Devex uses images and stories to show development in action. Here are the 10 images, shared with us in 2013 by aid groups from around the globe, which are most liked on Facebook.

1. Devex Photo of the Week
10 favorite development images of 2013

2. Devex uses images and stories to show development in
action. Here are the 10 images, shared with us in 2013 by
aid groups from around the globe, which are most liked on
Facebook.

3. Shared by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Momina, a 22-year-old woman
from central Ethiopia seen here
with her 6-year-old son, found
out three years ago that she
was living with HIV. In the face
of great personal heartbreak,
she is determined not to be
defined by her HIV status and
does everything she can as a
single mother to provide for her
son.
Her story is portrayed in the
short film, “That Time,”
released by the International
HIV/AIDS Alliance in connection
with World AIDS Day.

4. Shared by the World Food Program
Following the devastation of
Supertyphoon Haiyan, residents
of Tacloban City, Philippines,
were left without homes and
other necessities. Relief
agencies such as WFP have
mobilized food supplies and use
logistics expertise to reach
hundreds of thousands of the
needy.
The U.N. agency flew in
fortified high-energy biscuits
from Dubai to feed the typhoon
victims. Because they are light
to transport and require no
cooking, these biscuits are the
food products of choice during
early days of a disaster.

5. Shared by the STARS Foundation
Laiba, Samra and Kainat read in
the Bagga Sheikhan school
library near Rawalpindi,
Pakistan. The three girls attend
a school run by Developments
in Literacy, a local organization
that operates student-centered
model schools for
underprivileged children,
particularly girls, in rural
Pakistan.
The winner of the 2012 Stars
Impact Award for Education, DIL
is a beneficiary of Fund the
Front Line campaign, which
aims to highlight effective local
organizations working on the
front line in the fight against
poverty. The STARS Foundation
leads the initiative with the
support of the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, Charities Aid
Foundation and Pears
Foundation.

6. Shared by UNICEF
Maria Lina Jacinto Paude, 17, of
Beira, Mozambique, holds her
baby. Maria's husband (not
shown) abandoned her shortly
after their child was born.
The photo is part of a
collection of images and
multimedia films by five worldrenowned Magnum
photographers for “The Rights
Responsibility,” a joint
initiative of UNICEF and
Magnum Photos to raise
awareness on the crippling
challenges facing children in
Mozambique today.

7. Shared by DAI
Niome Somah tends a cassava
plant during rainy season at a
school garden in Grand Bassa
County, Liberia. The 20-yearold works alongside 100 other
adult learners to apply acquired
agriculture skills. At night, she
attends school to finish her
education.
Like Niome, over half of the
Liberian population are under
the age of 25, and many were
forced to drop out of school
during the country’s long civil
war or because they simply
couldn’t afford their school
fees.

8. Shared by World Concern
This is Roselyne, a World
Concern staff member in the
Kenyan county of Garissa, who
measures the arm of a little girl
to see if she’s malnourished.
The little girl’s mom is holding
a World Concern voucher, which
she can use to buy food and
supplementary nutrition for her
daughter and the rest of her
family.

9. Shared by Tetra Tech
This artisanal miner in Bangui,
Central African Republic, has
turned to fish breeding to boost
his income.
The man is among the
beneficiaries of the Property
Rights and Artisanal Diamond
Development Project, a joint
initiative of the U.S. Agency for
International Development and
State Department which assists
artisanal miners in formalizing
their rights and helps local
communities rehabilitate
hundreds of mined-out pits and
cultivate plant fruit tree
orchards, vegetable gardens
and fish ponds to diversity
sources of income.

10. Shared by the Yusuf Meherally Center
Students of the Thatyur primary
school in Uttarkhand, India,
form a human chain to help
move bricks from a truck to the
construction site. The bricks
will be used to rebuild
ecological toilets to avoid open
defecation and the health
issues it brings.
Thatyur experienced
devastating landslides in June,
and the Yusuf Meherally Center
is helping the community
rebuild.

11. Shared by WaterAid
Behafta Haftu, 15, collects
water from an unprotected
spring in Adi Sibhat, Tigray,
Ethiopia. The area is extremely
remote and is the site of an
ongoing development project
by WaterAid to bring clean
water to the heart of Adi Sibhat
for the very first time.

12. Shared by the STARS Foundation
Two girls in Manila, Philippines,
share a snack provided by the
Laura Vicuña Foundation.
The charity, which won the
2012 Stars Impact Award for
Protection, was founded to
provide a drop-in center for
street children facing assault
and violence, particularly
young girls. Now, it also runs
outreach programs including a
"child protection clinic on
wheels" touring both urban and
rural areas, teaching
communities how to protect
young people and prevent
sexual abuse, and providing
medical services to about 800
children a week.

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