neccesary angels

--Photograph by Lynn Johnson

They are not doctors. They are not nurses. They are illiterate women from India's Untouchable castes. Yet as trained village health workers, they are delivering babies, curing disease, and saving lives—including their own.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/community-doctors/rosenberg-text/1 (article)

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/12/community-doctors/johnson-photography (photographs)