Eight ways to change the world

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Britain's leading charities come together in a unique photographic exhibition produced by Panos Pictures to challenge world leaders to deliver their promises. In September 2005 the United Nations gathered for a summit to review progress on the eight Millennium Development Goals, which were set in 2000. Seven Panos photographers set out to explore what the reality of the goals meant to people in the developing world. Eight Ways to Change the World, held in conjunction with DFID, Concern, VSO, ActionAid, Plan International, Interact Worldwide, the Panos Institute and WaterAid, has been exhibited in London and Edinburgh. The exhibition showcases the work of Panos Pictures' award-winning photographers, illustrating these familiar issues from new and challenging perspectives. The photographs bring the lives of the ordinary people at the raw end of the global anti-poverty campaign sharply into focus. The exhibition also challenges visitors to make a pledge to do one thing themselves to change the world. Their pledges will be displayed, pinned up with their portraits, as a colourful interactive installation representing the eighth goal, to develop a global partnership for development. Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on the Millennium Development Goals comments: "This remarkable exhibition of photographs on behalf of the Millennium Development Goals brilliantly highlights our common humanity. We look at photos of people living in extreme poverty, but see first and foremost their humanity and spirit and dedication even in the midst of extreme deprivation." The exhibition is a stark reminder of how much further the UN member states need to go to deliver the goals. In many cases, there is a huge gulf between what has been secured for the developing world and what the ambitious, yet simple, goals set out to do. "In 2000, leaders from the 189 countries in the United Nations promised to deliver eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015. These goals are ambitious, but they are simple and achievable. We must keep them to their promise. Only world leaders can deliver aid, cancel debt and make trade fair. But it is ordinary citizens who have brought them to the negotiating table, by standing up and demanding justice. We challenge the UN member states to examine their consciences and ensure they do not fall short of their promises." Adrian Evans, Director, Panos Pictures

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Abebe Balete, 13. "It's my dream to become a driver. I want to drive a car. It's a good profession and I can earn money." Abebe lives with his two brothers, sister and mother. They are a farming family. His parents are divorced and his father lives in another city so he never sees him. Abebe lives an hour away from his school and walks there every day. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00229ETH

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Jawani Purty bathes and massages her baby Laxmi with turmeric 21 days after her birth, a day when families traditionally welcome neighbours to their home to celebrate the birth of a new baby. Ami Vitale Date: 06/2005 Ref: AVI00344IND

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Janaki Mallick, 9 months pregnant, cooks for and feeds her children. In this village there is a trained traditional birth attendant who has delivered over 100 babies and claims never to have lost a baby during childbirth. Ami Vitale Date: 06/2005 Ref: AVI00343IND

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Laxmi Dehuey with her newborn baby, not yet named. In Orissa in 2001, there were 367 maternal deaths per 100,000 births, down from 738 in 1993. Ami Vitale Date: 06/2005 Ref: AVI00341IND

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Noorjahan gives birth to her first child, Jahid Mohammed, in Dhenkanal district hospital. It was a difficult delivery as the baby was born breach and needed oxygen to stay alive. Noorjahan was lucky to be in the district hospital for the birth. In Orissa, only 22% of women give birth in hospital. Among tribal women the figure is only 8.7%. Ami Vitale Date: 06/2005 Ref: AVI00342IND

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A newborn baby in Dhenkanal district hospital. Only a third of tribal women in Orissa receive help from midwives or skilled birth attendants, and only 8.7% give birth in hospital. Ami Vitale Date: 06/2005 Ref: AVI00340IND

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Girls huddle together as they walk to school, followed by a boy. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00249ETH

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Meseker Getie, 9, wants to be a teacher when she grows up. "I want to help other children. I like my teacher. I want to teach mathematics. Teachers should be happy." Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00232ETH

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Amare Habtegebreal, 10, wants to be a policeman when he grows up. "I want to become a policeman because he keeps people under control and is a peacemaker. I want to hold a gun." Amare lives five minutes from school with his brother and two sisters. He is looked after by his father; his mother died two years ago. After the morning shift at school, Amare helps his father in the fields but also plays a little. The wooden gun he holds was made at school. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00231ETH

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An English lesson in Chimbiri school. The signs on the wall are inspired by teaching methods introduced by Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) volunteers. The same teacher teaches both the morning and afternoon classes for the younger and older pupils respectively, which each contain 54 children. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00240ETH

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'Where is the ball? The ball is on the chair' A classroom in Chimbiri school. Children take turns in putting objects on the chair, while the teacher writes on the blackboard. The teachers learn English themselves at school before attending college, yet many are poorly trained. The young teachers in this school tend to stay for a year then move on, depending on the decisions taken by the government. In remote schools such as this one, teachers stay in the local village and travel home at weekends. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00239ETH

