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World Religious Summit- Winnipeg Canada, June 21-23

WACC photo competition - 2010 - winners

The theme of this year’s competition was Communication and Poverty. Photographers were invited to submit photos that portrayed that: Poverty includes communication poverty. Stronger voices of people living in poverty lead to better understanding and action aimed at tackling injustice and inequality. With open access to information and knowledge, poor communities can work towards a better future. The photos focused on communication helping to overcome poverty; tearing down communication barriers; having a voice and being heard. More than 1000 photographs were entered in the competition.


Winning photo by Chetan Soni, a news Photographer for a National Hindi daily, DainikBhaskar. The photo features a volunteer teaching basic computer skills to tribal poor children in Dhar (mp) India.

Commendation photo also by Chetan Soni. The photo features a volunteer teaching basic computer skills to tribal women in dhar (mp) India.

Commendation photo by Sudipto Das, a Self-taught photographer currently working for a leading news daily, The Times of India. The photo features a village women taking part in an adult literacy programme at a remote village in West Bengal, India.

Commendation photo by Kaushik Majumder (Raja), a teacher at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama primary school in Calcutta India. The photo is a "symbol of thrust for education to overcome poverty."

Commendation photo by Dilip Lokre, a Photo Editor for Free Press, Indore. Loud speaker is the main source of communication for the illiterate people.

Merry Christmas from WACCstaff - 2009

WACC Executive Committee members

WACC Executive Committee members at their annual meeting, September 15-20


Left-Right: Young-Cheol Cheon -Treasurer, Cándida González-López -Vice Chair, WACC Caribbean, Bill Falekaono - Chair, WACC Pacific, Rev. Achowah Umenei- Chair, WACC Africa, Sheila George - Secretary , WACC North America, Dennis Smith - President, Praxedis Bouwman-Vice President, Amany Latif - Secretary, Randy Naylor- General Secretary and Rev. Samuel Meshack - Chair, WACC Asia.

WACC Executive Committee meeting, 15-20 September 2009

The annual Executive Committee meeting was held at the Five Oaks, in Ontario, Canada, September 15-20. WACC staff also attended the meeting.

Left-Right, front row (seated): Randy Naylor- General Secretary, Praxedis Bouwman-Vice President, Dennis Smith - President, Amany Latif - Secretary, Young-Cheol Cheon -Treasurer.

Left-Right, standing: Cándida González-López -Vice Chair, WACC Caribbean, Bill Falekaono - Chair, WACC Pacific, Gisèle Langendries - Administrator for Programmes and Funding (staff), Jitu Somani - Finance Manager (staff), Sheila George - Secretary , WACC North America, Rev. Samuel Meshack - Chair, WACC Asia, Richard Cridlan - Programme Manager/Finance Controller, WACC-UK (staff), María Teresa Aveggio - Programme Manager for Recognising and Building Communication Rights as well as Communication and Poverty (staff), Sarah Macharia - Programme Manager for Media and Gender Justice as well as HIV and AIDS, Communication and Stigma (staff), Lavinia Mohr - Deputy General Secretary and Director of Programmes (staff), Philip Lee -Deputy Director of Programmes (staff), Rev. Achowah Umenei- Chair, WACC Africa, Edgar Bernal-Martinez - Administrative Assistant (staff), Terry Mutuku, Communication Officer and Web Manager (staff).