Jordan looks angelic resting on his mother’s shoulder in the Pilbara, Australia. However, Hannifer confides, “Sometimes he gets cheeky ... he pulls my hair!” Photo: Luke Peterson
“It looks easy,” jokes Hannifer, mother to cheeky three-year-old Jordan. “But when you have a kid of your own, it’s a handful.” Photo: Luke Peterson
Mother and child in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Photo: Michael Arunga
A portrait of Kabita Begum, with her one-year-old daughter, in front of a huge rice paddy. Photo: Andrew Goodwin
Rina from Bangladesh (pictured centre) worried when her older children became malnourished. She has been attending a mothers’ nutrition group and is overjoyed her daughter Eishi is healthy and gaining weight. Photo: Ken Duncan
Sharifa from Bangladesh (pictured here with her son) is eight months pregnant. She has travelled to the Satkhira health clinic to receive a check up. Photo: Ken Duncan
Zahira smiles fondly and with quiet pride at her three-year-old son Jahid in Satkhira, Bangladesh. Photo: Ken Duncan
Tsetsegmaa from Mongolia is expecting her first child. Attending the mothers’ group and learning about pre-natal nutrition and caring for newborns means she feels more prepared. Photo: Ken Duncan
A special moment between mother and child: Sheila breastfeeds baby Lettiona in the Pilbara, Australia. Photo: Luke Peterson
Sonia shares a smile with her 10-month-old daughter Anika. She has just finished preparing a nourishing meal for her at the mothers’ nutrition group in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Suzy Sainovski
All aboard! Rosaura with happy passenger Luis in North Potosi, Bolivia. She says that what mothers in her area need is access to “better nutrition, better food.” Photo: Steve Fraser
Virgilia swaddles baby Edwin in North Potosi, Bolivia. The local custom is thought to help keep the baby’s back strong. Bolivia. Photo: Steve Fraser
'Is there something in your eye?' The mother keeps quiet so that the daughter could wipe it out. Photo: Amio Ascension
Baby Nariawa is taken along for the ride, as her grandmother Sabio collects water from the village well in Senegal. Photo: Meg Hansen
Noemi’s mother Flora prepares food with her youngest child, one-year-old Pascual, on her back. Bolivia.
It’s peaceful in the Australian bush. Samantha with her son and nephew amongst the gum trees. Photo: Luke Peterson
Mother and baby, Amri ADP, India. Photo: Jon Warren
Rael Kitanku, mother; Soila Kitaku, age 2, son. Olokarra Village. Fetching water at water project with their donkey. Photo selects provided by WV Canada Africa digital color Photo: David duChemin
A mother’s joy: three-week-old Awa is peaceful under mother Rawata’s care in Senegal. Photo: Meg Hansen
Landscape photographer Ken Duncan and World Vision Australia have teamed up to create Vision of Hope: Mother & Child, an inspiring book of photos and stories celebrating the special bond between mothers and children around the world.
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