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  • A villager poses outside his hut in Dinghia village in Orissa, India. His hut is the closest to the entry gate of the village. Temporary fences have been erected by them around the boundary of the village to prevent the entry of survey team into their area. South Korean steel giant POSCO continues to face stiff public resistance in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district where the company is setting up India's biggest direct foreign investment project of 12 million tonne steel plant. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Bansidhar Bhola is a fisherman and here he poses inside his hut with his grandson, Hemanta in Dinghia village in Orissa, India. Bhola's hut is the closest to the entry gate of the village. The roads leading to the village are under surveillance and these villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Bansidhar Bhola is a fisherman and here he poses inside his hut with his grandson, Hemanta in Dinghia village in Orissa, India. Bhola's hut is the closest to the entry gate of the village. The roads leading to the village are under surveillance and these villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Bansidhar Bhola poses outside his hut in Dinghia village in Orissa, India. His hut is the closest to the entry gate of the village. Temporary fences have been erected by them around the boundary of the village to prevent the entry of survey team into their area. South Korean steel giant POSCO continues to face stiff public resistance in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district where the company is setting up India's biggest direct foreign investment project of 12 million tonne steel plant. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • An old woman walks with a little girl in Village Sirisgura in Bastar district of Chattisgarh, India. The local villagers are protesting against Tata and the local government for forcibly acquiring their village. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos for The Times
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  • A cyclist rides past a villager as he poses in Dinghia village in Orissa, India. Temporary fences have been erected by them around the boundary of the village to prevent the entry of survey team into their area. South Korean steel giant POSCO continues to face stiff public resistance in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district where the company is setting up India's biggest direct foreign investment project of 12 million tonne steel plant. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Raghunath Das (centre) and many other villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. Temporary fences have been erected by them around the boundary of the village to prevent the entry of survey team into their area. South Korean steel giant POSCO continues to face stiff public resistance in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district where the company is setting up India's biggest direct foreign investment project of 12 million tonne steel plant. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Savita Mandal, the widow of 34 year old Dula Mandal shows the photo of her deceased husband. Dula Mandal died on the spot in his village, Govindpur on June 20th 2008 when the pro-posco agitators threw a bomb at their group. The local villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Villagers meet after dusk to take account of the day and discuss their strategy on how to tackle the problem of land acquisition by Posco. many villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dingkhia in Orissa, India. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Many villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dingkhia in Orissa, India. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Many villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dingkhia in Orissa, India. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Raghunath Das (left) and many other villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dingkhia in Orissa, India. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Many villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dingkhia in Orissa, India. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • 43-year-old Suresh Kumar Dash's family helps him on his betel leaf farm in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • Vedanta Alumina Ltd. is seen in the background in Lanjigarh village, surrounded by the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, India.
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  • A villager is seen reading the newspaper outside his house in Dinghia village in Orissa, India.
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  • Villagers pose for a portrait outside the local temple, that also works as the office of the agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" in   village Dingkhia in Orissa, India.
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  • A resident of Gona village, Shakuntala Devi (right) shares her reasons of admiring BSP candidate, Mukhtar Ansari..Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Kochari Pusika poses for a portrait in her hut in Salpojola village in Niyamgiri hills. She is one of the many people who will get displaced if the aluminium company Vedanta carries on with its plans of mining of Bauxide in Niyamgiri hills.
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  • A resident of Gona village, Laxmi Devi (right) advocates her reasons of admiring BSP candidate, Mukhtar Ansari..Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • A resident of Gona village, Laxmi Devi (right) shares her reasons of admiring BSP candidate, Mukhtar Ansari..Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • The admirers of BSP candidate, Mukhtar Ansari seen in the village Gona in the outskirts of Gazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India.Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Kochari Pusika poses for a portrait in Salpojola village in Niyamgiri hills. He is one of the many people who will get displaced if the aluminium company Vedanta carries on with its plans of mining of Bauxide in Niyamgiri hills in Rayagara district of Orissa in India.
