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World Religious Summit- Winnipeg Canada, June 21-23

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WACC photo competition - 2010 - winners

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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

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WACC Executive Committee members

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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

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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).

WACC Officers

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WACC Officers meeting in Toronto office, 7-10 May 2009
(L-R: Mrs Praxedis Bouwman - Vice-President, Mr Dennis Alan Smith - President,
Mrs Amany Latif Ebied - Secretary, Rev Young-Cheol Cheon - Treasurer
and Rev Dr Randy Naylor - General Secretary.

International Federation of Journalists conference on Gender and Ethics

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Lavinia Mohr, Director of Programmes, WACC with Jim Boumelha, President, IFJ

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WACC Photo competition 2009 winners

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“Women’s power” by Sudiptorana

La WACC promueve la comunicación para el cambio social. La WACC sostiene que la comunicación es un derecho humano básico que define la humanidad común de la gente, fortalece las culturas, facilita la participación, crea comunidad y cuestiona la tiranía y la opresión.

The World Association for Christian Communication is a UK Registered Charity (number 296073) and a Company registered in England and Wales (number 2082273) with its Registered Office at 71 Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6DX. It is an incorporated Charitable Organisation in Canada (number 83970 9524 RR0001) with its head office at 308 Main Street, Toronto ON, M4C 4X7.