The WOOD issue
Features
PHOTO: MARIJA SAVIC
PHOTO: ALAIN SCHNEUWLY
FEATURE: trailing West papua
FEATURE: Afghanistan’s Community Midwives
64 Entering the Yali Tribe
We immerse ourselves in the Yali life in the
village of Angurruk, in West Papua, Indonesia,
through their people and their traditions.
Join us on the mountain paths from Angurruk
to Kurima, along the trails taken by the Yali
people, who walk for several days to connect
with the rest of the world
BY ALAIN SCHNEUWLY
46 Army of Angels
In Afghanistan, a woman dies every 27 minutes
from pregnancy-related complications. At 6.5
percent (6,500 maternal deaths per 100,000
live births), the maternal mortality rate in
Badakhshan Province is the highest in the
world. However, these midwives are changing
the statistics by stepping up and putting their
hearts and souls into a cause that matters: Life
BY SOPHIE IBBOTSON
FEATURE: Of Eagles and Mountains
78 The Kazakhs of Mongolia
This hard-to-reach western border has never
been a route that received much tourist traffic
until recent times. Now, through movies and
documentaries, the rich nomadic culture of the
Kazakhs, who mostly live Western Mongolia, is
drawing global attention
BY BRYAN CHAN AND MARIJA SAVIC
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TOP LEFT
A Yali mother and daughter hard at work
TOP RIGHT
Khazubek and his five year old daughter