At Work
A photo essay showing women and men at work around the world.
Migrant workers, mostly from Mexico, gather buckets full of cucumbers on Ricky Horton's farm in Blackwater, Virginia, USA.
Rina Rauniyar, a health worker with Care Development Organization (CDO), leads a nutrition education seminar in Bandarkharka, Nepal.
Camilo Petellana crafts a wooden case for a machete in the workshop of Alfredo Tabada, Sr. in Carigara, Philippines. Alfredo and his son Fred are among a handful of blacksmiths working with Catholic Relief Services to produce tools that will be sold to former coconut farmers affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
Saratu Sule sews at the tailoring business she runs near her home in Huda village, Kebbi state, Nigeria. Sule learned to sew in early 2016 as part of a vocational training program run through Feed the Future (FTF), a USAID-funded project implemented by CRS to improve the lives of 52,000 very poor households.
Thirteen-year-old Mai Lee smiles after using a computer for the first time with the help of her teacher. “I’m just trying to type, to see if I can type,” said Mai, an eighth grader at Phonsavad Secondary School in Phonsavad, a Hmong village located on a small island a few hours north of Vientiane, the capital of Laos. “I feel very glad because I touched the computer today and I really want to learn more.”
Sibylle Ugirase leads a student orientation workshop for Kepler Kigali's inaugural class of 50 in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Ugirase is a former scholarship recipient of Generation Rwanda, the nonprofit that started Kepler Kigali and grants university scholarships to especially needy Rwandan students. "It's a pleasure to give back," Ugirase said of her involvement in the student orientation.
Dominique Mazimpaka and his son Innocent Nzabonirera, 13, build a double dug garden in front of their home in Nyamirambo village, Rwanda. Dominique will grow carrots or perhaps cabbage in the new garden. Both are things his family rarely ate before joining a cooperative and learning about nutrition and a balanced diet.
Blessing Monday does laundry with the help of her daughter, Happiness, 6, at their home in Magajipe Abuja, Nigeria. Blessing has been attending parenting classes created by 4 Children and led by Yes to Life for Women and Children, a local nonprofit. The 25 topics covered in the classes include everything from parenting responsibilities to offering praise to managing your own emotions.
Lazarus Samuel (in red) welds a window frame with his apprentices at his shop in Igu, near Abuja, Nigeria.
Habib Manu tends to her fruit and vegetable plot in Bamimairuwu, Kebbi, Nigeria.
A lab technician tests a sample while interning at St. Francis Healthcare Services in Jinja, Uganda.
Juliette Mukayinga, a research nurse working on the Kabeho study with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, smiles at a child who is part of the study at the Remera Health Center in Kigali, Rwanda.