5350 - Women’s savings club/credit union, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

5362 - Women with their babies at a village savings club meeting, Tamil Nadu, India.

672 - Bethany Catholic novices of the Syro-Malankaran rite, Trivandrum, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

673 - Bethany Catholic novices of the Syro-Malankaran rite, Trivandrum, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

670 - Bethany Catholic novices of the Syro-Malankaran rite, The Bethany Generalate, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

674 - Bethany Catholic novices of the Syro-Malankaran rite praying, Trivandrum, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

675 - Bethany Catholic novices of the Syro-Malankaran rite at prayer, Trivandrum, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

671 - Bethany Catholic novices of the Syro-Malankaran rite, The Bethany Generalate, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

676 - Bethany Catholic novices of the Syro-Malankaran rite, The Bethany Generalate, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

07in102 - INDIA New home of Aleyamma Luka, whose husband died 3 weeks earlier from cancer. She lives with her son Reju (29) and his wife Nisha (26). House building project funded by CNEWA and implemented by Diocese of Kottayam Social Services in villages of Wayanad district, Kerala. Aleyamma in her kitchen.

3278 - Bethany novices at Kottayam Generalate chapel, India.

07in101 - INDIA New home of Aleyamma Luka, whose husband died 3 weeks earlier from cancer. She lives with her son Reju (29) and his wife Nisha (26). House building project funded by CNEWA and implemented by Diocese of Kottayam Social Services in villages of Wayanad district, Kerala. Aleyamma with a papaya.

5368 - Hands of an old woman, Kerala, India.

9122 - Women dressed in black demonstrating against free trade, Black Thursday,Sangaman, Women’s Education and Economic Development, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu India.

9121 - Women dressed in black demonstrating against free trade, Black Thursday, Sangaman, Women’s Education and Economic Development, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India.

5367 - Old woman of Pinkulum, Kerala, India.

3259 - Girls of St. Anne’s Orphanage, Trichur, Kerala, India.

5355 - Woman making voltage stabilizers, Kerala, India.

3495 - MOTHER LEADERS’ PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CLASS, CHAKAMMALA, KERALA, India.

3263 - Girls at a catholic orphanage dancing, Quilon, Kerala, India.

5234 - Children of Kerala, India.

5235 - Girls of Kerala, India.

5356 - Women cutting dried tapioca, Pinkulam Village, Kerala, India.

4215 - Girls at a Catholic orphanage, Quilon, Kerala, India.

N06in058 - Ms Sunita Devi, age 22, her husband is a 25 year old laborer. Ms Sabitri (step-mother), age 35, and infant boy (7 months) Chaviraj. Her husband is a laborer. Sunita and Sabitri work together buying fruit and vegetables from the market and reselling them in the village. They borrowed 500Rs to start this business, and paid back the loan in two months. ’I am now able to meet my regular expenditures. Before, I had to borrow money to pay for some living costs. I now have my own small private savings, and I can afford to pay the monthly SHG contribution.’ Members of Women’s Self Help and Microcredit Savings Group, Raunakhurd Village, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, India.

06in214 - Royal Palace at Padmanabhapuram, Kerala, India.

5358 - Woman cooking rice, Pinkulam, Kerala, India.

4224 - Girls at a Catholic orphanage combing hair, Quilon, Kerala, India.

5233 - Girls of Akkaparambu, Kerala, India.

5422 - Karate class at Karimoor Boys Home, Kerala, India.