2004 Andrew Haugen, Courtesy of Photoshare
Terrace farming near lake Bunyonyi in southwestern Uganda. Farmers clear hillsides for every available parcel of land in order to raise enough food for consumption, and in some cases, to sell in order to supplement their income.

2006 Araceli Curiel, Courtesy of Photoshare
A rice patty in rural Bangladesh provides the food staple for many poor in the area. With dangerous contaminants getting into the patties through irrigation, it has never been more important to practice responsible agriculture and protect small farmers.

2007 Anil Gulati, Courtesy of Photoshare
Thousands of women gather in Majhauli, India, at the "Saas-Bahu Sammelan," a convention of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law on safe motherhood sponsored by the Department of Health & Family Welfare, the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India, and UNICEF.

2004 Shannon Braesel, Courtesy of Photoshare
Workers harvest under the early morning sun in Peru.

2006 Helen Hawkings, Courtesy of Photoshare Caption
Young women discuss family planning at their sexual health education peer group in the Dominican Republic.

2000 Rick Maiman/David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Courtesy of Photoshare
Students watch and react to a condom demonstration at theirvocational school outside of Mexico City. The school credits frank sex education classes for helping curb its high rate of teen pregnancies.

2005 Melinda Nowak, Courtesy of Photoshare
A farmer in rural Langano, Ethiopia, displays a recently harvested bean. Over eighty percent of the rural population in Ethiopia depends of subsistence farming for their livelihood, which is subject to erratic weather conditions often sustaining chronic food insecurity.

2007 Virginia Lamprecht, Courtesy of Photoshare
Villagers laugh as they watch a group of actors perform a play about the benefits of family planning near Blantrye, Malawi. The festivities are part of a larger effort of the Adventist Health Service in Malawi to promote community-based family planning.

2004 Wale Ewedemi, Courtesy of Photoshare
The sun shines through the canopy of the Kakum Rainforest, that is home to much of Ghana's indigenous biodiversity, plant life as well as rare butterflies, birds and game.

1999 Jennifer Bowman, Courtesy of Photoshare
A slum area along the river in downtown Manila, Philippines.

2000 Liz Gilbert/David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Courtesy of Photoshare
The United Nations reports that forest cover in the Philippines has gone from 70 percent coverage of land areas in the 1900 to less that 25 percent today Visayas region of the central Philippines.

2000 Liz Gilbert/David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Courtesy of Photoshare
Rapid population growth in the Philippines has resulted in a serious pollution problem, affecting its rivers, oceans, and air. This photo shows a polluted waterway in the Visayas region of the central Philippines.

2007 Paul Jeffrey/ACT-Caritas, Courtesy of Photoshare
A health provider examines a pregnant woman in Um Labassa, Sudan.

2005 Arturo Sanabria, Courtesy of Photoshare
Women in Mozambique wait at a health center to receive antenatal care.

2006 Felix Masi/Voiceless Children, Courtesy of Photoshare
An animal carcass in northern Kenya signals hardship and impending disaster for families forced to travel for many days in search of drinking water for themselves and their animals. Over 3.5 million people in northern Kenya are feared to starve due to an alarming drought and food crisis at a time when the current government faces charges of corruption.