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  • The resident of Gona village, Surati Devi is an admirer of BSP candidate, Mukhtar Ansari. Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • A resident of Gona village, Laxmi Devi (right) shares her reasons of admiring BSP candidate, Mukhtar Ansari..Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Surati Devi poses with a poster of Bahujan Samajwadi Party's candidate, Mukhtar Ansari in her hut in Gona village, in Gazipur area of Uttar Pradesh. .Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Surati Devi poses with a poster of Bahujan Samajwadi Party's candidate, Mukhtar Ansari in her hut in Gona village, in Gazipur area of Uttar Pradesh. .Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Laxmi Devi (right) looks on as Surati Devi (background) praises the Bahujan Samajwadi Party's candidate, Mukhtar Ansari in her hut in Gona village, in Gazipur area of Uttar Pradesh..Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • The resident of Gona village, Surati Devi is an admirer of BSP candidate, Mukhtar Ansari. Here she shows the various publicity materials given to her by the party members. Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Surati Devi poses with a poster of Bahujan Samajwadi Party's candidate, Mukhtar Ansari in her hut in Gona village, in Gazipur area of Uttar Pradesh. .Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • A little boy is seen in Dinghia village in Orissa, India.
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  • Kumri Majhi's family is one of the many families who have been displaced and have been relocated in small houses in the Niyamgiri Vedanta Nagar around the Vedanta Alumina processing plant. Residents complain that they have been compensated very little for the piece of land. Jobs were promised in the processing plant, but no jobs have been given as yet. The rehabilitation colony is spread across 136 acres of land. The rehabilitated families also complain that the houses are too small, and bear no resemblance to the ones they are used to from their village.
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  • Kumri Majhi's family is one of the many families who have been displaced and have been relocated in small houses in the Niyamgiri Vedanta Nagar around the Vedanta Alumina processing plant. Residents complain that they have been compensated very little for the piece of land. Jobs were promised in the processing plant, but no jobs have been given as yet. The rehabilitation colony is spread across 136 acres of land. The rehabilitated families also complain that the houses are too small, and bear no resemblance to the ones they are used to from their village.
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  • Kumri Majhi's family is one of the many families who have been displaced and have been relocated in small houses in the Niyamgiri Vedanta Nagar around the Vedanta Alumina processing plant. Residents complain that they have been compensated very little for the piece of land. Jobs were promised in the processing plant, but no jobs have been given as yet. The rehabilitation colony is spread across 136 acres of land. The rehabilitated families also complain that the houses are too small, and bear no resemblance to the ones they are used to from their village.
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  • Anti POSCO leader and the president of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti, Mr. Abhaya Sahoo poses for a portrait with local villagers in Nuagaon in Orissa, India. PPSS leader Mr Abhaya Shaoo who had been spearheading Posco movement in Dhinkia panchyat since three years and took key role to paralyze the installation of Posco steel project was arrested by Paradip police on 2 th October in 2008. Sahoo had been languishing in jail since ten months has finally released on conditional bail in Orissa High Court.
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  • Local villagers gather to meet anti POSCO leader and the president of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti, Mr. Abhaya Sahoo in Nuagaon in Orissa, India. PPSS leader Mr Abhaya Shaoo who had been spearheading Posco movement in Dhinkia panchyat since three years and took key role to paralyze the installation of Posco steel project was arrested by Paradip police on 2 th October in 2008. Sahoo had been languishing in jail since ten months has finally released on conditional bail in Orissa High Court.
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  • "Over our dead bodies," a Kondh leader told me during one of my visits to the region. However, filing of rights and claiming their dutiful right to the land is going slow at the moment; confusion reigns as people grapple with how they should file the claims. The long and slow struggle against the corporations (and the government) is adversely hampering the movement and villages are also divided into camps. It seems, the process of land acquisition will not be so easy after all.
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  • "Over our dead bodies," a Kondh leader told me during one of my visits to the region. However, filing of rights and claiming their dutiful right to the land is going slow at the moment; confusion reigns as people grapple with how they should file the claims. The long and slow struggle against the corporations (and the government) is adversely hampering the movement and villages are also divided into camps. It seems, the process of land acquisition will not be so easy after all.
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  • Anti POSCO leader and the president of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti, Mr. Abhaya Sahoo poses for a portrait in Nuagaon in Orissa, India. PPSS leader Mr Abhaya Shaoo who had been spearheading Posco movement in Dhinkia panchyat since three years and took key role to paralyze the installation of Posco steel project was arrested by Paradip police on 2 th October in 2008. Sahoo had been languishing in jail since ten months has finally released on conditional bail in Orissa High Court.