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Students run to school for the morning lessons, through enthusiasm, not because they are late. In recent years in Ethiopia, nearly five million children have been brought into primary education although 40% of children - some 7 million kids - still do not attend school. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00238ETH

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Akilile Haile Mariam, 10, wants to be a pilot when he grows up. "I want to fly a fast plane with passengers. I have seen a plane flying over my village. I can earn a lot of money as a pilot. My parents would definitely like me to be a pilot. I will take my plane home and use it to take passengers and learn to fly." Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00237ETH

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Endla Habte Gabriel, 10, wants to be a farmer when he grows up. "I want to be a farmer because it is a good profession. I can grow food. I want to grow maize because then we can make injera (a maize flour pancake, Ethiopian staple). I want to plough and I want some animals." Every day Endla helps on the family farm. This is very common in such remote villages. Endla knows how to plough, dragging the plough over the land after the two bulls. The work is physically demanding. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00236ETH

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Sintayhu Shewatatik, 9, wants to be a trader when she grows up. "I want to be a trader because it's a good profession, I can earn money. I want to sell biscuits, chocolate and sugar." Sintayhu lives 20 minutes from school with her brother, two sisters and mother and father who are both farmers. In her village there are no shops and her inspiration comes from the shops in the main village of Chimbiri. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00235ETH

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Feleke Shalachewu, 10, wants to be a doctor when he grows up. "I want to be a doctor because it's a useful profession. I plan to be a doctor to cure patients. It's the best profession. I want to make my eye better." Feleke lives one hour's walk from school in the village of Chathat, with his farming parents and seven brothers and sisters. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00234ETH

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Children gather firewood for cooking or help family tend cattle in the fields when they are not at school. It is relatively common at harvest time for children not to attend school because they are needed to work on the land. Chris de Bode Date: 06/2005 Ref: CDB00248ETH

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The daily yield of fruit begged, leftover or unwanted in a local market. Zed Nelson Date: 06/2005 Ref: ZNE00022BAN

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Rashida Shapon works in a brick factory. The work is poorly paid, repetitive and gruelling, but for many it is the only source of income. Zed Nelson Date: 06/2005 Ref: ZNE00028BAN

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Agborali Chahadali earns less than 1 per day as a labourer in a brick factory. The work is repetitive and gruelling, but for many it is the only source of income. Zed Nelson Date: 06/2005 Ref: ZNE00026BAN

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Cooking pots. Zed Nelson Date: 06/2005 Ref: ZNE00025BAN

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A handful of lentils, enough to feed a family for one evening. Some items are bought on credit, with promises to repay the shopkeeper later. Zed Nelson Date: 06/2005 Ref: ZNE00023BAN

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Giancarlo (5) tries to protect himself from heavy rain with a piece of cardboard "I am wondering what will happen to me when I get home. My mother always tells me not to go so far away from home, but I was having fun and now I'm soaked and will catch a cold." Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00444DMR

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Siblings Giorgina and Jorge Junior outside their house at siesta time. Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00443DMR

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Mother and daughter at the door of their home. Adam Hinton Date: 07/2005 Ref: AHI00010GUA

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Mother Lucia Cac (52) with her daughter Cleotilde Cholom Cac (9), who is one of twelve children. Lucia says "I wanted to go to school but my parents weren't supportive. Anyway, in the community where I lived there wasn't a school. As an adult I've tried again to get some schooling, but my husband hasn't wanted me to. I want my daughter to finish her schooling so she can be someone important later on. She might be able to help us have a better life too." Adam Hinton Date: 07/2005 Ref: AHI00009GUA

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Grandmother Natividad Chub (50), mother Olga Beatriz Cucul (29) and daughter, Florencia Coc Cucul (9) who is in 3rd grade. Neither Natividad or Olga ever went to school. Olga says "I send my daughter to school so she can do much better for herself, so she can have a brighter future than me. I didn't go to school and I don't know how to read or write. Florencia says "I like the fact that I'm able to go to school to learn, and to have the chance to complete my studies. Maybe then I could become a teacher." Adam Hinton Date: 06/2005 Ref: AHI00008GUA

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Maria Santos Xol (40) with her daughter Yolanda Chub Xol (18), who is in 6th grade. Maria says, 'I'm grateful to my parents for sending me to school, for giving me the chance to learn to read and write. I'd like to train to be a secretary, but there's no money for that just now. If I do one day get the chance, I'd love to be able to help my family and my community. I'd fight for women's rights." I was against educating my children. I thought it was unnecessary. When I was a child, my parents didn't send me to school... My husband thought differently and always supported the idea of sending our kids to school. He helped me change my mind. Thank God he did! Seeing the benefits school brings for children helped too. If we get some money I'd like my girl to go back to school. Education is a good thing. I wish all of my kids had been given the chance.' Adam Hinton Date: 06/2005 Ref: AHI00007GUA

