Street News Service - Photo Story (Feed 207)

Enterprising solutions to poverty

My self-respect was going, my self-esteem was getting lower every day. I was losing my self-confidence. I was sinking low and fast, and again I did not recognise it… I have been clean now for 16 months. I just moved into a flat, and every day I count my blessings. I know I am one of the lucky ones. I am coming through the other side

Tina, Vendor, The Big Issue in the North, United Kingdom

Religion on the brink

At the edge of the world sits Svalbard, the site of civilisations northernmost church. This place of worship was inaugurated in 1957, after the old church from 1921 was burned down during the Second World War. Svalbard church is made of wood and has 140 seats. The Church has a mixed congregation and cooperates with The Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Norway to serve Russian and Polish settlers.

The church on the edge of the world

Story and pictures by Dimitri Koutsomytis, =Oslo, Norway, © Street News Service: http://www.street-papers.org/www.street-papers.org. [Pictures are available in high resolution, please email sns@street-papers.org]