MAVRIXONLINE.COM - Oxfam Global Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen has published a booklet of her photographs, which she is sending to government officials and heads of state attending the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The booklet is the culmination of four years work with Oxfam in which Helena travelled to Peru, Nepal and Kenya to document the impact of climate change on people's lives and their ability to produce food. Entitled ?Meltdown,O it features 42 color, black-and-white, and Polaroid photos. Images from Helena's first two trips to Peru and Nepal have been exhibited at the United Nations in New York, in Washington, London and at the climate change talks in Copenhagen in 2009. Helena said; ?I witnessed the impact of glaciers melting at an alarming rate in my mother's native Peru, the aftermath of flooding in Nepal and met families in Kenya struggling to cope with a severe drought which put millions at risk of starvation. It is families like this that despite contributing the least to the global climate crisis, are bearing the brunt of the impact.O She added, ?The men, women and children in my photographs deserve to live beyond the lens and be remembered by our governments as lives rather than numbers. My images are intended to remind those discussing the fate of our planet that the future is not yet set in stone. I hope that governments meeting at Rio+20 will commit to making the changes so desperately needed to create a future safe from the risks of a changing climate, water, land and food shortages, and to set us on the path to a sustainable and prosperous future for everyone.O Miami, FL. 18th June 2012. Byline, credit, TV usage, web usage or linkback must read MAVRIXONLINE.COM/OXFAM. Failure to byline correctly will incur double the agreed fee. Tel: +1 305 542 9275.

MAVRIXONLINE.COM - Oxfam Global Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen has published a booklet of her photographs, which she is sending to government officials and heads of state attending the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The booklet is the culmination of four years work with Oxfam in which Helena travelled to Peru, Nepal and Kenya to document the impact of climate change on people's lives and their ability to produce food. Entitled ?Meltdown,O it features 42 color, black-and-white, and Polaroid photos. Images from Helena's first two trips to Peru and Nepal have been exhibited at the United Nations in New York, in Washington, London and at the climate change talks in Copenhagen in 2009. Helena said; ?I witnessed the impact of glaciers melting at an alarming rate in my mother's native Peru, the aftermath of flooding in Nepal and met families in Kenya struggling to cope with a severe drought which put millions at risk of starvation. It is families like this that despite contributing the least to the global climate crisis, are bearing the brunt of the impact.O She added, ?The men, women and children in my photographs deserve to live beyond the lens and be remembered by our governments as lives rather than numbers. My images are intended to remind those discussing the fate of our planet that the future is not yet set in stone. I hope that governments meeting at Rio+20 will commit to making the changes so desperately needed to create a future safe from the risks of a changing climate, water, land and food shortages, and to set us on the path to a sustainable and prosperous future for everyone.O Miami, FL. 18th June 2012. Byline, credit, TV usage, web usage or linkback must read MAVRIXONLINE.COM/OXFAM. Failure to byline correctly will incur double the agreed fee. Tel: +1 305 542 9275.

MAVRIXONLINE.COM - Oxfam Global Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen has published a booklet of her photographs, which she is sending to government officials and heads of state attending the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The booklet is the culmination of four years work with Oxfam in which Helena travelled to Peru, Nepal and Kenya to document the impact of climate change on people's lives and their ability to produce food. Entitled ?Meltdown,O it features 42 color, black-and-white, and Polaroid photos. Images from Helena's first two trips to Peru and Nepal have been exhibited at the United Nations in New York, in Washington, London and at the climate change talks in Copenhagen in 2009. Helena said; ?I witnessed the impact of glaciers melting at an alarming rate in my mother's native Peru, the aftermath of flooding in Nepal and met families in Kenya struggling to cope with a severe drought which put millions at risk of starvation. It is families like this that despite contributing the least to the global climate crisis, are bearing the brunt of the impact.O She added, ?The men, women and children in my photographs deserve to live beyond the lens and be remembered by our governments as lives rather than numbers. My images are intended to remind those discussing the fate of our planet that the future is not yet set in stone. I hope that governments meeting at Rio+20 will commit to making the changes so desperately needed to create a future safe from the risks of a changing climate, water, land and food shortages, and to set us on the path to a sustainable and prosperous future for everyone.O Miami, FL. 18th June 2012. Byline, credit, TV usage, web usage or linkback must read MAVRIXONLINE.COM/OXFAM. Failure to byline correctly will incur double the agreed fee. Tel: +1 305 542 9275.

