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Photoshare Newsletter - November 2006

Contents

  1. Featured Photos
  2. Best Practice Spotlight

  3. 2006 Photoshare Photo Contest - Deadline: Nov.10
  4. Additional Photo Resources 
  5. Photos and Equipment Needed


1. Featured Photos

In the last month, Photoshare cataloged photos sent in from around the world for inclusion in the general collection. See below for highlights of new contributions:

Uganda- New Photos from Irene Kulabako

An elderly lady engages the Forum Theatre actors in a discussion during a community show for the Be a Man campaign by the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) under the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) Uganda. © 2006 Irene Kulabako/HCP Uganda, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 393-3] 

 

An audience consisting of men and women from the armed forces watch their colleagues from the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) perform in the Forum Theatre as part of the Be a Man campaign conducted by Young Empowered and Healthy (Y.E.A.H.). The campaign was organized under the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) Uganda. © 2006 Irene Kulabako/HCP Uganda, Courtesy of Photoshare[Photo ID: 393-11 

Actors from the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) listen in on notes from their supervisor after the Forum Theatre show, conducted by Young Empowered and Healthy (Y.E.A.H.), as part of the Be a Man campaign under the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) Uganda. © 2006 Irene Kulabako/HCP Uganda, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID:393-4]  

A training session on Forum Theatre for the Be a Man campaign for officers and men of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) conducted by Young Empowered and Healthy (Y.E.A.H.), under the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) Uganda. © 2006 Irene Kulabako/HCP   [Photo ID: 393-8] see all...

Nepal- New Photos from Saroj Nepal

A member of a Participatory Learning Approach/Radio Listeners Group (PLA/RLG) in Nepal listen to a health communication radio program while using a comic book for discussion. The Health Communication Partnership (HCP) uses a network of these listeners' groups through the Radio Health Program (RHP) to expand the reach of health messages to rural communities in Nepal. © 2005 Saroj Nepal/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare[Photo ID: 391-7]   

A group discussion during Maulana (Muslim religious leader) orientation, under the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) Nepal project. © 2006 Saroj Nepal/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 391-4]

In Sunsari, Nepal, members of a Radio Listeners Group (RLG) receive radios as part of a material distribution program.The Health Communication Partnership (HCP) uses a network of these listeners' groups through the Radio Health Program (RHP) to expand the reach of health messages to rural communities in Nepal. © 2005 Saroj Nepal/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 391-6see all... 


2. Best Practice Spotlight

Photoshare would like to recognize the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College for including both the Photoshare caption and the photographer's credit below the image on their website for the Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. See an screenshot below. See also: more information on Crediting Photoshare Images (PowerPoint).


3. 2006 Photoshare Photo Contest - Deadline: Nov.10

2006 Photoshare Photo Contest (4th Annual)
Sponsored by The INFO Project and Canon

Join Photoshare in helping non-profits communicate health and development worldwide. You may have an award-winning photo and a chance to WIN CASH AND A CANON DIGITAL CAMERA!

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LAST CALL!!!... Deadline: November 10th, 2006

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Download Entry Form.

Contest Categories

1. Family Planning and Reproductive Health
2. HIV/AIDS
3. Environment
4. Agricultural & Economic Development
5. Democracy & Governance
6. Humanitarian Assistance
7. Global Health (open subject)
8. Human Interest (open subject)

Best of Show Awards

1st Place: $500 USD*
2nd Place: $350 USD*
3rd Place: $225 USD*

Canon Powershot Digital Camera *A Canon Digital Camera will also be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place.

More information...


4. Additional Photo Resources

Photoshare has added new content to the Photoshare website. If needed, please consider these alternative photo resources containing images and photos related to international health and development.

Additional Photo Resources

Available for Immediate Download | Available Upon Request | Available for Purchase/Fee | Available for Browsing Only


5. Photos and Equipment Needed

 

Photoshare generally needs more photos of the following subjects from ALL REGIONS.

General Human Interest (photos illustrating rural and urban life/populations)

  • Couples and families
  • Adolescents
  • Women and children
  • Fathers and children

Health-Related Activities, Behaviors, and Interventions

  • Family planning and reproductive health (e.g. education, counseling, DEPO injections, display of a year's supply of pills)
  • HIV/AIDS (e.g. prevention, care, and treatment, PMTCT)
  • Maternal and child health (e.g. services, pregnancy, antenatal care, childbirth, breastfeeding, nutrition)
  • Malaria (e.g. prevention and treatment, bednet photos needed)
  • Tuberculosis (e.g. prevention and treatment)
  • Community Based Distribution (CBD) workers

Financial Activities and Economic Development Environment

  • Water (e.g. supply, use, quality, pollution, protection)
  • Air
  • Land and natural resources management
  • Food Security
  • Disasters (e.g. impact, relief, preparedness)

Specific Under-Represented Countries and Regions

  • Africa, Sub-Saharan: Somalia
  • Latin America: all countries


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