This wall painting is a copy of a fresco in El Adra, the church of the Virgin Mary, at the monastery of Deir Es-Sourian, Wadi Natrun, Egypt. The insciption, in Syriac, is verse 14 of the second chapter of Luke: "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom God favours!"
(c) IFAO 1982
Children at the La Tablada Disciples of Christ community centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Some 90 children receive daily meals and help with school work, and some 15 young people receive job training.
(c) WCC/Adrián Stehlik