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Celebrating mothers, everywhere

Published: 06 May 2011

  1. Agnes, from Rwanda, is a new mother who also has her own sewing business after undertaking vocational training supported by World Vision.
  2. Young widow Evelyne belongs to a community agricultural association in Burundi supported by World Vision where she has received training in environmentally friendly agricultural techniques.
  3. New mum Yeng, from Laos, receives support and advice from her mother-in-law, who has participated in training on health, nutrition and parenting organised by World Vision.
  4. Mothers are our first teachers. In Laos, this mother and child participate in a World Vision-supported early learning session on health and nutrition.
  5. In Ethiopia, Nigist tends the cooking fire with her adopted daughter Ayu.
  6. In Cambodia, Sorya (front) and her two older sisters can go to school thanks to their mother’s hard work raising chickens, selling mangoes and doing laundry.
  7. Around the world many mums work to help pay for food and education for their children. Often they combine this with a significant workload at home.
  8. Halima and her child Anance visit a World Vision-supported nutrition centre at a local government health clinic in Ethiopia.
  9. This mother and child are at a World Vision food distribution site in Kenya, where severe drought and high food prices have left many families in urgent need of help.
  10. Papiya, from Bangladesh, with Fatema, just seven days old. Care and advice from a trained midwife helped to ensure Papiya received the rest and nutrition she needed to deliver a healthy baby.

On Mother’s Day, 8 May, we get to say thanks for all the love and sacrifices that our own mums have made to ensure we grow up healthy and happy. In this photo essay, we salute mothers living in the world’s poorest communities and the extraordinary efforts they are making to raise the next generation.

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