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  • Children skip in an abandoned gold mine hostel where squatter families now reside outside of Johannesburg, South Africa.

  • Global Education Movement (GEM) Maps program in Lebanon.

  • Global Education Movement (GEM) Maps program in Lebanon.

  • Global Education Movement (GEM) Maps program in Lebanon.


  • A female student is photographed at the Kiziba Refugee Camp in Kibuye, Rwanda.

  • Pacifique works on her computer at the home she shares with other Kepler students in Kigali, Rwanda.

  • “Refugees are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, with the same hopes and ambitions as us—except that a twist of fate has bound their lives to a global refugee crisis on an unprecedented scale.”— Khaled Hosseini<br /> This week I've been documenting the Global Education Movement's inspiring new higher education programs in a remote refugee camp in northern Kenya. This young woman, who is just beginning the program, came to the camp from Somalia as a child without her parents in the care of family friends. She has not seen her family since and expressed to me her wonder and excitement about beginning the degree program.<br /> While she is one of the lucky ones, her story is just one of the almost 200,000 in the camp and one of over 25 million refugees worldwide.



  • Global Education Movement (GEM) Laser program in Lebanon.

  • Syrian Refugee sisters study together in their shared bedroom in Lebanon.


  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans

  • Sacred Heart School Images by Julia Cumes

  • Sacred Heart School Images by Julia Cumes

  • Students play a game during a physical education class at the Vimochana School in Malabad, India. The school was the first residential school for the children of Devadasis and was founded in 1990 to break the cycle of the Devadasi system. Because the belief is that all female children of Devadasis should themselves become Devadasis, the school was created to remove the children from the culture in which this practice took place and instead offer them an education. All students receive free tuition, books, uniforms, food and medical care.

  • Malashri Kamble, 16 (left) and Saraswati Patil, 11, play chess at their hostel at Vimochana Sangha's school for the children of Devadasis in Malabad, India. Kamble's mother was a Devadasi who died at a young age and Kamble was recruited for the school by a social worker when she was 10 years old. The school, which was founded in 1990 by Mr. B.L. Patil, is the first residential school established to break the cycle of the Devadasi system. Because the belief is that all female children of Devadasis should themselves become Devadasis, the school was created to remove the children from the culture in which this practice took place and instead offer them an education. All students receive free tuition, books, uniforms, food and medical care. Graduates have gone on to become teachers, nurses, engineers etc. Kamble's grandmother has reservations about Kamble continuing with her studies.

  • Akshata Jivoji (left) and Malashri Kamble perform their morning prayers in their hostel room at Vimochana Sangha's school for the children of Devadasis in Malabad, India. The school, which was founded in 1990 by Mr. B.L. Patil, is the first residential school established to break the cycle of the Devadasi system. Because the belief is that all female children of Devadasis should themselves become Devadasis, the school was created to remove the children from the culture in which this practice took place and instead offer them an education. All students receive free tuition, books, uniforms, food and medical care. Graduates have gone on to become teachers, nurses, engineers etc. "Most importantly, more than 300 girl chidren are married and living in the mainstream of society," says Patil proudly. "This doesn't seem like an achievement for others but for us, this is proof that this generation has been prevented from following their mothers into the Devadasi system,".

  • Vidhyashree Doomani, 14, studies in the girls' hostel at the Vimochana School in Malabad, India. The school was the first residential school for the children of Devadasis and was founded in 1990 to break the cycle of the Devadasi system. Because the belief is that all female children of Devadasis should themselves become Devadasis, the school was created to remove the children from the culture in which this practice took place and instead offer them an education. All students receive free tuition, books, uniforms, food and medical care. While Doomani's mother is a Devadasi, Vidhyashree hopes to become a teacher after graduation.

  • Vidhyashree Doomani, 14, attends extra English classes at the Vimochana School in Malabad, India. The school was the first residential school for the children of Devadasis and was founded in 1990 to break the cycle of the Devadasi system. Because the belief is that all female children of Devadasis should themselves become Devadasis, the school was created to remove the children from the culture in which this practice took place and instead offer them an education. All students receive free tuition, books, uniforms, food and medical care. While Doomani's mother is a Devadasi, Vidhyashree hopes to become a teacher after graduation.

  • Girish Chandra teaches english to students at the Vimochana School in Malabad, India. The school was the first residential school for the children of Devadasis and was founded in 1990 to break the cycle of the Devadasi system. Because the belief is that all female children of Devadasis should themselves become Devadasis, the school was created to remove the children from the culture in which this practice took place and instead offer them an education. All students receive free tuition, books, uniforms, food and medical care. Graduates have gone on to become teachers, nurses, engineers etc.

  • Young girls enjoy a spinning game in their hostel at the Rescue Foundation, a non-governmental organization founded to rescue young girls from brothels in and around Mumbai, India. The Rescue Foundation houses over 50 rescued girls at a time most of which are under the age of 18 .

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo © Julia Cumes/Momenta Workshops 2015.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo © Julia Cumes/Momenta Workshops 2015.

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo

  • These images were taken on the Momenta Project New Orleans 2015 workshop in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo © Julia Cumes/Momenta Workshops 2015.

  • Sacred Heart School Images by Julia Cumes










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