Eight ways to change the world

various photographers
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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%.
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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.
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Girls huddle together as they walk to

school, followed by a boy.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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Date: 06/2005
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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.
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Date: 06/2005
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Date: 06/2005
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The daily yield of fruit begged,

leftover or unwanted in a local
market.
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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.
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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.
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Cooking pots.
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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.
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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."
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Siblings Giorgina and Jorge Junior

outside their house at siesta time.
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Mother and daughter at the door of

their home.
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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."
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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."
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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.'
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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.
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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."
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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."
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Siblings Lester Sosa (6) and Lucy (4)

playing dominoes.
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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.
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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."
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A young girl carrying water. Until

recently people here have depended
on water from traditional wells which
were drying out.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A woman carrying water to her home.

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Farmer Ernesto Ogando Feliz (46) sits

outside his house in La Loma with his
daughter Paulina (3).
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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.
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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.
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Alicia Gomez (25) sits in hospital with

her daughters Margarita (4) and
Mariselli (2) while they receive
treatment for pneumonia.
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Woman carrying water home on her

head. The women collect 20 litres of
water at a time, which weighs 20kg.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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