30203972 - Jamaica - © UNESCO/Gary Masters

The Roving Caregivers Programme is part of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Jamaica and concentrates on reaching kids who are under three and from the most disadvantaged and rural areas. It is managed by the NGO RuFamSo. 95% of children aged 4 and 5 and 60% of 3-year-olds participate in ECCE.

10000317 - India - © UNESCO/Pittet, Pierre A.

Outdoor class, pupil, teacher, outdooors, blackboard

10005824 - Costa Rica - © UNESCO/Roger, Dominique

Ethnicity, young pupils in uniforms from Costa Rica

10010210 - Ecuador - © UNESCO/Andes / CZAP / ASA

Child peeping out a door

10013553 - Thailand - © UNESCO/Roger, Dominique

Ethnicity, group of young children reading

10023791 - Madagascar - © UNESCO/Roger, Dominique

Portrait of Madagascan man and child

10027167 - Pakistan - © UNESCO/Sayyed Nayyer Reza

Two women, old and young

10027828 - India - © UNESCO/Ecker, Carol

Silk weaving

10035357 - Morocco - © UNESCO/Michel Ravassard

A young dancer during the Moussem of Tan Tan, a festival of nomad tribes

10035423 - Morocco - © UNESCO/Michel Ravassard

Traditional musicians and dancers at the Moussem of Tan Tan, a festival of nomad tribes

30080093 - Morocco - © UNESCO/Michel Ravassard

Some women on the road to the Moussem of Tan Tan, a festival of nomad tribes

30200609 - Nepal - © UNESCO/Malempré, Georges

Kathmandou region, portrait of two girls

30200966 - Indonesia - © UNESCO/Malempré, Georges

30201427 - Lao People's Democratic Republic - © UNESCO/WWAP/Alison Clayson

An example of beautiful silk handicrafts produced in Laos villages

30201595 - Cuba - © UNESCO/Joanna Pinkteren

Plaza de Armas

30201604 - Zimbabwe - © UNESCO/Remongin

Mozambic Island

30201612 - Peru - © UNESCO/Breuer Norbert

Two women in traditional garb in Cuzco.

30202882 - United States of America - © UNESCO/Marc Romanelli

2nd Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, July 9 & 10 2005. Ousmane Papa Macina, Mali. Gold and silver Jewelry.

30202893 - United States of America - © UNESCO/Marc Romanelli

2nd Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, July 9 & 10 2005

30202895 - United States of America - © UNESCO/Marc Romanelli

Marché International d'artisanat de Santa Fe, 9 & 10 juillet 2005

30203921 - Colombia - © UNESCO/Alejandra Vega Jaramillo

Luz's daycare centre. In Colombia, more than 80,000 community mothers like Luz provide children's daycare service :she looks after children while their mothers are at work.

30204076 - Kenya - © UNESCO/Sam Dhillon

Samburu children near Maralal, (175 miles north of Nairobi), thrive thanks to "Loipi" community learning centres . The Loipi Project is part of Kenya's nationwide Early Childhood Care and Education programme and is funded by the Christian Childens' Fund. 85 Loipi in the Samburu district, and children from different communities gather at the closest one. Most materials used are locally made and produced and caregivers include mothers, grandmothers and other community members.

30205084 - Ethiopia - © UNESCO/Kathy Anis

Woman with baby

30208304 - Afghanistan - © UNESCO/Christophe Buffet

Portrait of two girls

30209158 - Turkey - © UNESCO/Giuliana Riccio

Spice market

80089228 - France - © UNESCO/Michel Ravassard

'Korean Fantasy' - the two Korean masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage : the Jongmyo Shrine and the Pansori Epic Chant.

80089232 - France - © UNESCO/Michel Ravassard

'Korean Fantasy' - the two Korean masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage : the Jongmyo Shrine and the Pansori Epic Chant.

80138703 - France - © UNESCO/Michel Ravassard

Concert by the "Orquestra de Timbila Mazivela" from Zavala, Mozambique. Chopi Timbila music was proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of the Humanity by UNESCO on 25 November 2005.

30200123 - Peru - © UNESCO/Malempré, Georges

Weaving, woman at work

30203902 - Papua New Guinea - © UNESCO/Rocky Roe

HAGARA ELEMENTARY in Port Moresby (Hanuabada). Papua New Guinea has over 800 different languages and children can begin their learning experience in their mother-tongue.

30204016 - Samoa - © UNESCO/Laura Berdejo

Leififi kindergarden in Apia

30209612 - China - © UNESCO/Ka'er Zejie

Regong arts

30209014 - Croatia - © UNESCO/Edvard Bogovic/Lonjsko Polje

Lonjsko Polje Natural Park - Posavina Costumes

30209462 - Nigeria - © UNESCO/E.A.Odekanyin

Doïna

30209530 - China - © UNESCO/Yuan Gang

Grand song of the Dong ethnic group

30209388 - Republic of Korea - © UNESCO

Namsadang Nori

30209369 - Uruguay - © UNESCO/Andreas Sellanes

The Candombe and its socio-cultural space: a community practice

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Spain - © Maria Angeles Rodriguez

Who is who? Who is Christian, who is Muslim? Who is from the Orient, who is from the Occident? Friendship knows no boundaries. Marina (Spanish, left) and Ghalia (Sahraoui refugee, right) | High Definition

Mexico city, Mexico - © Valdi Fischer

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Bolivia - © Valdi Fischer

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La Paz, Bolivia - © Valdi Fischer

Fondo Indigena | High Definition

Republic of Panama - © AUED/Juan Alejandro Quintero Mora

Pollera, traditional costume of Panama, photography taken the 24th of June 2008, in the framework of the Congress of the Movement of Clubs for UNESCO of the Latin America and Caribbean region, in the city of Panama, Republic of Panama. | High Definition

Ukraine - © Lydia Drozdenko

Ukrainian National Fair in Sorochintsy. | High Definition

Ukraine - © Lydia Drozdenko

Ethnographic festival Country of Dreams in Kiev. | High Definition

Ukraine - © Lydia Drozdenko

Ethnographic festival Country of Dreams in Kiev. | High Definition

Ukraine - © Lydia Drozdenko

Ethnographic festival Country of Dreams in Kiev. | High Definition

Ukraine - © Lydia Drozdenko

Ethnographic festival Country of Dreams in Kiev. | High Definition

Ukraine - © Lydia Drozdenko

Ethnographic festival Country of Dreams in Kiev. | High Definition

Argentina - © Carlos Zelaya

Instructors and a student in a science fair in Tucuman.

Argentina - © Carlos Zelaya

Students of the primary school of Ciudad de la Banda del Rio Sali, Tucuman. | High Definition

Jerusalem, Israel - © Eleni Oeconomopoulou

The uninterruptedly prayers of the Western Wall of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel - © Eleni Oeconomopoulou

Reposing hopes & resting of hearts in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Saudi Arabia - © Muna Aljohani

Woman in traditional burqa.

Saudi Arabia - © Nvin Hakeem

A young woman wearing traditional costume (northern province).

Saudi Arabia - © Zahra Albsri

A man making (Dallah) coffee-pot

Saudi Arabia - © Zahra Alhewidi

An old man drinking tea.