More than 5,000 people rendered homeless by the earthquake have gathered on a football field in the center of Jacmel. The site is known as Penchinat (camp or tent city etc..) In a rapid joint project Unicef and WFP with the assistance of MINUSTAH forces quickly set up a water supply -potable and for cleaning- as well as a feeding program providing a hot meal every day for all that care to take advantage of it, with a special emphasis on the needs of women and children, who are the firs to be fed. A mother washes her infant with water drawn form the UNICEF etc. supply in Penchinat.

More than 5,000 people rendered homeless by the earthquake have gathered on a football field in the center of Jacmel. The site is known as Penchinat (camp or tent city etc..) In a rapid joint project Unicef and WFP quickly set up a feeding program providing a hotmeal every day for all that care to take advantage of it, with a special emphasis on the needs of women and children, who are the firs to be fed.

More than 5,000 people rendered homeless by the earthquake have gathered on a football field in the center of Jacmel. The site is known as Penchinat (camp or tent city etc..) In a rapid joint project Unicef and WFP quickly set up a feeding program providing a hotmeal every day for all that care to take advantage of it, with a special emphasis on the needs of women and children, who are the firs to be fed.

Approximately 5,000 people rendered homeless by the earthquake have gathered on a football field in the center of Jacmel. The site is known as Penchinat (camp or tent city etc..) In a rapid joint project Unicef and WFP quickly set up a feeding program providing a hotmeal every day for all that care to take advantage of it, with a special emphasis on the needs of women and children, who are the firs to be fed.

Palestinians receive humanitarian aid at the United Nations aid distribution center in a refugee camp in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on 02 April 2009.

The The World Peace cocktail served at the The World Barn, near the United Nations in New York City. The blue color represents the U.N., a touch of elderflower syrup comes from a plant "known for peace", a white-chocolate dove on the rim, and to top it off, fifteen percent of the $15 the drink costs are donated to United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Kofi Annan in his office at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Kofi Annan is the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, and began his term on January 1, 1997. Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Annan has been in the center of a diplomatic firestorm surrounding the U.S. response to the attacks, which have included military action in Afghanistan and Iraq. Annan is a citizen of Ghana, and was born on April 8, 1938.

The United Nations headquarters in New York. Kofi Annan is the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations, and began his term on January 1, 1997. Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Annan has been in the center of a diplomatic firestorm surrounding the U.S. response to the attacks, which have included military action in Afghanistan and Iraq. Annan is a citizen of Ghana, and was born on April 8, 1938.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do USA. Powitanie na nowojorskim lotnisku La Guardia. Nowy Jork, 02.10.1979 N/Z: Jan Pawel II i sekretarz generalny ONZ Kurt Waldheim. Apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to USA. Welcoming ceremony at the La Guardia airport. New York, USA - 02/10/1979 Pictured: Pope John Paul II and Secretary-General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim.

PHOTO: WOJTEK LASKI/EAST NEWS Pielgrzymka papieza Jana Pawla II do USA. Wizyta w kwaterze glownej ONZ. Nowy Jork, 02.10.1979 N/Z: Jan Pawel II i sekretarz generalny ONZ Kurt Waldheim. Apostolic journey of Pope John Paul II to USA. Visit to United Nations Headquarters. New York, USA - 02/10/1979 Pictured: Pope John Paul II and Secretary-General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim.