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Jess and a colleague meeting with local beneficiaries.

Somali girls are often denied any education.

Jessica with a Kenyan boy.

Erik in negotiations with local authorities.

A Somali village outside Galkayo.

Erik at work in the field.

A generation of mine victims.

Jessica on site during a demolition.

“Sign language” on the entrance wall of the Somaliland Parliament warning not to bring these items inside.

“Technicals” are heavy guns mounted on small trucks. The dominant power in southern Somalia, many are owned by various warlords who answer to no one.

Captive Jessica’s scrub desert road to nowhere.

Photo taken from Jessica’s “proof of life” video.

President Obama calling John Buchanan with the news that Jessica had been rescued alive.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Jessica reunited with her sister, Amy.