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  • Surati Devi poses with a personal note written by Mukhtar Ansari to the jailer to grant anytime access (for her at the district jail for uninterrupted personal visits)..Since getting as many votes as possible is the agenda of any of the parties in UP, Mayawati's party, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has given the tickets to criminals who have enough clout in their region. One such, Mukhtar Ansari is in jail for the past 3 years and is awaiting trails for more than two dozen alleged crimes, including murder. Inspite of being in jail, he is in touch with his loyalists and contesting for elections from jail itself. He has a stature of a modern day Robin Hood.
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  • Villagers gather to talk about governments projects and their impact in their village Karhai outside of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian government spends $1.4 billion a year - on programs that include weighing newborn babies, counseling mothers on healthy eating and supplementing meals, but none of this is yeilding results. According to UNICEF, some 48% of Indian children, or 61 million kids, remain malnourished, the clinical condition of being so undernourished that their physical and mental growth are stunted.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen fixing his ancient hunting gun, while patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • A villager from Mabauram village is seen patrolling and keeping a vigil while other villagers go and collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen patrolling and providing security to other villagers while they go to collect vegetables and other personal items from their burnt village. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India.
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  • Armed with bows and arrow, a local villager from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area is seen keeping a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • Armed with bows and arrow, a local villager from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area is seen keeping a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • Armed with bows and arrow, a local villager from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area is seen keeping a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • On 2 January 2006, the police in Kalinganagar, Orissa opened fire against a group of tribals protesting against Tata's constructing a steel plant on their lands and not paying them adequate compensation. This tragedy killing 12 persons on the spot shocked the whole nation and that incident has all but paralysed the state government over the land issue. .A 'NO ENTRY' sign has been put up at the entrance of the TATA proposed land. Armed with bows and arrows, the villagers from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area keep a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • On 2 January 2006, the police in Kalinganagar, Orissa opened fire against a group of tribals protesting against Tata's constructing a steel plant on their lands and not paying them adequate compensation. This tragedy killing 12 persons on the spot shocked the whole nation and that incident has all but paralysed the state government over the land issue. .A 'NO ENTRY' sign has been put up at the entrance of the TATA proposed land. Armed with bows and arrows, the villagers from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area keep a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • On 2 January 2006, the police in Kalinganagar, Orissa opened fire against a group of tribals protesting against Tata's constructing a steel plant on their lands and not paying them adequate compensation. This tragedy killing 12 persons on the spot shocked the whole nation and that incident has all but paralysed the state government over the land issue. .A 'NO ENTRY' sign has been put up at the entrance of the TATA proposed land. Armed with bows and arrows, the villagers from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area keep a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • Armed with bows and arrow, a local villager from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area is seen keeping a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • Pregnant women, their children and other village women are seen waiting in the Anganwadi centre (Integrated Child Development Services) to meet the rural health worker  of the Fakirana Sisters Society in Loharpatti Village, in Bettiah of East Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Sharda Devi poses with her blackboard in a classroom  where local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Local village women gather to attend the SHG (self help group) meeting and discuss saving schemes in Barji Village, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Pregnant women, their children and other village women are seen waiting in the Anganwadi centre (Integrated Child Development Services) to meet the rural health worker  of the Fakirana Sisters Society in Loharpatti Village, in Bettiah of East Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Sharda Devi sits with her blackboard in a classroom with her grandson who helps her write while other local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Madhu Khatum poses with her blackboard in a classroom  where local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Ashma Khatum poses with her blackboard in a classroom  where local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Miriam Nasah poses with her blackboard in a classroom  where local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Hasandara Khatum poses with her blackboard in a classroom  where local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Rubaira Khatum poses with her blackboard in a classroom  where local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Manjali Devi, one of the local village women is seen attending the SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Local village women meet for vaccination and immunization at the Anganwadi centre in Manohar Chapra Village, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Local village women meet for vaccination and immunization of their infants at the Anganwadi centre in Khantari Mahanand Village, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • A villager uses a mobile phone to take a photo of his family in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • The villagers from Mabauram village are seen in the lower Mabauram where they have taken shelter after suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills.