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Claudia Elizabeth Torres Garcia (24), a high-school graduate with her daughter Jackeline Yumira Rivera Torres, (6), who is in 1st grade. "I've learnt from going to school to see things from a different point of view. I feel very lucky. I can face life on my own" says Jackeline. "I want my daughter to finish her schooling and have a career. I'd like her to get a good job. I'd like both my daughters and my young son to become professionals so they could work hard for their community" says Claudia. Adam Hinton Date: 06/2005 Ref: AHI00006GUA

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Lucia Cac (52) who has twelve children and no education, with her daughter Cleotilde Cholom Cac (9), who is in 1st grade. Lucia says "I wanted to go to school but my parents weren't supportive. Anyway, in the community where I lived there wasn't a school. As an adult I've tried again to get some schooling, but my husband hasn't wanted me to. I want my daughter to finish her schooling so she can be someone important later on. She might be able to help us have a better life too." Adam Hinton Date: 06/2005 Ref: AHI00005GUA

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Jose Maria Cabral (21) and his son Bryner (10 months) riding a horse. "I like to spend time with my son. He's just a baby now but I hope he will be a brave man. He loves horses and I take him for a ride every day." Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00441DMR

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Siblings Lester Sosa (6) and Lucy (4) playing dominoes. Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00442DMR

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Twins Jaime and Jose Puello (17 months) take a nap on a hot summer afternoon while their mother Antonia (19) does housework. Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00440DMR

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Nora Payano (32) holds Ronald, her one year old grandson, while he receives inhalation treatment for a lung infection in the municipal hospital. "This is my first grandson and I am very proud. I look after him whenever I can. I feel like his mother sometimes. Maria Elena, his mother, is only 15 years old. It is like raising a child." Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00445DMR

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A young girl carrying water. Until recently people here have depended on water from traditional wells which were drying out. Dieter Telemans Date: 06/2005 Ref: DTE01057MAL

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13 year old Marietou collects her family's water at the village's unprotected well. The task of collecting water falls to women and children, especially girls, who help their mothers from an early age. She repeatedly hauls the water basket out of the 63 metre deep village well and fills a 25 litre basin which she carries home, half a kilometre away. Dieter Telemans Date: 06/2005 Ref: DTE01056MAL

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Pulling water from a well near the Bandiagara escarpment. The gouges in the rock show the weight of the buckets as they are drawn up with the rope from the well. Dieter Telemans Date: 06/2005 Ref: DTE01055MAL

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Women pour water from containers on their heads after collecting water at the local pump where it is sold by 20 litre buckets or the barrel. The money is managed by the community and used to pay salaries of local people who look after the taps and pay for necessary repairs. Dieter Telemans Date: 06/2005 Ref: DTE01053MAL

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A woman carrying water to her home. Dieter Telemans Date: 06/2005 Ref: DTE01054MAL

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Farmer Ernesto Ogando Feliz (46) sits outside his house in La Loma with his daughter Paulina (3). Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00456DMR

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Argeni Moises Urbaez (6) eats his usual rice and beans in the doorway to his house while dogs wait in the street for left over food. Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00452DMR

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Anita (23) plays outside with her children Jose Antonio (1), Anibelis (6), Temisto (4) and Jose Miguel (6). She takes care of her five children at home, so cannot work. Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00451DMR

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Alicia Gomez (25) sits in hospital with her daughters Margarita (4) and Mariselli (2) while they receive treatment for pneumonia. Tim Dirven Date: 06/2005 Ref: TDI00448DMR

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Woman carrying water home on her head. The women collect 20 litres of water at a time, which weighs 20kg. Dieter Telemans Date: 06/2005 Ref: DTE01063MAL

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Women dance to celebrate the opening of a new well in a village in the delta of the River Niger. Previously, the villagers collected increasingly polluted and unsafe water from the river itself. Dieter Telemans Date: 06/2005 Ref: DTE01073MAL

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13 year-old Marietou and her younger sisters collecting water. Marietou goes to the well five or six times a day. Her sisters, the youngest barely six years old, carry small, yet symbolic amounts of water home, in order to practice what will one day become part of their daily routine. Dieter Telemans Date: 06/2005 Ref: DTE01071MAL

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Three generations; Grandmother Bernardina Alvarado (60), mother Nicolaza Xitumul (32) and daughter Candelaria Ismaly (14). Guatemala is one of the 70 countries to have failed to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of gender parity in education in 2005. Adam Hinton Date: 06/2005 Ref: AHI00016GUA

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Rita Caal (31) and her daughter Claudia Aracely Maquin Caal (12). Guatemala is one of the 70 countries to have failed to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of gender parity in education in 2005. Adam Hinton Date: 06/2005 Ref: AHI00013GUA

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