This is a photo of a determined Salvadoran peasant with his home in the background. Farmers such as he are a sign of hope as they plant and harvest their corn in war-torn El Salvador.

This is a photo of three children in a camp for displaces persons in El Salvador. They cannot remember a time when their country was at peace. The U. S. government wants to send $60 million to buy more guns. Church leaders are calling for dialogue and negotiations between the government and the opposition forces.

The presence of international workers in this camp deterred the army from killing refugees near the Honduras / El Salvador border.

This is a photo of a peasant woman and her children in front of their new adobe brick house in La Florida. As a result of the massacre in which her husband was killed she fled from the cooperative and was last seen in a displaced persons' camp in eastern El Salvador.

This is a photo of a displaced Salvadoran mother, victim of the civil war, giving her child a drink of milk at the nutrition centre set up by the Beachy Amish church and Mennonite Central Committee in Guazapa, El Salvador. The Swiss Mennonite Church Christmas project provided funding to support the Guazapa project for one year.

This is a photo of a two-week supply of food arriving at La Bermuda camp in El Salvador, where MCC supported CESAD has cooperated with the Green Cross. The Green Cross is an independent Salvadoran organization that has been most successful in aiding some of the country's neediest refugees, those in guerrilla-controlled areas.

This is a photo of makeshift shelters at La Bermuda refugee camp in El Salvador, where 1,000 people have been living.

This photo is of refugee children. They are sitting at a table and enjoying a meal of MCC beef and tortillas at the nutrition center in Guazapa, El Salvador.

This photo is of three young El Salvadorian Children. A make-shift camp for displaced persons is visible in the background.

This is a photo of a Salvadoran boy standing in front of a sign protesting fighting in El Salvador. This boy has lived through six years of civil war in his country.

This is a photo of John Lamb talking to displaced persons in camp near San Salvador.The houses behind have tin roofs. In the distance there is a hill.

This is a photo of MCCer John Lamb talking with Salvadoran owner of a new house built with MCC help. Alejandro, supervisor of the project in San Jose Guayabal, is looking on.

This is a photo of a Salvadoran refugee mother standing by a counter stacked with canned food.She is preparing food for malnourished children in a feeding centre near San Salvador. An inter-church food aid program, which has distributed MCC beef and other donated food, is helping 60,000 refugees.