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  • Local village women attend SHG (self help group) literacy programme organised by the Fakirana Sisters Society in Vishambarpur Village, in Bettiah of West Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Dhaneshwar Dash poses for a portrait in his hut in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • 43 year old Suresh Kumar Dash is seen fishing in sea near his village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • A villager is seen with his son in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • Villagers are seen discussing their rights to their land while other family members look on in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. A family of 9 is supported with 9 acres of land that generates an annual income of 1000USD. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • 43 year old Suresh Kumar Dash is seen with his grandchildren in his hut in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • 43 year old Suresh Kumar Dash speaks to his grandchild while he combs his hair before heading to school in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • Dhaneshwar Dash poses for a portrait in his hut in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • An elder is seen attending a meeting at the village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • The Dash family waits in the background, as 23 year old Stithipragya Dash cooks the meal for the family in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • 43 year old Suresh Kumar Dash is seen with his grandchildren in his hut in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • Local villagers attend a street theatre act organized by Fakirana Sisters Society as part of their programme to educate the rural population on sanitation and health care in Arnahwa Village, in Bettiah of East Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Local villagers get the infants vaccinated during the routine immunization drive in Loharpatti Village, in Bettiah of East Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Local villagers get the infants vaccinated during the routine immunization drive in Loharpatti Village, in Bettiah of East Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • 41 year old, Subhash Mahapatra (3rd from right) is seen advocating their rights to their land while other family members look on in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. A family of 9 is supported with 9 acres of land that generates an annual income of 1000USD. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • Villagers are seen at the local temple which also acts as a campaign office in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • 43 year old Zeme Naga, Damtuing is seen patrolling the village, he like many other Zeme Nagas have taken shelter in lower Mabauram. Suspected Dimasa group killed 2 youths (aged 16 and 14) and burnt 21 houses out of 25 in village Mabauram in the outskirts of Haflong, Assam, India. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills.
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  • Local villagers wait to get their infants vaccinated during the routine immunization drive in Loharpatti Village, in Bettiah of East Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Local villagers wait to get the infants vaccinated during the routine immunization drive in Loharpatti Village, in Bettiah of East Champaran district in Bihar. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Villagers are seen at the local temple which also acts as a campaign office in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • A nurse speaks with a pregnant woman during pre natal check ups at the delivery hut in Barwa village of East Champaran district of Bihar, India. Initiated to provide better pre-natal care to the pregnant women, Duncan Hospital with collaboration with Geneva Global has initiated a special campaign - delivery hut. Villagers here are told about various health issues, women go through free pre-natal check ups etc. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • Women wait to see the nurse at the delivery hut in Barwa village of East Champaran district of Bihar, India. Initiated to provide better pre-natal care to the pregnant women, Duncan Hospital with collaboration with Geneva Global has initiated a special campaign - delivery hut. Villagers here are told about various health issues, women go through free pre-natal check ups etc. Since 2008 the Foundation and Geneva Global have been investing in the training of medical staff to improve the lives of people living in 600+ villages in the region. The NGOs are delivering cost effective interventions to address treatment, care and prevention of diseases, disability and preventable deaths amongst infants, adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age. There is statistical and anecdotal evidence that there have been vast improvements and a total of 40-50% increased immunization for all children under 6 has meant that communities can be serviced and educated long term. Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos for Legatum Foundation
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  • A villager is seen outside his house in Ijurupa village. This village is few metres from the boundary wall of the refinery and causes obstruction of expansion as it falls inbetween the land that has already bought by Vedanta. The villagers are resisting and have decided not to sell the land to the company at any cost.
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  • Local villagers take shelter at a community centre while security forces are seen provide security at Jowai village. On 8th May 200, suspected Zeme Naga groups attacked a Dimasa village and burnt down 10 out of 13 houses. In this act of violence, they spared the school and the community centre, where most of the families are taking shelter. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills in Assam, India.
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  • Security forces provide security and are seen with villagers at the community centre in Jorai village. On 8th May 200, suspected Zeme Naga groups attacked a Dimasa village and burnt down 10 out of 13 houses. In this act of violence, they spared the school and the community centre, where most of the families are taking shelter. Ethnic clashes are regularly taking place between Zeme Nagas and the Dimasa tribe in North Cachar Hills in Assam, India.
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