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| Volume 7 Number 17 - Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 |
A Publication of the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN LAITY |
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Baltimore (IOCC) An Iraqi child receiving a hygiene parcel. Young men working on a construction project in the West Bank. Children eagerly opening a box of winter coats at a refugee shelter in Serbia-Montenegro. These are just some of the images from 2004 that were entered into the first International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) photo contest. The amateur photographs, taken by IOCC field staff in 12 offices around the world, were recently judged by a panel of Orthodox media professionals (listed below). First place went to a photo of an Iraqi girl receiving a hygiene parcel at a kindergarten in Baghdad. Second place went to a photo of young men working on a construction project completed in 2004. The young people, trained by IOCC as skilled laborers, were building a public health clinic in the West Bank village of Sarra. The photographer was Azzam Shabib, IOCC field engineer supervisor. Third place went to a photo of children at a refugee shelter in Obrenovac, Serbia-Montenegro, receiving winter coats as part of a 2004 project supported by the Peja Stojakovic Childrens Foundation. The photo was taken by IOCC-Belgrade staff. The winning photos are posted on the IOCC Web site. IOCC has 12 field offices from which it implements humanitarian programs in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Founded in 1992, IOCC is the official humanitarian aid agency of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA).
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