to earn a living and I can’t help.” Cynthia Matonhodze for Oxfam.
Joseph Nyakuni, a potato and tumeric Farmer in Terego District. Jjumba Martin for DCA.
Mark Cale, 59 years old, a farmer from Terego District. He is the chairperson of the group VSLA. A former tobacco farmer. Jjumba Martin for DCA.
City of Harare staff work on fixing a delapidated borehole in Glen View high density surburb in Harare, Zimbabwe. Boreholes are the main source of drinking water in the outbreak prone area. Cynthia Matonhodze for MSF.
Participants learn how to safely don and doff protective gear during a safe and dignified burials training in Northern Uganda. Watanda Ambrose for DanChurchAid.
Ayupo Elizabeth, an enrolled midwife at Olwal Health Centre II cleaning midwifery forceps at the solar powered water source in the labour suite at the facility. Watanda Ambrose for AMREF Health Africa.
Oroma Catherine, the Chairperson of the Hand Pump Mechanics Association of Lamogi Sub-County carrying out routine maintenance on one of the boreholes rehabilitated by Amref in Amuru District, Uganda. Watanda Ambrose for AMREF Health Africa.
Jessica Namakula, midwife at Bushiyi Health Center III in Bududa District performs a check up on an pregnant woman during the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda. Watsemba Miriam for The Independent Panel on Disaster Preparedness and Response / WHO.
Portrait of Apollo Mangula, a Community Health Worker with Bushiyi Health Center III in Budua District, on the slopes of Mount. Elgon. Because of the COVID pandemic, his work had to shift to educating the public about the virus and how to prevent its spread in their communities. Watsemba Miriam for The Independent Panel on Disaster Preparedness and Response / WHO.
Portrait of Hashibu Kabuye in his classroom at Busega Preparatory School, in Kampala, Uganda. Because of the COVID pandemic, the government of Uganda imposed strict rules that included schools being closed for most of the year, only to reopen in October for learners in their final level classes. Katumba Badru Sultan for The Independent Panel on Disaster Preparedness and Response / WHO.
Friday Abraham, 15, follows Asina for some private questions after an educative session in Bululu, Bugiri, Uganda. It is providing information like this to young people that Asina finds rewarding - "to help them understand that it's their responsibility to make better informed health choices." Esther Ruth Mbabazi for Rutgers International.
Member of Pakase CNC, Kajiado, Kenya. For World Relief.
Unlock It collection. Esther Ruth Mbabazi For Akola
Soroti Youth Furniture and Skills workshop. For ANHART
School girls hold hands. For VOW / Girl First Fund
Zainab Ojaku is a member of Yumbe Muslim women’s group. A Listen Up Activist, she started doing activism work to empower her daughters, she hopes for them to be confident, educated and women of professions in the future. For IRC
Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. For IRC
A seminarian studies at the library of St. Mary's National Seminary. Watanda Ambrose for Missio
Young Leaders’ Workshop. For Women Deliver.
Young Leaders’ Workshop. For Women Deliver.
Editorial. For Continuity & Resilience Magazine.
Noel Mwakalindile, lead presenter of the Niambie show during a recording in their studio in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. For Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
Pamela aspires to be an NGO leader to help young girls have their rights respected. For She’s The First.
Pamela aspires to be an NGO leader to help young girls have their rights respected. For She’s The First.
Nabila aspires to be a tour guide when she grows up. #FutureMe campaign for She’s The First.
Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Uganda. For NRC
UVRI researchers scoop stagnant water containing mosquito larvae out of the bottom of an abandoned boat on an island in Lake Victoria. Zahara Abdul for Target Malaria
Rekina (C) arranges harvested Aster Dark Milka flowers in buckets awaiting transportation to the grading shed where they are graded according to height and packed for shipment. Cynthia Matonhodze for HIVOS
A day of picking sugarcane ends with the women carrying a small batch each back home in preparation for transporting the plant to the market in Harare. In a day, Lucia can chop up to 23 dozen batches of the plant which takes them two days to carry all of them back to her home. Cynthia Matonhodze for Lendwithcare
Portrait of Justina, a researcher and designer. Kibuuka Mukisa for InTouch Magazine
Nina Mirembe photographed for binspired magazine. For Brussels Airlines
Ndaapi Organic Farmers Association members turning mulching material in Terego District. The group grows potatoes among other crops. Jjumba Martin for DCA.
A woman collecting clean water at the motorised water facility at Olwal Health Centre II, Amuru District. Watanda Ambrose for AMREF Health Africa.
Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Uganda. For Save The Children.
A portrait of Joycelyne at the community borehole where she collects water for use at home in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement. Watanda Ambrose for DCA.
Stanley grows a forest garden where he intercrops bananas, oranges, papaya, maize, beans etc. Through DCA, he attended a training on agroecology, which taught him to make organic pest repellants and improve his compost manure. Jjumba Martin for DCA
At Bushiyi Health Center III in Budua District, a patient’s temperature is checked before receiving other health services. Because of the COVID pandemic, health workers are taking seriously the different measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Watsemba Miriam for The Independent Panel on Disaster Preparedness and Response / WHO.
Jessica Namakula, midwife at Bushiyi Health Center III in Bududa District works COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Uganda. Watsemba Miriam for The Independent Panel on Disaster Preparedness and Response / WHO.
Unlock It collection. Esther Ruth Mbabazi for Akola
Seminarians during break time at St. Mary's National Seminary. Watanda Ambrose for Missio
Samuel with his mother at Motivation's Sports Day event in Kampala, Uganda. The events create an environment for safe and inclusive sports for children with disabilities. Dipak Moses for Motivation
Samuel plays wheelchair basketball at Motivation's Sports Day event in Kampala, Uganda. The events create an environment for safe and inclusive sports for children with disabilities. Dipak Moses for Motivation
Joycelyne Poni playing volleyball at the community play ground in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement. Watanda Ambrose for DCA.