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The Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered our second annual photo competition in October 2007.

©Skillshare/Julie George

First prize

Julie George won with this striking image of a woman using the public telephone in a model village in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. The village was built after the Tsunami which devastated many homes in the area. The 2005-6 project included:

• building homes to replace those destroyed in the Tsunami
• providing fishing boats and equipment
• training in alternative livelihoods
• psychological counselling

Second prize

In this Coaching for Hope HIV and AIDS workshop in Bamako, Koumba Traore speaks up.  Koumba showed she is a vocal and dynamic leader, asking questions of her peers and coach facilitator and sharing her beliefs and convictions about personal health with the group.

Third prize (joint)

Skillshare International development worker Caragh Filose took this eye-catching image of women from the Mshikamano Group (Solidarity Group) trying on the hand batik and tie-dyed cloth which they make and sell to generate incomes in Uru North, Tanzania.

This group is supported by Skillshare International's UNCODET project.

©Skillshare/Margarita Doneva

Third prize (joint)

Margarita Doneva took this photo at the celebration of the International Day of the Africa Child, in a Masaai village in Tanzania.

Local children campaign for their right to go to school and receive decent care, in front of local politicians and the village community. Their banner reads we children have the right to get education and be well taken care of.

Click here to see the 2006 winners.

This page was updated on 19th December 2007.